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- Description:
- Booklet. The Tenth Annual Report of the Public Lighting Commission of the City of Detroit, Michigan, an 86 page booklet. Within are charts, and graphs detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Commission for the fiscal year spanning from July 1, 1904 to June 30, 1905. Also included are photographic plates depicting the Public Lighting Commissioners, streetlights, tunnels, and facilities of the Public Lighting Commission.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Staple-bound booklet published for the Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of America in Detroit in June 1925. The booklet is bound in a green paper cover with images of seals representing France, Great Britain, and the United States, along with a half-tone print of an illustration of early French settlers. The booklet contains the sections, "Old Gardens of Michigan," by Caroline Alger Shelden, "Grosse Point Gardens," by "E.S.P.," and the list "Some Modern Gardens of Michigan." Several illustrations and photographs are included within.
- Date Issued:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet containing the Evening News' carrier's address for New Year's, 1882. The front cover features the title of the publication and an introductory stanza for the address, surrounded by a decorative border. The introductory stanza reads as follows: "Your pardon we crave if presumptuous we seem: But our last year's long labors we hope you may deem Deserving a bonus ; no handsome annuity We ask at your hands: but a modest gratuity! -Your Newsboy.-" The booklet's first seven pages contains the full text of the address, with the eighth page featuring a calendar for the year 1882. The inside of the front cover has an advertisement for the Art Emporium and Artists' Supply Depot, while the back cover has an advertisement for the Mills & Barker furniture store. The booklet is bound by string.
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- "Weekly Time Book" printed by Berry Brothers Varnishes, softcover, 1905. The outside cover is gray/tan in color with black text. The inside pages have pre-printed lines and columns to keep track of workmen's weekly wages. Names and wage data have been handwritten in black ink throughout the book for the year 1905. However, the name of the company is not indicated. The initials, "C.F., Sr." and "C.F., Jr." appear at the end of each weekly time/wage account. Possibly, they are the company owners.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet entitled "Communication of Hon. Wm. C. Maybury on Controller F. A. Blades' Plan for Making Permanent Improvements in the City of Detroit by the Issue of Thirty Year Four Per Cent Bonds, As Submitted to the Common Council, November 29, 1898." The 7-page booklet is printed in black text on slightly yellowed paper. (Page 2 is blank.)
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet about antidiphtheric serum and antidiphtheric globulins produced by Parke, Davis & Co.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet entitled, "The Detroit Edison Synchroscope," vol. 8, no. 1, March, 1921; 28 pages, softcover (employee newsletter of the Detroit Edison Company). Outside cover is pale yellow with black text. Inside pages are printed in black text with black and white photos.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Pocket-sized 1902 calendar published by the World's Dispensary Medical Association, filled with advertisements about the group's medicines. The cover bears a black and white illustration of a woman in a fancy dress sitting at a writing desk. The January/February page has been filled out with what appears to be an inventory of fabrics, patterns, and sewing notions. A newspaper clipping concerning a sidewalk paving ordinance, dated August 11, 1903, has been pinned to the March/April page.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet about Elmwood Cemetery. Includes black & white photos, a brief historical sketch, rules and regulation, an act of incorporation, and suggestions of F. L. Olmsted & Co. Detroit: John Bornman & Son, Printers.
- Date Issued:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Recipe booklet containing numerous advertisements from the Michigan Stove Company profiling their different models of stoves, as well as single advertisements from several other businesses. The cover is printed with an advertisement for Newcomb, Endicott, and Company, featuring a lithograph of their location credited to the Calvert Lithographing Company. C.R. Mabley and Company; the Russell House; the Banner Tobacco Company; the John H. Wendell and Company Grain Commission; M.S. Smith and Company, Jewelers and Silversmiths; and the Calvert Lithographing Company are featured in advertisements within. Two pages are also dedicated to a brief "Historical Sketch of Detroit,"
- Date Issued:
- 1879-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Souvenir booklet distributed by Mabley and Company containing a fold-out description of the city of Detroit, a small image of City Hall, and a page about Mabley and Company's shop, The Bazaar. The booklet is bound in a red cover with gold text and scrollwork. "Souvenir" is printed on the front cover, and "Compliments of Mabley & Company, Detroit, Mich." is on the back cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Staple-bound booklet published by Lewis E. Myers and Company of Valparaiso, Indiana advertising the Roller Racer, a "new sport model wagon." The booklet is in the format of a story about a group of children who enthusiastically playing with the toy while praising its construction, features, compact design, and safety. "For Sale by The J.L. Hudson Company, Ninth Floor, Farmer Street Bldg., Detroit, Michigan," is printed across the center of the cover, over an image of a boy racing the wagon downhill, as other children watch.
