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- Advertisement for a newly erected school house at the corner of Randolph and Congress streets in 1841, reading as follows: "SCHOOL. The subscriber respectfully solicits leave to inform the citizens of Detroit that he intends to open his newly erected School House for the Reception of Scholars, on Monday, the 8th inst. House situated on the eastern extremity of the Michigan Avenue, immediately in the rear of the City Hall, and corner of Randolph and Congress streets. All branches usually taught in Select Schools in this city will be taught in this School, and strict attention paid to the moral conduct of the youth confided to his care and tuition. A suitable portion of public patronage is respectfully solicited. John Winchell. Detroit, February 3d, 1841."
- Date Issued:
- 1841-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One advertisement for "True's Neatsfoot Harness Oil Blacking" manufactured by the McBride & True Oil Company of Rochester, New York, and offered for sale by C. L. Yost of Ypsilanti, Michigan. The advertisement resembles a banknote and is printed in black, green, and red ink on pale green paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One advertisement flyer for "Children's Fancy Lounges," being sold by "James D. Silsbee, General Wholesale Furniture Agent for Leading Manufacturing Houses, Travels in Michigan and Ohio." The advertisement flyer is printed in black ink on yellowed paper and includes a price list for 1885.
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Advertisement from the Detroit Stove Works promoting their "New World" model cooking stoves. On the recto is an illustration, credited to William E. Earl of Detroit, of a New World stove and text advertising that it is "Square" with an "Extension Top, and Galvanized Cast Iron Reservoir" and is "the same as our North American, with swing hearth and bailed ash pan."
- Date Issued:
- 1872-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Advertisement from the Detroit Stove Works promoting their "Norway" and "Cultivator" model wood burning stoves. On the recto is an illustration of a Norway stove, credited to A. Picard of Troy, New York, and text advertising that the Norway model is the "new elevated oven cook stove for 1869" while the Cultivator model is the "same stove as the Norway, with Pipe Back."
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Advertisement from the Detroit Stove Works promoting their "Home Jewel" model wood burning stoves. On the recto is an illustration of two different Home Jewel stoves, one with a square top and the other with an extra reservoir. On the verso is text highlighting the "Special Features" of Home Jewel model stoves.
- Date Issued:
- 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Advertisement from the Detroit Stove Works promoting their "Rose" model coal burning stoves. On the recto is an illustration, credited to William E. Earl of Detroit, of a Rose stove and text advertising that it is "a new direct draft Coal Stove, of handsome design and appearance, and well fitted. It is designed to meet the wants of those who wish a stove economical in the use of fuel and low in price. It has one of the best shaking and dumping grates in the market, and is a powerful radiator of heat. The Mica sections reach nearly around the stove, and give it a cheerful appearance. It is provided with a Magazine, is thus a self-feeder, and will keep fire all night.
- Date Issued:
- 1872-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Advertisement from the Detroit Stove Works promoting their "Warrior" model heating stoves. On the recto is an illustration, credited to George Wightman of Buffalo, New York, of a Warrior stove and text advertising that it is for "Wood or Coal" and that it is "made of Cast and Heavy Wrought Iron, possesses Great Durability, and is a Powerful Radiator of Heat. The fuel is burned on a dumping grate, thus securing its complete combustion. The Double Door admits the Largest Chunks of Wood, and is fastened by a turn-buckle, affording absolute security against fire. The ash pit is large and deep. The draft is regulated by a damper below the grate and a register in the pipe-collar. By a simple device the stove may be adapted to the use of soft coal. In beauty of design and finish it is without rival."
- Date Issued:
- 1872-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Advertisement from the Detroit Stove Works promoting their "New Self-Feed, Or Base Burner" concept for heating stoves. On the recto is an illustration, credited to A. Picard of Troy, New York, of one of the stoves that employs this concept and advertising text that says "This Stove can be fitted with or without the Self-Feed, and can be made in several different ways, as will be seen in other cuts, and I believe it more cheaply manufactured, and in greater variety than any other of the kind in the market."
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Advertisement mailed by George P. Way of 30 Adelaide Street, Detroit, Michigan to James T. Thing of 313 North Greenleaf Avenue, Whittier, California. Included are an envelope, return envelope, order form, advertisement for the Blowena, and a type-written letter. Way writes, on behalf of his Artificial Ear Drum Company, attempting to persuade Thing to purchase both an artificial ear drum, as well as a device called the Blowena for seven dollars. The included advertisement explains that the Blowena is a rubber tube intended to relieve "catarrh, hay fever, cold in the head and influenza, or any irritation of the nose and throat, but particularly for CATARRHAL DEAFNESS" by allowing a user to blow air from their mouth, through the device where a medicated sponge is housed, into their ear. "Let us hear the conclusion of tile whoe mutter. Hear good until ref his command for this is the whole thing [sic]" is handwritten in pencil on the verso of the envelope.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
