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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the pond in Clark Park, with an American flag flying and people standing nearby. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard accented with glitter depicting the Skating Pavilion on Belle Isle, with Lake Takoma in the foreground. Postmarked Sep 5, 1906.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting City Hall and surrounding buildings from Campus Martius. Visible is a moonlight tower, many pedestrians, streetcars, and horse-drawn carriages. Printed on verso: "Made in Germany. A. C. Bosselman & Co,. New York"
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a crowd gathered for a concert at the Band Stand on a bridge over a canal on Belle Isle at night. People are seated along the shore and many canoes fill the canal. Printed on verso: Band Stand, Belle Isle. Belle Isle is in the Detroit River between Detroit and Windsor, Canada. The Island contains 702 acres and is entirely covered with one of the most beautiful parks in the United States, having some 21 miles of Macadam Roads, a magnificent Casino; Pavilions; Boat Houses; Aquarium, Horticultural Hall and Zoological Gardens. The island was purchased by Detroit in 1879, and has since then expended $1,600,000 in beautifying it. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jun 8, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting a large group of people posing at the entrance of a former high school in Wyandotte. A chalkboard tablet reads "Wyandotte Public Sch. Wayne Co. Mich. High School". Handwritten message on verso, dated Sep 28, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting Water Works Park, with the tower, pumping station, drinking fountain, and people in view and water in the foreground. Printed on verso: Water Works Park & Lake. The 72-acre plot of ground on Jefferson Avenue, owned by the city and partially occupied by its water works pumping station, has been made one of Detroit's beauty spots. The water supply is pumped through a long tunnel from the intake pipe in Lake St. Clair to the distributing point. The park is remarkable for its big floral clock and the memorial at the entrance Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 14, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Colorized black and white photographic postcard depicting a railroad bridge over an unidentified river. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 5, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TASHMOO with many people on deck. Printed on verso: THE STEAMER TASHMOO is the pride of the White Star Line. She was constructed especially for use as a river excursion boat and carries 4,000 passengers on her broad decks. The Tashmoo's regular run in from Detroit to Post Huron, passing through the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, the St. Clair Flats and St. Clair River. At Tashmoo Park, where the steamer touches, a large picnic and dancing pavilion are maintained.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an elevated view of Grand Circus Park, facing southwest. The David Whitney Building, Hotel Statler, Hotel Tuller, Kresge Building, and Fine Arts Building are in view. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 15, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting Susan B. Anthony sitting in a chair and reading a book. Printed on recto: If I have lived to any purpose, carry on the work I have to lay down. Copyright, J.E. Hale, Elmira, N.Y. Handwritten message on verso reads, "You are cordially invited to attend a social meeting of the Detroit Equal Suffrage Club, May 7th, at the residence of Mrs. Spalding, 117 Boston Boulevard. Program, The Women of Scandinavia. Postmarked May 4, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