- Date Issued:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Detroit Base Ball Club stockholder ticket book issued to E.T. Barnum for the 1883 League Series played at Recreation Park in Detroit, signed by club president W. G. Thompson Contains intact checks for games 51 and 52, the rest have been torn out. Brown leather cover with gold print.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet commemorating the cornerstone laying at the First Presbyterian Church on October 7, 1889. Includes engravings, and the speeches, remarks and addresses of Hon. D. Bethune Duffield, Rev. Howard Duffield, Rev. R. H. Leonard, Hon. Alanson Sheley, Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, and Rev. Marcus A. Brownson. Printed by O. S. Gulley, Bornman & Co.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- 116 page Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company promotional booklet; describes: fleet--GREATER DETROIT, CITY OF DETROIT III, CITY OF CLEVELAND, CITY OF DETROIT II, WESTERN STATES, EASTERN STATES, CITY OF ST. IGNACE, and GREATER BUFFALO--routes, fares, points of interest, photographs
- Date Issued:
- 1924-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Almanac published by L.R. Herrick, M.D. for Dr. Herrick and Brother, Practical Chemists, of Albany, New York. In addition to information concerning holidays, weather, and astrology, the almanac contains advertisements for Dr. Herrick and Brother products including a testimonial from a slave owner who claims the company's Sugar Coated Pills cured one of his slaves of a three-year long aliment which doctors were unable to treat.
- Date Issued:
- 1863-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet (2 copies). The Eleventh Annual Report of the Public Lighting Commission of the City of Detroit, Michigan, an 86 page booklet. Within are charts, and graphs detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Commission for the fiscal year spanning from July 1, 1905 to June 30, 1906. Also included are photographic plates depicting the Public Lighting Commissioners, streetlights, tunnels, and facilities of the Public Lighting Commission.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One booklet entitled "Old Fashioned Home Songs - School Edition," published in 1898 by the Ling Piano House located at 78 Library Ave. in the King Building, Detroit, Michigan. The softcover booklet is printed in black text on moderately yellowed paper and is 36 pages long.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One booklet with a black leather cover that is stamped in gold-colored text which shows "Manual of the Board of Education and Directory of the Detroit Public Schools, 1900." The name of the owner, "W. C. Martindale," is stamped in the lower right corner of the cover. The booklet is 121 pages in length and is printed in black text on faintly yellowed paper. It includes the names of the officers of the Detroit Board of Education, office hours, committee names and members, financial information, school dimensions and names, names of principals and teachers, rules and regulations, and a school calendar. There is also a separate alphabetical listing of teachers' names as well as an index.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- Description:
- One booklet with a maroon leather cover that is stamped in gold-colored text which shows "Appropriations, City of Detroit. Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1901." The booklet is 71 pages in length and is printed in black text on faintly yellowed paper. It was prepared by the Office of the Controller and includes the names of the various city departments and funds as well as their corresponding budgets. Millage tax rates are shown for each ward. There is an index on page 3.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One booklet entitled, "Twenty Years, 1903-1923, The Detroit Edison Company." This softcover booklet is 45 pages long and provides an illustrated history of the company as well as information about company power plants, service territory, and earnings. The outside cover is light brown with the title shown in gold text in a decorative dark green rectangle. The inside pages are printed in black text with black and white photos. A fold-out color map of the company service territory is attached to the inside back cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One hardcover membership and account booklet for the "Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Coalpassers' Union of the Great Lakes." The pocket-size booklet has a green cloth cover and contains 40 pages of printed text. Page 2 is entitled "Certificate of Membership No. 417" and indicates that "A. [Arthur] Page" was a member of the union. Page 3 gives a brief personal description of the member and is dated May, 1920. Pages 4 through 8 show blank lines for a "Statement of Account" and contain ink stamps for each month to indicate that the $1.25 monthly dues had been paid. The remaining pages 9 through 40 list the union articles and rules.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- Description:
