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- Color postcard depicting the Hotel Pontchartrain from Campus Martius, with streetcars, automobiles, pedestrians, and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in the foreground. A sign reads "Canadian Pacific". Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 5, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting people canoeing on a Belle Isle lake, with people along the shore to the left and a steamship in the background. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 6, 1919.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Hudson's Building and Pardridge & Blackwell Building from the intersection of Farmer and Monroe Streets. Business signs read "Johnson's Chop House", "P. & B.", and "Lume's Stag Hotel", with a streetcar, pedestrians, and horse-drawn vehicles visible. Printed on verso: Pardridge & Blackwell's and J.L. Hudson's Big Department Stores occupy opposite corners of Gratiot Avenue and Farmer Street. Both are department stores of the mot advanced type and occupy their own buildings, especially constructed for their own use, each taking up virtually half a complete city square. The corner which they occupy has often been termed the heart of Detroit's retail district. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jan 14, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the lumber yard at the Murphy Chair Company, with a shed, barrel, and tracks visible. Printed on verso: Yard View. This card gives you a view of one of our lumber tracks, and is presented to show you the manner in which we store out boards to insure perfect seasoning. The shed shown extended to the right at the upper end and to the left at the office end, in shape like [zigzag line] and is 1946 ft. long with a storage capacity for 3,330,900 feet of lumber. The frame building is the yard Master's office. We shall take you through our entire plant with a series of these cards and trust they may be of interest to you. Murphy Chair Company, Detroit. Postmarked Jul 22, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting a two story house at 3737 Clairmont Street. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Nov 17, 1922.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a black and white image of the Temple Theatre and Else Temple on the corner of Monroe Street and Campus Martius. Below reads "I Like the Town of Detroit, Think I'll But it For You" with a green and red pennant. Typed message on verso, postmarked, Jun 17, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting St. Mary's of Mt. Carmel Polish School in Wyandotte with two men standing in front. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked May 2, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting houses along the east side of E Grand Boulevard. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Apr 28, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the floral clock in Water Works Park, with a smokestack in the background. Printed on verso: Floral Clock, Water Works Park. The 72-acre plot of ground on Jefferson Avenue, owned by the city and partially occupied by its waterworks pumping station has been made one of Detroit's beauty spots. The water supply is pumped through a long tunnel from Lake St. Clair to the distributing point. The park is remarkable for its big floral clock and the memorial at the entrance. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 11, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting the Casino in Palmer Park from across the Lake, with a few people on a path. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Dec 29, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
