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- Description:
- This folded sheet of writing paper was from the personal stationery of William E. Quinby who was the President of the Detroit Free Press. It is blank, slightly yellowed, and the shows the sender's initials, "WEQ," in a decorative blue and silver script at the top. The paper also has a watermark that shows "Academic, C.G.&S., London."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Anniversaries
- Description:
- Booklet published on the occasion of the eighty second anniversary of the Detroit News and the opening of the new Detroit Free Press building, designed by Albert Kahn, in 1913. The front cover features an embossed image of a man with a quill writing on a scroll with a city skyline behind him and the words "A Record of Progress." The words "Eight-Two Years a Newspaper" are embossed in gold underneath the image, and text reading "The Detroit Free Press 1913" is located on the bottom left. The inside of the booklet features 32 pages recounting, as indicated by the first page, "A Short Story of Eighty-Two Years of the greatest daily Newspaper of the Middle West commemorating the Opening of the New Home of The Detroit Free Press." The booklet also features numerous black and white photographs of the interior rooms of the building and portrait depictions of the Executive Staff and the Editorial Staff. The center of the booklet features a two page spread of a hand-colored photograph of the Counting Room. The copyright statement on the last page reads "Designed and Executed Complete by The Franklin Press Detroit."
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- One sheet music booklet entitled "The Detroit Free Press Christmas March." The music was "For the pianoforte, Written expressly for The Detroit Free Press by Wm. C. G. Wright." The cover page is printed in black ink on slightly yellowed paper. The two interior pages show the printed music for the song. Printed text at the bottom of the cover page shows that the music was a "Supplement" to the Detroit Free Press and that the music was "Also arranged for Orchestra and Brass Band."
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- This white paper envelope contained a 2-page letter that was written by Frank I. Cobb, leading editorial writer of the Detroit Free Press. The front of the envelope has a handwritten address that shows "The Newspapers of Detroit, Frank I. Cobb." The flap on the back side of the envelope is sealed with black wax that has been impressed with a smudged, circular design.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Page containing "A Non-Political New Year's Address, to the Citizens of Detroit, by the Carrier of the Daily Free Press" on January 1, 1839.
- Date Issued:
- 1839-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Almanac published by the Detroit Free Press commemorating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' first trans-Atlantic voyage. A bronze embossed image of Columbus with Martín Alonso Pinzón is on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- This slightly yellowed paper envelope contained a 1-page letter that was written by William E. Quinby who was the President of the Detroit Free Press. The front of the envelope is entitled in handwritten text, "Progress of Journalism" and is signed by William E. Quinby. The back flap is sealed with three red wax seals that have been impressed with the letter, "Q."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "Loving Eyes", lyric by Edward Beck, music by Ralph A. Foote, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. Printed on front cover: This is one of the splendid songs in the series now being published by The Sunday Free Press. A news song appears every Sunday, exclusively in The Detroit Free Press.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- This white paper envelope contained a 2-page letter that was written by John S. Foley, Bishop of Detroit. The front of the envelope has a handwritten note that shows "Notes of the Roman Catholic Church in Detroit, Michigan, requested by Hon. William C. Maybury, Mayor of Detroit and prepared by John S. Foley, Bishop of Detroit." The flap on the back side of the envelope is sealed with three red wax seals that have been impressed with a smudged, square design. Probably, the design was the seal of the diocese.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sheet music for "The Detroit Free Press Christmas March", by Wm. C. G. Wright, published by the Detroit Free Press. Dedicated to the readers of The Detroit Free Press.
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
