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- Description:
- Black and white lantern slide depicting bathers around a dock at Beller's Bath House. In the background is the Ph. Kling Brewing Co. Handwritten label reads, "No.- 10, Bx.- 3, Neg.- R.A. Field, Sub. - The Bathers at Beller's, Detroit." "E.W. Sprague, Detroit, Mich."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white print of a lithograph depicting a view of Detroit from the Detroit River in 1794, taken from page 367 of Silas Farmer's The History of Detroit and Michigan. In the 1889 book, the citadel, then-present Wayne Street, Ste. Anne's Catholic Church, the old council house, the brig GENERAL GAGE, and Griswold Street are labeled below from left to right. In addition to the GAGE, a pair of smaller sailboats and a canoe are in the foreground. "S. Farmer" is printed in the lower left, and a blacked out signature is printed in the lower right. "Insert from Collot map, 1796" and "From the original painting in Paris" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph of the industrial area of Detroit and the Detroit River. Image taken from the roof of the A. Krolik and Company. Written on verso, "scene from Krolik's bldg. roof, Fall - 1919."
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Detroit River from the shore of Amherstburg, ON. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jun 12, 1910. The Pugh Mfg. Co., Toronto
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color lithograph mounted on board. Title at bottom reads "Parke, Davis & Co., / Home Office and Laboratories, Detroit, Mich., U.S.A." The lithograph shows a painting of the Parke-Davis campus (now River Place), at the foot of Joseph Campau Street along the Detroit River with a view to the southeast. Several boats are docked in the foreground of the image, and pedestrians and horse drawn carriages are shown along the perimeter of the Parke-Davis facilities. A circular logo on the bottom left indicates that the lithograph was printed by The Winters Art Litho. Co. of Chicago.
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photo of an American flag flying from a flag pole beside the shore of Belle Isle, near the island's western tip. Freighters and an excursion boat are visible in the Detroit River. The skylines of both Detroit and Windsor are in the background. "#85 Flag Belle Isle, 8/98," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the Belle Isle Bridge on Fire, from aboard a fire tug, part of which is visible at the lower left. A dock which extends underneath the bridge is also caught in the fire. The center of the bridge has completely burned. Jets of water from another fire tug are visible in the background near the bridge's opposite end. "W.D. Benham Co., Detroit, Mich." printed on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white panoramic photo of a rowing scull race on the Detroit River as viewed from the Belle Isle Bridge near the Detroit Boat Club. The Boat Club is visible in the background. Many spectators can be seen on the bridge, in various large and small boats adjacent to the course, and on the shore. The photo is mounted under glass in a 1" wide wood frame that has been painted black. The paper backing of the framed photo is torn. A label is glued to the back of the frame which notes, "HA 9-5779, Cave's Mirror and Glass Shop, Picture Framing, Fine Prints, Mirrors, Glass Furniture Tops; 3 King's Highway East, Haddonfield, N.J." On one side of the paper backing, the year, "1909," is written in black ink.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting one of the Detroit and Windsor Ferry Company passenger ferries, presumably the PROMISE, disembarking to cross the Detroit River, as taken from the shore off its starboard quarter. Dated 2-11-1918
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print of a pen and ink drawing, drawn by W.A. Raymond in 1938, titled "Detroit River from the Hydraulic Tower," showing the Detroit River looking south from Orleans Street. Foreground shows two small boats, one with two people rowing and the other with two people fishing. Beyond the small boats are several larger sailing boats on the river, with two of the sailing boats featured prominently. The Canadian shoreline is visible in the background to the left. On immediate right and extending to horizon is Detroit shoreline, with houses and docks in the foreground and the Detroit skyline visible in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1838-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
