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- Description:
- Sepia-toned portrait photo of Woosley Campau, wearing a Michigan Naval Reserve uniform. "Woosley Campau, Michigan Naval Reserve 1898" is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Black and white portrait photograph of Hazen S. Pingree posed seated at a table, wearing a dark suit and holding pince nez glasses in right hand. "Copyrighted 1890 by C.M. Hayes & Co., Detroit," is printed in the lower right corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Mounted black and white photograph of Hazen S. Pingree posed while turning the first shovel at first grading of Grand Boulevard on August 10, 1891. Men surround Pingree to his right and behind him, while a wagon and a horse can be seen to his left. Pingree is looking directly at the camera with a shovel full of dirt and rock in his hands. He is wearing a suit, hat, and has a mustache and goatee.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Large cabinet card bearing a sepia-toned group portrait photograph of Florine Tefft Barbour and her bridesmaids for her wedding with Dr. William Henry. The bridesmaids are are wearing floral-pattern dresses with full sleeves and are holding bouquets. The bride is in white dress to the left of center. "From left to right standing: Irene Swift, Clara Dyer, Lucy Griggs, Maggie Smith, Jessie Cortel; sitting: Mildred Frazer, Grou[?] Barbour, Lillian Kent, Mimi[?] Chittenden." is handwritten on the verso. Arthur & Philbric, Paris Panel, Detroit, Mich., Grand Rapids, Mich,. Toledo, Ohio" is embossed along the left edge of the card.
- Date Issued:
- 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Booklet containing a biography of Thomas W. Palmer written by M. Agnes Burton for the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Collections, published by Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Commission appointing Frederick W. Cowley a Captain in Company M. of the 33rd Regiment of the Michigan Volunteer Infantry, dated May 20, 1898 and signed by Governor Hazen S. Pingree. The commission is affixed with the gold seal of the state of Michigan on the lower left.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Transcript of a paper about Stephen Van Rensallaer Trowbridge and his family presented to the Oakland County Pioneer Society by his son, Luther Stephen Trowbridge, Sr. on February 22, 1892. The pages are bound with string.
- Date Issued:
- 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- A small piece of wood from Lewis Cass' home, inscribed with writing that details the history of the house, mounted on a newspaper clipping, entitled "The Oldest Building in Detroit About to Disappear: The Breaking Up of the Old Cass Homestead on Larned Street," dated August 30, 1882.
- Date Issued:
- 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Handwritten letter of introduction for William D. Purdy, with envelope, written by C.E. Applegate, the Chief Steward of the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado, dated November 5, 1906. The note is on Brown Palace Hotel stationery, and the envelope is printed with an image of the exterior of the hotel. The letter reads: Introducing Mr. Wm. D. Purdy, who for several years, was associated with The Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colo., first, as store keeper and wine room superintendent from which two positions, he later on, was promoted to the position of Assistant Steward which latter position, he held when he, in order to better his conditions, resigned and accepted a position as Steward of The Hotel Chamberlain, Des Moines, Iowa. We found him to be at all times intelligent, faithful and painstaking in the discharge of his duties. Respectfully C.E. Applegate, Chief Steward, Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colo.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Handwritten list of postal transactions made by Antoine Moross, and owed to Louis J. Flueis[?], dated between June 2, 1846, and July 3, 1848. The amounts are expressed in pre-decimal British coinage. A note at the bottom says that the amount was paid on July 3, 1850.
- Date Issued:
- 1850-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
