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- Color postcard depicting the Fluid Extract Department at the Ray Chemical Co., with several vats, bottles, jugs, mortars and pestles. Printed on verso is a purchase order receipt. Postmarked May 13, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Monochromatic postcard showing an illustration of the Yale Woolen Mill, located in St. Clair County. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a crowd of employees in front of the Cadillac factory. Handwritten message on verso reads, "Mother dear will you scallop some potatoes for me Fri afternoon. Have 3 qts after they are finished. The banquet is at 7:00 so have them just done then. Mother, Much obliged". Postmarked 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard with a small depiction of the Nelson, Baker & Co. facility, inset over a laurel wreath and fasces. Printed on the recto is a message about salesman visitation. Postmarked Nov 7, 1904.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an aerial view of Hudson Motor Car Co., with a streetcar and automobiles in front. An inset image depicts the Main Office. Printed on verso: Hudson Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich. The Hudson is one fo the most modern auto plants in America and can be reached by taking the Jefferson Cars going East. Detroits Factories are all light and airy, employ 50,000 men who produce $1,000,000 daily in the auto industry. The capital invested in over $50,000,000. Postmarked Sep 7, 191[?].
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an aerial view of the Dodge factory in Hamtramck. Printed on verso: Dodge Bros. One of Detroit's Largest Automobile Plants. Located on Jos. Campau Ave. Publisher: United News Co., Detroit Mich. Postmarked 1919.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting the Beals & Selkirk Trunk Company building in Wyandotte, with railroad tracks in the foreground. Printed on recto: Pesha Photo Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 8, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the ray Chemical Co., with trees in the foreground and a water tower in the background. Printed on verso: Capsicum Jelly, Counter-irritant. A fine pharmaceutical product, active, reliable, and safe to dispense or prescribe. Being composed of standard rubefacients, carefully and uniformly combined, and exhibited in a special base, it can be recommended as greatly superior to the crude, uncertain, and often severe irritants so much used as household remedies. Supplied in tubes or in bulk. Have you kept our catalog? We manufacture a complete line of standard pharmaceuticals and original preparation. Try us on a mail order. The Ray Chemical Co., Pharmaceutical Chemists, Detroit, Mich.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Hudson Motor Co. with a "Hudson" flag flying atop it. Printed on verso: Hudson Motor Co., Detroit, Mich. Hudson Motor Co., one of the largest Automobile factories in the world. Postmarked 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting an aerial view of the Rouge Plant Docks at the Ford Motor Company. Printed on verso: DOCKS AT THE ROUGE PLANT are 1-1/3 miles long and are on the Rouge River. Here Ford ships and other Great Lakes Freighters bring in great cargoes of iron ore, coal, limestone and lumber used in the manufacture of Ford cars and trucks. The storage bins have a capacity of 2,000,000 tons. Printed by The Garraway Company, Rutherford, New Jersey.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an aerial view of the Lincoln plant. Automobiles, smokestacks and a water tower are visible. Printed on verso: This plant contains 20 acres of floor space, employs 3,000 men and has a daily output of 35 cars. It is noted for its high standard of accuracy and the precision of its workmanship.
- Date Issued:
- 1924-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Ford plant in Highland Park with hundreds of chassis visible in front. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 18, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an elevated view of the Chalmers Motor Company plant. Publisher: United News Co., Detroit, Mich.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting the Chalmers Motor Company with an automobile in front. Printed on recto: Pesha Photo Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Apr 4, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Detroit Stove Works, with a horse-drawn wagon in front. A sign on the building reads "Established 1864, Jewel Stoves and Ranges." Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 26, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard showing two aerial views of the Cadillac Motor Car Company Plant. Postmarked 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicts an elevated view of the Chalmers Motor Company plant.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting ground-level view of Chalmers Motor Company buildings. Printed on verso: Chalmers Motor Co The illustration on the reverse side shows a bird's-eye view of one of the largest Automobile Factories in the world, and is one of the industries that has made Detroit famous. [Note this is not an accurate description of the image on reverse] Publisher: Superior Quality Postmarked 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Ford plant in Highland Park and thousands of employees standing in front. A water tower and "Ford Motor Company" sign are visible. Handwritten message on verso reads, postmarked Jan 17, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the lumber yard at the Murphy Chair Company, with a shed, barrel, and tracks visible. Printed on verso: Yard View. This card gives you a view of one of our lumber tracks, and is presented to show you the manner in which we store out boards to insure perfect seasoning. The shed shown extended to the right at the upper end and to the left at the office end, in shape like [zigzag line] and is 1946 ft. long with a storage capacity for 3,330,900 feet of lumber. The frame building is the yard Master's office. We shall take you through our entire plant with a series of these cards and trust they may be of interest to you. Murphy Chair Company, Detroit. Postmarked Jul 22, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society