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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TIONESTA near the shore on the Detroit River. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Apr 12, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Merrill Fountain in front of the Detroit Opera House. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked March 3, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Monochromatic postcard depicting a fountain in Capitol Park, with pedestrians, buildings and a view down Griswold Street in the background. A sign reads, "John Winter & Co. General Insurance". Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Mar 23, 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the VICTORIA approaching the docks at the foot of Woodward Avenue, with Windsor in the background. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 1910. Printed on verso: Ferry for Windsor, Canada. These ferry boats run from their dock at foot of Woodward Avenue across the Detroit River to Windsor, Canada and carry many hundred passengers daily. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 5, 1919.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the northwest corner of Michigan Avenue and Griswold Street. Business signs read "E.C. Kinsel Cut Rate Druggist", "Adams' Cut Rate Dentist", "People's Outfitting Co", "Chop Soy", and "Golden Clothes". In the background is the Cadillac Hotel. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Oct 13, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Detroit approach to the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel, with a truss bridge and buildings in the background. Trains are on the tunnel tracks and alongside. Printed on verso: The Detroit River Tunnel, has the unique distinction of being the only tunnel of its type ever built. It was constructed in sections, all work being done from the surface of the water without the use of compressed air. The Tunnel is operated electronically. Construction was started October 1, 1906, and completed July 1, 1910. The length from portal to portal is 1 3/8 miles, and from summit of grade 2 ½ miles. It was built by the Detroit River Tunnel Company for the M. C. R. R. at a cost of $8,500,000. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 8, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting Campus Martius, facing west. In view are the Hammond Building, Bagley Memorial Fountain, City Hall, and Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Printed on verso: The Detroit City Hall in which are located the administrative offices of the city, was erected in 1869. It is a handsome and substantial stone structure, situated on Woodward Avenue, between Fort street and Lafayette Avenue, occupying an entire block. The city spent $50,000 remodeling the interior in 1906. To the left is shown Fort street, west one of the leading business thoroughfares and which connects the heart of the city with the immense manufacturing establishments in Delray and other down-river industries. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a ladder truck in front of a burning downtown building. Several firemen are visible on the street and up ladders. Handwritten message on verso reads "I just came in from the fire and saw the department make the run." Postmarked Sep 3, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting a stone house on the southwest corner of Grand River Avenue and Northrop Street in Redford [later Detroit]. Handwritten on verso, "This is the undertaker's house". Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 12, 1917.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting a two story house in Palmer Park with a wooden fence in the foreground. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 29, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