- One booklet entitled, "32 Years Ago," which was published by the Union Trust Company to commemorate their 32nd year of business. The company was founded in 1891 and the booklet was published in 1923. The booklet consists of a single panoramic strip of halftone photographic images that show downtown Detroit storefronts along the east side of Woodward Avenue as of 1891. The entire view extends from Grand Circus Park to the Detroit River and sections are identified by as follows: Grand Circus Park Witherell Street to John R Street John R Street to Grand River Avenue Grand River Avenue to Gratiot Avenue Gratiot Avenue to Campus Martius Campus Martius Campus Martius to Congress Street Congress Street to Larned Street Larned Street to Jefferson Avenue Woodward Avenue and Jefferson Avenue Jefferson Avenue to Woodbridge Street Woodbridge Street to Atwater Street Atwater Street to Detroit River.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet written for the September 19, 1919 centennial celebration of the Treaty of Saginaw, by Fred Dustin, chairman of the Committee on History and Records.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Green booklet with white border, with black text and an image of a white lit cigarette. Front cover reads "The Case Against the Little White Slaver Volumes 1 and 2 Compliments of Henry Ford Detroit-Mich". The back also has an image of a white cigarette. It contains letter from Thomas Edison about the dangers posed to young boys of smoking cigarettes, as well as defenses of smoking from tobacco companies, and refutations of those defenses. It warns readers of the medical and psychological consequences of smoking including unemployment and criminal behavior.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color booklet from The Evening News, The Detroit Tribune, and The Sunday News Tribune, containing a poem, "A Happy New Year," written by Thad. Stevens Barnum. The front cover features a color illustration depicting the start of the new year, with an angelic figure and a background of an evening sky featuring a moon and two owls on the left, and Father Time and a background featuring the sun on the right. Text on the bottom left of the front cover reads "The Calvert Lith. Co. Detroit." The back cover features a color illustration of two boys selling copies of The Evening News with the title "INTRUSION." underneath the illustration in the center. The inside of the booklet contains the seven stanza poem written across four pages. Each page has a background depicting various scenes, including a newspaper salesman, a family sitting in front of a fire, a ballroom dance, and a horse drawn sleigh. The drawings are signed "Jos. Kraemer" on the bottom left.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Cadillaqua pamphlet. A staple-bound pamphlet concerning Cadillaqua, the celebration of Detroit's 211th birthday in 1912. The cover reads "A National Glad Time! Cadillaqua, the Greatest Fete and Carnival in History, Detroit, July 22-27, 1912, four days and five nights every year." The pamphlet is printed in red and black ink on beige paper. The cover depicts a woman in a clown suit riding atop a sea serpent as well as Cadillac's coat of arms. The interior describes the plans for the celebration as well as provides a brief history of the city with small illustrations in the corners of the pages.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Memorial Address Commemorative of the Honorable Zachariah Chandler. U.S. Senator delivered in the Fort Street Presbyterian Church, Detroit, Thursday morning. By Authur T. Pierson, Pastor. November 27, 1879
- Date Issued:
- 1879-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Staple-bound booklet advocating for the election of Democrat William Barlum Thompson over Republican George P. Codd in the 1906 mayoral election, based on Codd's support for higher fares for the Detroit United Railway. The booklet contains several political cartoons illustrating its point.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Memorabilia booklet commemorating the 75th anniversary of Christ Church Detroit. Contains historical data, parish statistics, and lists of memorial gifts, bishops, rectors, and assistant clergy. Front cover features images of the current and past church.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Staple-bound booklet written by Dr. J.T. Kent of Chicago written to help patient describe their symptoms to doctors. The booklet is arranged anatomically, providing questions about pains and other troubles for each section of the body. Several additional pages bearing a passage entitled "One Way to Study the Materia Medica," by Lawrence M. Stanton, M.D. have been pinned to the inside cover. "W. Robert Wilson," has been handwritten at the top of the front cover. The cover is held on by three stripes of tape.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One softcover booklet entitled, "Heat and Light - Part I," and "Warmth for Winter Homes," published by the Detroit Heating & Lighting Company in 1890. The booklet has a brown cover with black title text. It contains 44 pages of brown printed text on white paper and discusses the design advantages of its "Bolton Heater" hot water heating system. Specifications and illustrations are also included.