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- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. A lithograph on the recto, credited to Hughes Lithograph Company of Chicago, depicts a dog, a fox terrier, in the middle of a lush forest. A stump with a Garland Stoves and Ranges logo attached to it is depicted next to the dog. Text reading "Garland Dog (Fox Terrier) On Display at the Chicago House" is found on the bottom of the recto. An advertisement for the "Horizontal Oak-Garland" model wood burning stove, alongside an image of a Horizontal Oak-Garland stove, is on the verso.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Staple-bound storybook, written by J. Henry Smythe, for the J.L. Hudson Company. The story concerns a young boy and girl who visit the toy department of the J.L. Hudson Company Department Store, and become inspired by Santa Claus' example to deliver gifts to their neighbors. The children and Prince are pictured on the cover, with their arms, and a sled filled with parcels. An advertisement for Hudson's Toyland section is printed on the back cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Third card of a six trade card set from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges, entitled "Before & After Marriage In Five Acts," drawn by Cassius M. Coolidge and copyrighted by George M. Hayes. On the recto is an image of a man in a white suit and hat smiling while holding a cane. In the lower left corner of the recto is an image of a man in a tan suit and a woman in a blue and white dress holding a fan as they sit together while an older man regards them from behind the woman's chair. The card's title, "Engaged," is printed in the bottom right corner of the recto. Printed on the verso is damaged advertising copy stating "[...] fine young Miss, [...] heavenly bliss, [...] to cast your lost, [...]tly wait the tying knot. [...] the happy day comes near, [...] Garland, and nothing fear."
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- 1883 D. M. Ferry and Company catalog printed by the Gulley Printing House with illustrations by the Calvert Lithograph Company, containing information and illustrations of the company's fields and other facilities, as well as descriptions and illustrations of the fruits, vegetables, flowers, and farming tools available through the company. A girl waters flowers through a window on the front cover, and a small boy and girl share a large slice of watermelon in a field, surrounded by a border of vegetables on the back.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Universal Steamship Company consignee memo for an order from Valentin Blatz Brewing Company shipped from Milwaukee to the E.J. Dossin Company in Detroit, dated August 3, 1923. The document lists the shipment as one packages of "10x5 VT Signs." A Universal Steamship Company stamp at the bottom of the document has been crossed out.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Letter, dated December 18th, 1912, from the Detroit Stove Works to The Soo Hardware Company in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The letter discusses a supposed shortage in a shipment delivered to the Soo Hardware Company on November 1, 1912, with the Stove Works explaining that its records show the shipment was delivered in full. At the top of the letter are images of the company's stove works on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit and their Western Offices on La Salle Street in Chicago.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- The envelope is postmarked February 1, 1911, and shows the letterhead of the Trussed Steel Company of Detroit, Michigan. The letterhead text is black and the paper is yellowed.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Letter addressed "To whom it is concerned," introducing the bearer, J.L. Ernst, as an authorized Encyclopedia Britannica salesman for the J.L. Hudson Company, dated November 8, 1901. The letter is typewritten on J.L. Hudson Company stationery which features an engraving of the store by the Calvert Lithographing Company. The letter is signed by the manager of the Britannica Department.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman and Son with illustrations from Calvert Lithograph Company; front cover has an illustration picture of red, pink, white and yellow snapdragons with the caption "Snapdragon Fine Mixed"; back cover has red, orange, pink white and yellow flowers; "Seed Annual 1916, D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." is printed on both the front and back cover; inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white pictures and photographs, with three full page color illustrations near the front; order form missing, though order envelope is present
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Letter from D.M. Ferry and Company to Exchange Bank, Bloomfied, Iowa. "Dear Sirs:- We herewith enclose for collection draft No. 4549 Amount $8.52 and EXCHANGE on Eberline & Kneedler, (Town) Belknap, (State) Iowa. When collected, please remit proceeds by New York or Chicago Exchange and report by number. Yours truly, D. M. Ferry & Co."; on company letterhead, no image; handwritten note on bottom stating that Eberline paid representative when he took up unsold seed; Dated October 11, 1912
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
