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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a woman standing next to the sailors monument on Bob-Lo Island, with a ship on the Detroit River in the background. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked June 29, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Postcard bearing a blue-tinted monochromatic print of a photograph of the Hazen S. Pingree Monument in Grand Circus Park on the recto. The verso is unused and printed with the mark, "Copyright 1904 by the Rotograph Co."
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Invitation to the unveiling ceremony of the Stevens T. Mason monument in Capitol Park, on Saturday May 13, 1908, sent on behalf of the Mason Monument Commission. Daniel McCoy, Lawton T. Hemans, and Arthur L. Holmes are listed as the commissioners. The invitation is printed in script on the front panel of a beige half-folded piece of paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Booklet describing a proposed "Monument to Be Erected by the People to Commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Founding of Detroit," copyright Henry Russel 1900. The monument was to be a Doric column twenty-four feet in diameter and two hundred twenty feet high, and was to stand "upon a site reclaimed from the river at the lower end of Belle Isle Park." The booklet features a several page description of the monument and the reasons why it was being proposed, and also solicits funds for the construction of the project, which was estimated to cost one million dollars. A color illustration of the proposed monument can be found on the verso of the first page. Also located in the booklet is a list of the members of the Detroit Bicentennial Memorial committee. The last sheet is a perforated sheet containing instructions for subscribing and sending funds to the committee.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Anniversaries
- Description:
- Booklet describing a proposed "Monument to Be Erected by the People to Commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Founding of Detroit," copyright Henry Russel 1900. The monument was to be a Doric column twenty-four feet in diameter and two hundred twenty feet high, and was to stand "upon a site reclaimed from the river at the lower end of Belle Isle Park." The booklet features a several page description of the monument and the reasons why it was being proposed, and also solicits funds for the construction of the project, which was estimated to cost one million dollars. A color illustration of the proposed monument can be found on the verso of the first page. Also located in the booklet is a list of the members of the Detroit Bicentennial Memorial committee. The last sheet is a perforated sheet containing instructions for subscribing and sending funds to the committee.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Anniversaries
- Description:
- Located at 1301 S Pennsylvania Ave. On reverse: "A gift to the people as a memorial to the noble American Indian by noted sculptor Peter Toth. The 29 ft. five inch figure weighing 15,000 lbs. is made from a single Elm log. It stands in an oak grove in Potter Park, Lansing, Michigan."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Located at 100 N. Capitol Ave.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Located at 101 N Capitol Ave.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Solitude in Stone is a quarterly publication about unusual monuments published by Clyde A. Chamberlin. Donated by Timothy Bowman. Container lists are updated as we add new titles and issues to the collection.
- Date Created:
- [1994 TO 2005]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Newspapers and Periodicals Collection
- Description:
- On reverse: "Michigan became the 26th state, admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837. Michigan's background is rich and full. Pictured are but a few of the interesting historic sites around the state."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