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet published by the Washington-Detroit Theatre Company promoting investment in the construction of the Washington Theatre on the northwest corner of Washington Boulevard and Clifford Street. The booklet describes the opportune circumstances present for the project, the modern planned amenities it will contain, and projected earnings for investors. An illustration of the planned theatre is on the cover. The booklet is printed on tan paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Promotional booklet for the Y.M.C.A. Automobile School. Front and back covers have an orange background and bare a large photo of the downtown Y.M.C.A. above a smaller photo of the Y.M.C.A. Automobile School building, both located on Elizabeth Street, as well as the seal of the Detroit Technical Institute-Y.M.C.A. Auto School. "Detroit, Learn Autos Where Autos are Made" is printed along the bottom. Information about the school's program in automobile service and repair, including many black and white photos, is contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Instructional book; Cover has the Y.M.C.A. emblem at the top, with "Young Men's Christian Association Detroit, Michigan"; beneath is "Mr. Garr A. Thompson, 6/2/1910, No. 10860"; inside are instructions for health care, including hygiene, diet and exercise, as well as an anthropometric table which has been filled out with various anatomical measurements
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- 17 page booklet bound in a grey paper cover with purple print containing the "Annual Report of the Social Service Director, 1915," "Treasurer's Report of Social Service Department, 1915," and "Report on the Ways and Means Committee of the Babies Convalescent Home, detailing the status of patients, expenditures, outings, and donations to the Children's Free Hospital.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet (2 copies). The Fourth Annual Report of the Public Lighting Commission of the City of Detroit, Michigan, a 70 page booklet. Within are charts, and graphs detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899. Also included are photographic plates depicting a the exterior of the office and station buildings, generator room, a boiler room, details of streetlight fixtures, a moonlight tower, a crane light, a center suspension light, a post light, and plans of the public lighting station.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Two copies of a 20 page sewn booklet containing a transcript of the address of Rev. Dr. E. B. Fairfield (ex-president of Hillsdale College) to the Young Men's Republican Club of Hillsdale, delivered on October 5, 1886, urging them to stay with the Republican Party. The speech highlights the differences between the Republicans and Democrats in regards to Reconstruction, temperance, and protective tariffs. Despite his support for their core issue, he also urges that his audience not stray into the Prohibition Party, feeling that the Republicans would better handle the issue of Prohibition rather than a dedicated party.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One booklet entitled "1860-1910, The Woodward Ave. Baptist Church Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary." The softcover booklet has a light tan paper cover with embossed title text and an embossed image of the church exterior. It contains 36 pages of black printed text on white/tan paper and gives a detailed history of the church, its pastors, charitable works, and finances. Names of current staff members, deacons, trustees, and committee members are also shown. Many black and white photographic images are included with the text. The last six pages show the daily programs for the week-long Jubilee celebration that was held at the church from Monday, June 20, 1910, to Sunday, June 26, 1910. The pages and cover are held together at the left edge with a thin tan cord.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet published by Christ Church Detroit containing hymns and prayers. Dated Oct 6, 1918.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Softcover booklet entitled, "A Trip Through Our Plant," published by the Ockford Printing Company in 1912. At that time, the company had just moved into a new facility at 68-92 Howard St., Detroit, Michigan. The booklet cover is grayish tan with red and black text. Inside pages include black and red text on white paper with black and white photographs of the printing plant interior and exterior. A blank information request postcard is located on the inside back cover of the booklet.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One booklet entitled "Old Fashioned Home Songs - School Edition," published by the Ling Piano House located in the King Building at 78 Library Ave., Detroit, Michigan. The softcover booklet is printed in black text on moderately yellowed paper and is 32 pages in length.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Small almanac bound in a blue paper cover, published by the Piso Company of Warren, Pennsylvania, containing articles advertising Piso's medicinal products.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet commemorating the 100th anniversary of Central Methodist Church and Michigan Methodism. Contains black & white photos, history of the church and its pastors, church directory, and program for the 55th Annual Session of Detroit Conference.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One booklet entitled "Address to the Public. The Advisibility of Purchasing Belle Isle for a Park, Water Works and Basis for a Tunnel. A Review of a Pamphlet, by D. Farrand Henry, Esq., Entitled 'Reasons for desiring a Removal of the Water Works." A Defense Of the action of the Common Council, and a Review of the Arguments of the Chief Engineer of the Water Board in favor of the Hamtramck Scheme." Printed in Detroit by the Union Job Printing Company in 1874. The cover is printed on light blue paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1874-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- Description:
