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- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company trade card advertising Nasturtium. A color illustration of the flowers, from the Calvert Lithograph Company, "painted from actual specimens," according to the caption, as well as the copyright date, 1889, are on the recto. The verso contains a description of the plant, and a price list for its different varieties.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Pocket map with cover entitled, "The Standard Life and Accident Insurance Company of Detroit, Michigan." The cover is printed in black text on heavy tan paper. The inside contains a folded map of the 1893 Columbian Exposition, Chicago, that is printed in black, red, and blue ink. A map of Chicago is printed on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Monthly statement from Madame Hude-Vier at 71 Washington Avenue, dated June 1, 1889. The statement's letterhead includes a lithograph of a young girl in a high chair wearing a long dress, and holding onto the loose end of a ball of yarn while a cat plays with the other end. The letterhead lists Madame Hude-Vier's specialties as "Infants' and Children's Wear, Bridal Outfits, Specialty of Imported White Goods, etc." The statement lists costs and payments for gingham, hats, dresses, and a jacket.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. A lithograph on the recto depicts two young girls, one in a white and pink dress carrying flowers and the other in a pink vest and green-brown skirt pulling a cart filled with flowers, walking alongside a sheep. An advertisement for Garland Stoves and Ranges, stressing the importance of buying genuine Garland products, is on the verso.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company statement of account for Miss R. J. Winn and Company of Fort Union, Virginia on May 18, 1895. A handwritten note below the ledger reads, "These seeds were left over when our traveler called 7/8/94. Please remit at once."
- Date Issued:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog; front and back cover has a picture of a yellow flower attached to a green stem on a gray background, with "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich. Bulbs and Seeds Autumn 1916" at bottom; inside are descriptions of various plants with prices; black and white pictures and photographs; Calvert Lithograph Company; John Borman and Son, Printers; order form included
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One receipt dated September 1, 1888, in the amount of $2.00 from Charles Cross on the account of T. B. Rayl & Company and collected by the Union Credit Company. The receipt is printed in black ink on stained white paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One accounting report for "Richmond & Backus - Insurance." The report is handwritten in black ink on a sheet of white linen ledger paper that has light blue lines and columns. It lists dates, item numbers, insurance company names, agent names, amounts, and totals.
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Promotional magazine from the Michigan Stove Company, advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. On the book's front cover is an image of a woman's face in profile inside a circular decorative motif, as well as images of branches with flowers on them, a garland, and long-stemmed flowers. Written on the front cover is "The Garland Magazine; Circulation: One Million; Published By The Michigan Stove Company; Detroit.; Chicago.; Buffalo;." Stamped in blue below the title is "Zimmerman Bros. Agts, Marine City, Mich." Printing of the magazine is credited to the Hammond Press, W.B. Conkey Company, Chicago. On the back cover is text, written inside a backdrop of rectangules with fleurs-de-lis in them, advertising the fact that more Garland stoves are sold each year than any other stove. Contained within the magazine are anecdotes, jokes, poems and everday life tips amidst advertisements for Garland Stoves and Ranges.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Invoice from the Detroit Lithographic Company for $12 of goods sold to T. H. Eaton and Sons, dated August 30, 1882. The invoice is printed with an ornate header containing the company's name.
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
