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- Description:
- Table d'hôte lunch menu card from the Russell House, dated Tuesday, January 7, 1902 with a tear-off postcard attached at the top. The card is printed on beige paper, with an image of the hotel's crest beside a small half-tone head-and-shoulders portrait photo of D.W.H. Moreland flanked by a color illustration of a man and woman standing beside opposite ends of a horse-drawn carriage, providing the face of the postcard. The menu is printed in green below. A small section at the bottom of the menu suggests "Amusements to-night" at nearby theaters. A production of "Miss Simplicity" starring Frank Daniels is listed at the Detroit Opera House. "The Little Minister," is at the Lyceum Theatre. Louise Gunning and vaudeville are featured at the Avenue Theatre. Frederick Hallen, Mollie Fuller, and vaudeville are listed as being at the New Wonderland theater. Mailing instructions, and space for addresses and stamps are provided on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Second 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 sitting in a chair and looking longingly at a picture of a woman he is holding in front of himself at eye level. In the lower left corner of the recto is an image of a woman in a pink blouse and tan skirt holding a book and reclining on a couch. The card's title, "I'm in Love," is printed in the bottom right corner of the recto. Printed on the verso is damaged advertising copy stating "To love is a very funny thing, it makes some laugh while others sing; Your feelings cannot be described, [...] thinking of your future bride. [...] a Garland [...] prove to be wise, [...] scotte" you'll be [...] all your lives."
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company receipt from a box of seeds, plus packages of late cabbage, kale, and kohlrabi seeds, totaling $43.20, sold to Mr. C. Schaaf of Augusta, Missouri on December 16, 1876. "On sale," is noted in a field marked "terms," and "Less comm[ission]," has been noted beneath the list of goods. The receipt is printed with a company header that includes an engraving of a woman in Native American costume standing with her hand on her chest above a woman who is kneeling while gathering grains with a sickle.
- Date Issued:
- 1876-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Certificate of Guarantee from the Peninsular Stove Company. It offers a warranty to the purchaser of one of their stoves should the stove be defective or damaged. On the front is a depiction of the Peninsular Stoves and Ranges logo and a stylized image of a woman's head surrounded by streamers.
- Date Issued:
- 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Jewett and Sherman Company invoice for $142.98 for eighty barrels plus cartage, sold to the E.J. Dossin Company on June 21, 1923, and shipped from Milwaukee to Detroit via the Universal Steamship Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Mailer menu from the Hotel Ste. Claire, dated Monday, December 26, 1910. The menu unfolds from an envelope shape with green borders. The hotel's crest and the name of its proprietor John R. Stirling are printed on the flap.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One tax receipt, dated December 14, 1869, issued by the Wayne County Treasurer's Office in Detroit. It was printed in black text on white paper and indicated that Richmond & Backus Company paid $330.63 for county taxes on the "W [west] 24 ft., Lot 3, Sec. 1," as well as for "Merchandise," and the "E [east] 26 ft., Lot 3, Sec. 1." The receipt was signed by "Paul Gies, County Treasurer."
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Check No. 1864 from the Office of Belknap & Drake for $54.60, dated June 28 1871, to balance invoice May 24, 1871. The illustration on the left side of the check depicts Belknap & Drake's Packing House. A box marked "Stamp." is located on the top right corner of the check. Text stamp across the check reads "Exchange not allowed. Express must be prepaid." The check is marked "The Calvert Lith. Co. Detroit" on the bottom left.
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One bill of sale from George J. Reindel & Co. to Mr. Theodore H. Perry for furniture rental in the amount of $5.00, dated May 15, 1912. The paper is faded light green and is printed in black text and black typescript. It is stamped, "PAID," in red ink, dated May 17, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- A letter from Ralph Emery, a clerk working for the Detroit Stove Works, to his father, Robert T. Emery, in Belfast, Maine, dated July 22, 1888. The letter is written on Detroit Stove Works letterhead, which features a lithograph, credited to the Calvert Lithograph Company, depicting the Detroit Stove Works offices in Detroit and Chicago as well as the company's foundry in Hamtramck, Michigan. The letter reads: My dear Father, Have not written you for some days for have been so busy have not had time. Worked a number of nights last week + Sunday worked all day + all night so have been a little broken up - but will be all right in a few days. We are very busy in many ways, more so than usual + expect to be for some time. Will Morison telegraphed he would be in Detroit Wednesday night but train was five hours late. Thursday took him about the City, Enjoyed his stay very much - He was delighted with Detroit. He left for Chicago at 10 o'clock. Tonight is the Michigan Club Banquet + will probably have a lending to from Gov. Alger for President. Hope he will get the nomination, he could make a fine President. Has a perfectly clean record, made an unusually good Governor, is one of the best business men in the Country. Don't suppose there is much new in Belfast. Have not heard from there for sometime. Hope you will write when you find time. See by papers Mr. + Mrs. Hazeltine + Mrs. White have gone to Jacksonville - Give my regards to all - you'll have to close as have not time to write more at present. Your affec. son, Ralph Emery
- Date Issued:
- 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