- Staple and ribbon bound booklet published by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows to campaign for Detroit to host the 1898 meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The booklet contains photographs of Detroit buildings, streets, and sites, as well as articles on its suitableness for conventions, Belle Isle, the St. Clair Flats, Put-in-Bay, Palmer Park, Windsor, Mt. Clemens, Fort Wayne, Grosse Isle, and Oakland County. A section near the end provides background information on Michigan Lodge No. 1, Wayne Lodge No. 2, Oliver Branch Lodge No. 38, Washington Lodge No. 54, Detroit Lodge No. 128, Sides Lodge No. 155, Columbus Lodge No. 215, Riverside Lodge No. 303, Western Lodge No. 370, Eastern Lodge No. 387, Jonathon Lodge No. 394, River Rouge Lodge No. 410, American Eagle Lodge No. 441, Michigan Encampment No. 1, Enterprise Encampment No. 17, Ingersoll Encampment No. 29, Germania Encampment No. 45, and Canton Detroit No. 1 Patriarchs Militant. The booklet closes with messages from Governor Hazen S. Pingree and Mayor William C. Maybury to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows urging them to select Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet about antitoxins and vaccines produced by Parke, Davis & Co., with a few words on organo-therapy. A presentation of salient points relating to biologic therapy, for the use of student and practitioner.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One softcover booklet entitled "Summer Days on the Route of Star-Cole Red and White Star Lines' Steamers." The booklet has a dark brown cover with embossed title text and contains 89 pages of black printed text on white paper. It shows the timetable, route map, and fares for the Star-Cole steamships from Toledo to Port Huron and return. Steamships on these routes included the SS Greyhound, SS Darius Cole, SS City of Toledo, and SS Idlewild. Many short articles give descriptions of points of interest and activities. Black and white photographic images and advertisements are shown with the text. The booklet was published by the Thomas Smith Press of Detroit and was dated 1898.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet about Byzantine architecture and its application at the First Congregational Church. Includes black & white photos and a list of contractors. Published by Young People's Society Christian Endeavor, Detroit. Printed by Wilton-Smith Co., Detroit
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One booklet entitled "Grand Laundry Methods - Being an Appreciation of the Grand Laundry of Detroit, Mich.," by Elbert Hubbard. This softcover booklet is 26 pages long and was printed by the Roycroft Press of East Aurora, New York. The front cover has a trellis design of green leaves and purple grapes that frame a scene of a woman and child. The title is printed in green text. Pages have deckle edges.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet. Annual Report of the Public Lighting Plant For the Year Ending June 30, 1920, a 29 page booklet prepared by the City Clerk, the Honorable Richard Lindsay. Within are passages and tables detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Plant.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet. The Fifth Annual Report of the Public Lighting Commission of the City of Detroit, Michigan, a 49 page booklet. Within are charts, and graphs detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Commission for the fiscal year spanning from July 1, 1899 to June 30, 1900. Also included are photographic plates depicting the Public Lighting Commissioners, streetlights, and facilities of the Public Lighting Commission.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- The Directory Journal, v. XXV, August, 1923, no. 2, with the feature article entitled, "R. L Polk Makes His Last Trip," pp. 22-27. The journal cover shows a black and white picture of Ralph Lane Polk. Interior pages are printed in black text on white paper and include several black and white pictures.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet, "The Park for Detroit: Being a Preliminary Consideration of Certain Prime Conditions of Economy for the Belle Isle Scheme, Designed to Further Determinative Discussion of the Lasting Interests of the City in the Matter, with a View to a Settled Policy; with a Suggestion of the Distinctive Character of a Park Adapted to the Local Circumstances, and an Outline of the Leading Features of a Suitable Permanent Plan of Operations" by Frederick Law Olmstead. The front cover features black text indicating the title, followed by a quote from William Morris reading "With this intent in view, I may, I think, hope to move you, I do not say to agree with all I urge upon you, yet, at least, to think the matter worth thinking about." Text at the bottom of the cover reads "Richmond, Backus & Co., Publishers, Detroit, 1883. The booklet consists of a preface, followed by two parts containing a total of 19 sections concerning various proposals for Belle Isle.