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- Black and white print of a lithograph depicting a view of Detroit from the Detroit River in 1794, taken from page 367 of Silas Farmer's The History of Detroit and Michigan. In the 1889 book, the citadel, then-present Wayne Street, Ste. Anne's Catholic Church, the old council house, the brig GENERAL GAGE, and Griswold Street are labeled below from left to right. In addition to the GAGE, a pair of smaller sailboats and a canoe are in the foreground. "S. Farmer" is printed in the lower left, and a blacked out signature is printed in the lower right. "Insert from Collot map, 1796" and "From the original painting in Paris" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Booklet concerning the reconstruction of the NIAGARA published by the Journal of American History under the auspices of the Board of Perry's Victory Centennial Commissioners of the State of Pennsylvania. John Wesley Jarvis's painting of Oliver Hazard Perry surrounded by three sailors and backed by his "Don't Give Up the Ship" banner, is printed on the cover surrounded by a yellow border.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass plate negative taken of a three-masted sailing being towed by a tug boat north from the mouth of Lake Huron, as taken from Port Huron's Edison Beach, facing south. The Fort Gratiot Lighthouse stands south along the shore. "Taken Sept 10, 1915 at Edison beach, Port Huron, Mich.," was handwritten on the envelope which previously held the negative.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Black and white print of a lithograph depicting a view of Detroit from the Detroit River in 1794, taken from page 367 of Silas Farmer's The History of Detroit and Michigan. In the 1889 book, the citadel, then-present Wayne Street, Ste. Anne's Catholic Church, the old council house, the brig GENERAL GAGE, and Griswold Street are labeled below from left to right. In addition to the GAGE, a pair of smaller sailboats and a canoe are in the foreground. "S. Farmer" is printed in the lower left, and a blacked out signature is printed in the lower right. "Insert from Collot map, 1796" and "From the original painting in Paris" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass plate negative taken of a three-masted sailing being towed by a tug boat north from the mouth of Lake Huron, as taken from Port Huron's Edison Beach, facing south. The Fort Gratiot Lighthouse stands south along the shore. "Taken Sept 10, 1915 at Edison beach, Port Huron, Mich.," was handwritten on the envelope which previously held the negative.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet concerning the reconstruction of the NIAGARA published by the Journal of American History under the auspices of the Board of Perry's Victory Centennial Commissioners of the State of Pennsylvania. John Wesley Jarvis's painting of Oliver Hazard Perry surrounded by three sailors and backed by his "Don't Give Up the Ship" banner, is printed on the cover surrounded by a yellow border.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society