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- Color postcard depicting the Hotel Pontchartrain from the corner of Woodward Avenue and Cadillac Square, with a streetcar and the Bagley Memorial Fountain in the foreground. Printed on verso: The Hotel Pontchartrain, Detroit's latest and best hotel, is beautifully situated on the Campus. It is ten stories high with three stories underground. This hotel was opened to the public in October 1907 and is strictly fireproof. It is a marvel of convenience, the underground portion being the most important for the comfort of the guests. Over four million pounds of steel were used in its construction. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 18, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Cadillac Hotel from the corner of Washington Boulevard and Michigan Avenue, with pedestrians, a moonlight tower and rooftop flags visible. White margin on right side. Handwritten note on recto, postmarked Jan 17, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Half-folded menu and program from an Easter dinner served at the Hotel Metropole on Sunday, March 31, 1907. The cover is printed with the hotel's crest and the text," Easter Greeting," printed in gold on cream colored cardstock. The menu unfolds from left to right. A list of the available dishes, as well as a list of musical selections to be performed are contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Typewritten letter, signed Woolley and Chittenden, managers of the Hotel Pontchartrain to William D. Purdy, inviting him to a meeting in response to a letter he sent expressing interest in becoming the hotel's assistant steward of storekeeper. The letter is on Hotel Pontchartrain stationery, and is dated July 29, 1907. The letter reads: Mr. W.D. Purdy, 1159 Third Avenue, Detroit Dear Sir:- We have your letter of the 26th inst., making application for the position of assistant steward or storekeeper. Will you be good enough to come in to see us at your convenience? Yours very truly, The Pontchartrain Hotel Company Woolley & Chittenden Managers. WJC.EB.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Rushmere Club on Harsens Island with water in the foreground. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 3, 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Half-folded luncheon menu from the Hotel Pontchartrain, dated Saturday, October 20, 1917. A disclaimer on the cover cautions that the management declines responsibility to damage to clothing caused by accidents in the dining room. A note about the departure times for the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company's passenger steamers from the Third Avenue Dock to Cleveland and Buffalo is included within.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Riverside Hotel on Harsens Island with water in the foreground. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 19, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Two horizontally half-folded pages from the Russell House Register, dated November 9, 1905--the hotel's final day of operation. W.J. Whittenden is listed in the header as the proprietor. The pages are printed with columns recording visitors' names, cities of residence, room number, and time. "Finis," is handwritten at the bottom of the verso of the second page. The pages were printed by the Richmond and Backus Company of Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Handwritten note on Russell House stationery written by Herby Hab. W.J. Chittenden and L.A. McCreary are listed as the hotel's proprietors in the header. The note reads: gone out / I am very comfortable. I have not hunted w/ Mr. Ellaw. Do not fail to keep me posted both by wire + mail. I shall stay here until Tuesday night. I do not find that little jewel cup, with my buttons, in my satchel. You must have it. Please take care of it. [?] my "[?] with a [?]" Lots of love and great big kisses o.o.o. From your ever loving Herby Hab
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Dinner menu card from the Hotel Pontchartrain dated, Thursday, February 14, 1918. The recto lists meal options under the headers, "Oysters," "Hors d'oeuvres," "Soups," "Fish," "Special Selections," "Vegetables," "Salads," "Desserts," "Ice Cream," "Fruit," "Cheese," and "Coffee." Wartime meal stipulations are printed across the top, along with the War Savings Stamp logo: The United States Food Administration has decreed one meatless meal and one wheatless meal every day, also the use of no Beef, Lamb, Mutton, Veal, or Pork on Tuesday, no White Wheat Flour, on Monday and Wednesday and no Pork of any description on Saturday. Breakfast is hereby designated as the meatless meal and Dinner as the wheatless meal. The verso is printed with an image of a flag and a passage discussing the Hotel Pontchartrain's involvement in the United States Food Administration's conservation plan.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
