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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Casino on Belle Isle, with paths extending in to the foreground. Printed on verso: Casino, 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 Jul 21, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Knights of Columbus Hall on Woodward Avenue. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jun 19, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 depicting a parked and empty Hupmobile coupe. Printed on recto: 20 H.P. 4-Cyl. Coupe, Fully Equipped. $1100. F.O.B. Detroit, Mich. Printed on verso: Hupmobile Models Long stroke "32" in Touring and Runabout Bodies - $900 20 H.P. Runabout, 750 20 H.P. Roadster, 850 20 H.P. Coupe, 1100 Made by Chilton Company, Phila., Pa. U.S.A. 4251
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting City Hall with the Dime Building behind it. Printed on verso: City Hall. Located on Woodward Avenue and between Fort Street and Michigan Avenue, facing the historic Cadillac Square. Postmarked 1917.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting a decorative arch for the Elks National Convention parade illuminated at night on Woodward Avenue in Grand Circus Park. The time-lapse photo resulted in streaks of light from streetcars. Printed on recto: Pesha Photo
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the D.M. Ferry and Company's Warehouse A on the corner of Brush and Monroe Streets. In the street are pedestrians, a streetcar, automobiles, and horse-drawn vehicles. Printed on divided verso: Office of D.M. Ferry & Co., Seedsmen, Detroit, Mich. Our Agent, Mr. […] will call on you […] for the purpose of settling the past season's Seed Account and receiving your esteemed orders for the coming year. If you have any of our Seeds out on commission, please call them in at once, so as to be prepared to close the account. Respectfully, D.M. Ferry & Co.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Blue monochromatic postcard depicting Central High School from the corner of W Hancock Street and Cass Avenue. Handwritten message on verso, dated Feb 10, 1908. A. C. Dietsche, Detroit, Mich. And Leipzig. Made in Germany
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a tour bus parked in front of the Aquarium on Belle Isle, with the Conservatory in the background. Printed on verso: Sight Seeing Car at Aquarium, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich. Immense Sigh Seeing Cars stop at all place of Interest. The card shows one of these cars stopping at Aquarium to give passengers a chance to see this interesting sight. The Aquarium on Belle Isle is one of the finest in the country. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 5, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting windmills along the shore of Grosse Ile. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 1, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