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet, published by the Michigan Historical Commission, documenting the unveiling of a Lewis Cass memorial tablet on Mackinac Island, on August 28, 1915. The booklet is bound in a green paper cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Seventeen page promotional booklet for Scott's Emulsion, containing seven color lithographs of maps, scenes, and products of South America and the Caribbean spread throughout unrelated pages of text concerning the history of medicine and the various ailments that Scott's Emulsion can remedy. The cover depicts a young boy holding book and pointing to South America on a globe, while saying, "There's where you came from," top a parrot perched on his shoulder. "Copyright 1906 by American Lithographic Co. N.Y." is printed on the lower left corner of the cover. The verso includes a space below the words, "Scott's Emulsion Sold By," for a merchant's stamp, however this area is blank.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Softcover advertising booklet entitled, "Canaries, Cage Birds and Pet Animals," by Royce & Passmore, "Manufacturers and Dealers in Bird, Dog and Poultry Supplies." The 30-page booklet is printed in black ink on slightly yellowed paper and has information about animal care, related books, and various medicinal products.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One booklet entitled, "Round the World with the Sun," which was an advertisement for watches and clocks made by the Waterbury Clock Company. The cover is printed in gold and dark green on a light green background. The 8 interior pages have short stories printed in black text on white paper along with color drawings. A black ink stamp on the verso shows the name of the local dealer, "H. J. Zimmerman, Jeweler, Furniture & Undertaking; Milan, Mich."
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Half fold souvenir booklet from the Michigan Booth at the National Woman Suffrage Bazaar, held in Madison Square Garden, New York City. Contains a printed quotation concerning women's suffrage from Senator Thomas W. Palmer, as well as his autograph. Was sold to raise money at the bazaar.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet by E. A. Batchelor recounting the tour from Detroit to New York in 20 hours, 26 minutes on August 17, 1921 by Childe Harold Wills in a Wills Sainte Claire automobile. Includes a map of the route and an image of Wills' successful arrival at 1874 Broadway, New York, NY.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Half fold women's suffrage tract, volume III, number 5 of "Political Equality Series," published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association in August of 1898. Features an article entitled, "When Gamblers 'Pray' and Mothers Can 'Demand.'" written by Kate E. N. Feltham of Idaho detailing the efforts of a women's suffrage group in Caldwell, Idaho to protect an ban on gambling from Constitutional challenges.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet about the Parke, Davis & Co. Department of Experimental Medicine. Contains black and white photos.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Soft cover booklet containing a transcript of eulogies for the late Zachariah Chandler, delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday, January 28, 1880.
- Date Issued:
- 1880-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet. The Fourteenth Annual Report of the Public Lighting Commission of the City of Detroit, Michigan, an 86 page booklet. Within are charts, and graphs detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Commission for the fiscal year spanning from July 1, 1908 to June 30, 1909. Also included are a fold-out plan of proposed improvements to the Public Lighting Plant on Atwater Street, pictures and floor plans of substations, and the Belle Isle and Palmer Park transformer houses.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet (2 copies). The Sixth Annual Report of the Public Lighting Commission of the City of Detroit, Michigan, a 83 page booklet. Within are charts, and graphs detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Commission for the fiscal year spanning from July 1, 1900 to June 30, 1901. Also included are photographic plates depicting the Public Lighting Commissioners, streetlights, tunnels, and facilities of the Public Lighting Commission.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet from Class Day at Norvell School held on January 23, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sewn booklet listing the Detroit College of Medicine's faculty, courses, requirements, textbooks, and fees, as well as recent matriculates, graduates, and hospital appointments for both the College of Medicine and the Department of Dental Surgery. Several photos of facilities are included.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- 26 page Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company promotional booklet; describes Fleet, focusing on the CITY OF DETROIT III and CITY OF CLEVELAND III, Fares, Routes, Rates for Hotels and Automobiles
