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- Description:
- Print containing six engravings, taken from the booklet, Souvenir of Detroit & Exposition, depicting locations in Detroit, spread across two leafs. The long image at the top right is a scene, captioned, "Detroit harbor showing water front of city and character of shipping." Several dock workers move bags and barrels at the bottom, while in the background, sailing ships and steamships travel along the river. Below, another long panel depicts a north-facing view of Woodward Avenue, extending from Campus Martius. Shops on the corner of Michigan Avenue, and Woodward Avenue, including Hudson and Symington are depicted. The Opera House is also pictured, housing J.L. Hudson's. An optician, Hull Brothers Family Groceries, and Chas. A. Werner Glassware are depicted as well. Several moonlight towers are visible in the distance. Harper Hospital is in the topmost of the three panels, arranged vertically on the far right. Below are the police headquarters at Bates Street and Farmer Street and the house of correction at the present site of Eastern Market.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print. Large sepia-toned photographic print of the first Belle Isle Bridge while under construction. A single truss of the bridge, atop a system of trestles is in the background. A small crowd of people pose on the right end of the tress. A small boat with a smokestack, and striped awnings and curtains is docked in the foreground. A man in a knee length coat stands alongside it. "First Belle Isle Bridge (drawbridge)" is handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting a view across the Detroit River to the Detroit riverfront. The river is frozen with ice, and the downtown skyline is visible in the background. A steamship belches smoke in the middle of the river. Printed on recto: Benj Rogers, Windsor, 1917. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked April 13, 1917.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white illustrated postcard depicting Charles Evan Fowler's proposed Detroit-Windsor Bridge, with several ships passing beneath it on the Detroit River. Printed on recto: 1803 ft. Span. Longest and Heaviest Bridge in the World.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photograph showing a panoramic view of Detroit's River Front in 1905. The photograph was used as a reference photo for an illustration for a print issued by the Detroit News. The panoramic view features the Detroit River in the foreground with several ships traversing the river. Notable buildings visible include the Fort Street Presbyterian Church, Majestic Building, and the Wayne County Building. The photograph is mounted on grey paper which is mounted on linen.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One mylar copy of a map entitled, "Tracing from a Map of Springwells by Lieuts. Macomb & Warner, T.E. [Topographical Engineers], 1841, with the Addition of Outlines of Fort Wayne and Public Grounds, Sept., 1865." A signature beneath the title shows "December 12, 1865, (Sd) [Signed] T. J. Cram, Col. Corps Eng'rs." The map shows the existing topography along the Detroit River from the River Rouge to about 2 miles upstream from Fort Wayne. Several roads are shown including Main Road (now Jefferson Avenue), Wood Road, and Fort Street. Also, several mounded areas are shown in the vicinity of the fort which may be the Indian Mounds that were known to exist in the Delray area of Springwells Township. A small portion of the Canadian side of the Detroit River is shown in the area of Sandwich (Windsor), Ontario. A note in the lower right corner area of the map shows the scale as "1 Foot to a Mile" or 1:5,280.
- Date Issued:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print. Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print, entitled "Detroit River Tunnel, No. 8. October-1907," depicting the construction of the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. A barge equipped with two cranes is shown aside two pairs of buoyancy cylinders. Two upright cylindrical sections as well as an alignment mast protrude from the water in front of the nearest pair of cylinders. A small boat, a barge, and a tug are behind the further set of cylinders. On the left, behind a rubble-covered dock, a portion of a loaded railroad car ferry with four stacks is visible. Photo is mounted to white cardstock, onto which is printed the title and a caption: Section No. 1 - Showing section completely submerged on even keel, supported by buoyancy cylinders. Note white mark on alignment mast which will mark surface of water after second lowering. This is accomplished by the admission of water in compartments of cylinders. "C.M. Hayes & Co. Detroit" stamped into matting as well. Photo and matting were store inside of large white cardstock frame.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of the Belle Isle bridge burning on April 27, 1915, as taken from an elevated position along the Detroit riverfront to the west of the foot of the bridge. Most of the bridges trusses have burned, leaving bare columns however two trusses near the center of the river still stand, and one on the north side has partially collapsed into the river. The Detroit Fire Department fire tug JAMES BATTLE sprays water on the remaining trusses on the north end. A large cloud of smoke rises from the center trusses. In the foreground at the lower left, several spectators watch from the riverfront beyond a wooden fence.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One folio series entitled, "Detroit Illustrated," that was published in 14 parts by H. R. Page & Company of Chicago. This folio, Part Seven, has a gray/green paper cover that is printed in brown text. There are seven interior pages which include printed text and sepia-toned photographic images that are entitled as follows: River Scene Bird's-Eye View of Peninsular Car Works Residence of H. W. Longyear Residence of F. W. Sprague Detroit Opera House Residence of A. L. Patrick West Boulevard, Looking South Chair Factory of M. J. Murphy & Co.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photo of Gar Wood's MISS AMERICA II running on the Detroit River. Verso is marked "Gar Wood, Jay Smith, and Orlin Johnson winning the Harmsworth Trophy by beating the Maple Leaf contender at Detroit in September, 1921. Winning boat, Miss America II.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
