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- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting Woodward Avenue decorated for the Elks National Convention parade with a triumphal arch. Pedestrians and a streetcar are visible, with the Majestic Building and Hotel Pontchartrain in the background. Business signs read, "Diamond Tires Lead 'Users Know' 265 Jefferson Ave.", "United Cigar Stores Co.", and "Jackson Photo; Post Card Photos". Printed on recto: Pesha Photo
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the men's quarters at the Solvay Process Co. The building is partially covered in ivy and flies an American Flag. Handwritten message on verso reads, " Hello Sport, How are you anyway? No, I am not dead, but working. Haven't been home in 6 wks but am going next Sunday. The Boss and his wife at Ann Arbor yesterday to the [Pennsylvania] game great defeat 29 to 0. How are you coming this semester with the Bostonians? […] Things are beginning to pick up a little after the election. […] Postmarked Nov 16, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Cedar Mound on Belle Isle, with a man walking in the foreground and people near the tunnel entrance. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Dec 12, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an elevated view along Central Avenue on Belle Isle. The street is crowded with pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles. In the foreground is a round flowerbed. Handwritten message on verso, dated Apr 29, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color souvenir folder with Palmer Fountain and City Hall on the postage side, and Belle Isle Canal Scene on the fold side. The 22 images depicted in the fold-out include the Steamer "City of Detroit III", Spruce Log at Palmer Park, and several of street views and Belle Isle. Postmarked Aug 25, 1917.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting construction along the Detroit approach to the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel, from the 14th Street bridge. In view are houses and the Porter Street bridge. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Apr 26, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Hotel Pontchartrain from the corner of Woodward Avenue and Cadillac Square, with pedestrians in front. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Mar 26, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting Griswold Street, facing north from W Jefferson Avenue. In the foreground a man stands in the middle of the street. In view are the Ford Building, Union Trust Building, and Newberry & McMillan Building. Signs read "Hotel Norton" and "Gerard, Stormfeltz, Loveley Co." Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 21, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Casino on Belle Isle with a car on the road in the foreground. Printed on verso: Casino, Belle Isle. Detroit's principal recreation spot, is an island in the Detroit river connected with the city by a bridge, 8 feet less than half a mile in length. It comprises 702 acres, is over two miles long and boasts of over 20 miles of fine macadam roadway, which completely circles and frequently intersects it. A fine zoo, aquarium, horticultural building, swimming and skating pavilions, casino and boat livery are in connection. The city has expended over $1,500,000 on it since its purchase in 1879. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked May 28, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting the Elks National Convention parade on Woodward Avenue. A crowd of spectators watches the procession lead by a marching band. Business signs read, "Painless Dentistry", "Farrand Pianos", and "Your Credit is Good". Printed on recto: Pesha Photo
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