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet entitled "My Trip to Detroit," by Burroughs Adding Machine Company of Detroit. It has a red softcover with gold text and gold border and is 26 pages in length. The inside pages are white with black text along with black and white photos of various Detroit scenes and buildings as well as Burroughs facilities and employees.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet containing information on the 1879 Y.M.C.A. on the northeast corner of Grand River Avenue and Griswold Street. The booklet is bound in a green paper cover with a oval-shaped cut out in the center behind which is a photo of the building on the first page. Cover also has a border with a flower motif on the right and left sides. Within in the book are descriptions and photos of the association's facilities both athletic and educational, as well as information about joining. An advertisement for Gage and Fischer life insurance is on the back cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet. The Twentieth Annual Report of the Public Lighting Commission of the City of Detroit, Michigan, an 82 page booklet. Within are charts, and graphs detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Commission for the fiscal year spanning from July 1, 1914 to June 30, 1915. Also included are a fold-out plan of the Public Lighting Plant on Atwater Street, which omits the proposed storefront space, a picture of McGraw Avenue east of Grand River well lit at midnight, and a fold-out chart of expenses from 1901 to 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- 16 page, stitch-bound booklet written by T.A. McGraw, and read before the American Medical Association on June 8, 1887, as noted on the front cover, detailing surgeries on the abdomen as treatments for stab, gunshot, and other puncture wounds.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet from the Detroit Free Press, containing the carriers' address from New Year's, 1877. The features a header reading "A Happy [1877] New Year" at the top, "Detroit Free Press" in the center, and "Carriers' Address." at the bottom, all surrounded by a decorative blue and red border. The first page reads "New Year's Greeting of The Detroit Free Press Carrier Boys. 1877." The following seven pages contain the text of the address. The address is written as a poem, and each page features a stanza, with each stanza surrounded by a decorative black border. The booklet is bound by string.
- Date Issued:
- 1877-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- 26 page sewn booklet written by John D. Kergan, M.D., founder, president and Medical Superintendent of Drs. K and K. U.S. Medical and Surgical Association. Within is a description of his organization, an article entitled, "Nervous Debility, The Cause of Premature Old Age, Physical and Metal Imbicility, Etc.," which pins the titular afflictions on "the vice of self-indulgence," and several pages of testimonials from people who claim to have been cured of such issues by the group. The booklet also includes engravings depicting Kergan, the offices of the U.S. Medical And Surgical Association of Detroit on Griswold Street and Michigan Avenue, and the River Park Sanitarium in Wyandotte.
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Memorial book for Cyrenius Adelbert Newcomb, containing the contains text of sermon delivered at the Church of Our Father on Sunday March 14, 1915 by Reverend. W.A. Moore, Ph.D., as well as a tribute from Dr. Lee S. McCollester, former pastor of that church. The book is bound in a soft brown leather cover stamped with an 'N' on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Softcover booklet entitled, "The Welcome Guest," published by Weil & Company in the Fall of 1911. The booklet contains 24 pages of short stories, poems, and recipes as well as advertisements for various household furnishings that are available for purchase at Weil & Company stores. The booklet cover is printed in black and red text on yellowed paper. Interior pages are printed in black text on white paper and include several black and white pictures.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sewn booklet listing the faculty of the Detroit College of Medicine as well as its clinics, laboratories, requirements along with recent matriculates and graduates. Engravings of Harper Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital are included on the back cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Premium list for the 1884 Michigan State Fair, held September 15-19 in Kalamazoo. Printed in Monroe, Mich.: "Commercial" Printing House.
- Date Issued:
- 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- February 1893 issue of Putnam's Monthly Historical Magazine (Vol. I, No. 10, Article IX) published February, 1893. Article about Allen Family on Page 286 entitled, 'Ancestral Allen Families in America.'
