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- Description:
- Mounted sepia-toned photographic print of a parade of canoes on one of Belle Isle's lakes. Several of the canoes on the right are tied together in a chain, wrapped in fabric, and decorated with streamers and garland. Canoeists paddle their canoes separately on the left. A figure on the on the shore in the background on the left appears to be aiding in raising or taking down a tent. Several other park-goers are visible around the banks of the lake.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned gelatin silver photo of a parade float that was part of the Detroit Bi-Centenary Parade. The float is mounted on street car trucks and is decorated to show early French explorers who have placed a large wooden cross on land. Three explorers and a horse are standing on the float. A sign at the right side of the float notes "First Cross" along with several additional words that are not legible due to the angle of the sign. The parade is moving along a residential street with several houses and trees being visible in the background. There are about ten spectators who are standing behind the curb.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Anniversaries
- Description:
- Black and white photo of a row of four Detroit United Railway streetcars stopped along a snowy street. Interurban car number 7293 is in the front. A man poses on its steps, and several other men, including two in conductor uniforms, pose beside the second car. "Detroit United Ry. #7293, etc. 1908," is stamped on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photographic print of the eastern face of the Belle Isle Casino. Chairs are set up on the plaza around its base, and a small shack stands in the foreground.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Sepia-toned panoramic photograph showing Company B of the 120th Machine Gun Battalion. The company is posed in five rows; the front row is sitting on a bench and the back four rows are standing on the ground and on risers.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photographic print, mounted on board, of a plank sidewalk, with a bicycle adjacent to the boards. Homes, electrical lines, and foliage are visible in the background of the image. Written in script on the verso, "Sept. 4th 1901, Mrs. C. Evans. 427 Hancock E., Looking South on the west side of 31st, south of Warren Ave., F.S.Q."
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photo showing the completed new railroad bridge over the Rouge River. Printed text in the upper left corner of the photo shows the number, "54," and "M.C.R.R. River Rouge Bascule Bridge; Old Bridge Being Towed Out & New Bridge Ready to Close in Place; May 3, 1920; Photo W. B. James, Br. Insp." The view looks northward (upstream) along the Rouge River and shows the old railroad swing bridge loaded on barges on the left and ready to be towed away by the tugboat, Samuel J. Dark. The new single leaf Strauss trunnion bascule bridge (in raised position) can be seen on the right. Many workmen and spectators are seated or standing on the river bank.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Large black and white panoramic photograph printed on cardstock depicting engines numbers 1, 2, 4, and 3 of the Detroit Terminal Railroad all in a row. Henry Ford poses is in the cab of engine #1, James Couzens is in the cab of the engine #2, W.D. Trump is in engine #4, and P.H. Nolan posed in engine #3. Other men in conductor outfits and suits pose along the tracks.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #1544 marked for overhaul at repair shop. Image from page 82 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Mounted sepia-tone photographic print depicting the west side of Grand Circus Park covered in snow, as viewed facing north toward West Adams Street. The statue of Hazen S. Pingree is at the lower right corner. Part of the Fine Arts Buildings in visible in the upper left. The photo is mounted on thick cardstock.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