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet (2 copies). The Twelfth Annual Report of the Public Lighting Commission of the City of Detroit, Michigan, an 89 page booklet. Within are charts, and graphs detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Commission for the fiscal year spanning from July 1, 1906 to June 30, 1907. Also included are photographic plates depicting the Public Lighting Commissioners, streetlights, tunnels, and facilities of the Public Lighting Commission.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One booklet entitled "Grand Laundry Methods - Being an Appreciation of the Grand Laundry of Detroit, Mich.," by Elbert Hubbard. This softcover booklet is 26 pages long and was printed by the Roycroft Press of East Aurora, New York. The front cover has a trellis design of green leaves and purple grapes that frame a scene of a woman and child. The title is printed in green text. Pages have deckle edges.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Staple-bound booklet containing a list of presentations given at the Target Talk meetings of the Adcraft Club of Detroit, beginning November 11, 1910 and running weekly through April 20, 1911. The booklet contains a brief forward written by Albert Henry Finn, chairman of the club's educational committee, and general manager of the Franklin Press--who printed the booklet -- explaining the aim and success of the series.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Small hardcover book, bound in a unmarked black cover, containing a list of the city's 891 fire alarm box location. The initials "B.W." are handwritten on the front free endpaper.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet. The Third Annual Report of the Public Lighting Commission of the City of Detroit, Michigan, a 49 page booklet. Within are charts and graphs detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898. Also included are photographic plates depicting a generator room, a boiler room, details of streetlight fixtures, a moonlight tower, a crane light, a center suspension light, and a post light.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One booklet with a black leather cover that is stamped in gold-colored text which shows "Municipal Manual of the City of Detroit, 1900-1901." The booklet is 112 pages in length and is printed in black text on faintly yellowed paper. It includes general facts about the city, names of city officials, names of various committees and commissions and their members, annual salaries, terms of office, rules of order for the Common Council, ward boundary descriptions, street railway routes, values of city real estate, and a summary of assessed valuations for city taxes. There is also a table of contents in the back of the manual as well as a fold-out street map of the city. On a blank page at the back of the manual, a handwritten note shows " Clarence Arthur Cotton, Secretary to Mayor, Detroit, Mich., December 31, 1900. Compliments to Mayor's Secretary of 2001."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- 68 page parallel folded booklet describes fleet, fares, routes, and points of interest. Contains photographs, drawings, maps, and deck plans. Illustrated cover depicts frogs dancing on shore as the CITY OF DETROIT III passes.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Guidebook for participants in the 1899 Christian Endeavor International Convention, held July 5-10, 1899 in Detroit. Includes a list of church headquarters for registration and assignment, and a fold-out map. Issued by the Reception Committee. Compliments of Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Co.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet concerning the reconstruction of the NIAGARA published by the Journal of American History under the auspices of the Board of Perry's Victory Centennial Commissioners of the State of Pennsylvania. John Wesley Jarvis's painting of Oliver Hazard Perry surrounded by three sailors and backed by his "Don't Give Up the Ship" banner, is printed on the cover surrounded by a yellow border.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet, written by Hamilton Gay Howard, containing a biography of Senator Jacob M. Howard. The booklet is bound in a grey paper cover listing Howard's major accomplishments, and bearing an excerpt from the 13th Ammendment on the front.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet containing an address delivered at the annual commencement of the University of Michigan on July 1, 1880 by Rt. Rev. Samuel S. Harris, Episcopal Bishop of Michigan. Published by the Board of Regents. Post and Tribune Steam Printing House, Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1880-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One softcover booklet entitled, "Pocket Memorandum," which includes advertisements for various Detroit businesses along with blank areas for writing notes. The cover is tan and is printed in red text. The 10 interior pages are printed in black text on yellowed paper. Business names that are mentioned on the front and back covers include: Michigan Savings Bank, G. & R. McMillan, R. W. King & Son, and L. Black & Co.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- The booklet has a decorative cover design that shows a woman who is wearing a flowing gown and is holding a torch. Two black and white pictures of a park scene and a boulevard scene are shown on each side of her. The booklet is unbound and consists of about 50 un-numbered pages of black and white pictures that feature views of Belle Isle as well as various city parks and boulevards. One of the pictures is a fold-out panoramic view of Central Avenue on Belle Isle. A list of commissioners' names is shown at the front of the booklet.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet containing illustrations of two men's outfits offered by Gregory and Jordan for their spring and summer 1897 seasons. The booklet is bound with yellow cord in a tan cardstock cover printed with a red, green, and gold crest including scissors and an iron among its iconography.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet detailing the activities of the American Red Cross to aid American soldiers and sailors during World War I. Numerous monochromatic photos of Red Cross personnel, hospitals, warehouses, and operations are contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Illustrated souvenir booklet from the opening of the Detroit Savings Bank Building, written by George B. Catlin. Includes photos of all the branch banking houses.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet published for the memorial services of Thomas Murphy of Murphy Iron Works held on June 5, 1904 at the Fort Street Congregational Church.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Small unused stock ledger booklet printed for the sixtieth anniversary of L.B. King and Company, according to the first page. The booklet is bound in a blue leatherette cover with "L.B. King & Co., Detroit, 1849-1909" embossed in a gold ring on the back. The recto of each page is printed with a table with the columns, "Date," "Article," "Store," and "Price," as well as a "Memoranda" space below and on the recto of each leaf.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society