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- Description:
- Sepia-toned cabinet card head and shoulders portrait of a Detroit fireman. Badge on the center of his cap reads, "DFD 206." Also affixed on the right side of his jacket is another badge which also reads, "206." Written on verso, "John Dally." The photo studio name is mostly torn off and is not readable, but likely read "F. Friend, 244 & 246 Woodward Ave., Detroit," matching others in this collection.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print. Sepia-toned photographic print depicting police officer John Staples posing in uniform. A brick house with an awning is visible in the background. Photo is a grey card with a textured border. Verso is addressed, "Happy New Year, To Pearl, from your old friend John. 1912." "Staples" has been appended in pencil after "John."
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photographic Print (1 copy). Mounted, sepia-toned image of fireman, Clinton Pasco. The full-length portrait of Pasco shows him in his Detroit Firefighter uniform and hat. He is leaning on an ax handle held in his right hand with the blade of the ax resting on the floor and his left hand is placed on his hip with arm bowed out. His shirt has been hand-colored in purple/maroon and the number, "7," has been handwritten on his badge. (His shirt is not colored in the copy photo.) A small three-legged table is to the right of Pasco, with a figurine placed on the table top. Handwriting on verso notes, "Clinton Pasco."
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Large cabinet card bearing a sepia-toned group portrait photograph of Florine Tefft Barbour and her bridesmaids for her wedding with Dr. William Henry. The bridesmaids are are wearing floral-pattern dresses with full sleeves and are holding bouquets. The bride is in white dress to the left of center. "From left to right standing: Irene Swift, Clara Dyer, Lucy Griggs, Maggie Smith, Jessie Cortel; sitting: Mildred Frazer, Grou[?] Barbour, Lillian Kent, Mimi[?] Chittenden." is handwritten on the verso. Arthur & Philbric, Paris Panel, Detroit, Mich., Grand Rapids, Mich,. Toledo, Ohio" is embossed along the left edge of the card.
- Date Issued:
- 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white portrait photograph of Hazen S. Pingree posed seated at a table, wearing a dark suit and holding pince nez glasses in right hand. "Copyrighted 1890 by C.M. Hayes & Co., Detroit," is printed in the lower right corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Cabinet card bearing a sepia-toned head-and-shoulder portrait photograph of a ranking Detroit Fire Department firefighter, in profile facing the right. He has a beard and wears a kepi hat with three crossed bugles on its badge, with a double-breasted coat. The photo was previously housed in on the left side of a three-part cardstock frame with alongside a photo of James Battle, and another ranking firefighter. "October 1881," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1881-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia toned cabinet card photograph, head and shoulders of Detroit fireman; badge on cap reads, "DFD 202." The firefighter is also wearing a jacket, and tie; a badge is clipped onto the right side of the jacket. Written on verso, "James O'Shea." The name of the photograph studio is mostly torn off at the bottom of the card, but probably read "F. Friend, 244 & 246 Woodward Ave., Detroit."
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned group portrait photograph taken of Helen Hall Newberry Joy and a group of women in gowns who attened her 30th wedding anniversary dinner for her marriage to Henry Bourne Joy. The women pose in a semi-circle within a parlor furnished with paintings, sculpture, and vases. The photo is signed by photographer C.M. Hayes. The women are identified on the verso: Guests right to left - front row Mrs. Edwin Scott Barbour (Edith Henry) Mrs. Henry Dusenbury Shelden (Caroline Annette Alger) Mrs Emory Clark Mrs. John Nichols Mrs. Henry B. Lewis (Marjie Croal) Mrs. Cameron Currie (Hattie Lewis) Mrs. Richard Pickering Joy (Mary Moore) Mrs. Harry Jewett (Mary Wendell) Mrs. James Shaw (Vinable) Mrs. H. Sales (Jessie Carter) Mrs. Harry Bourne Joy (Helen Newberry) Mrs. H. Muir (Marion Lewis) Mrs. B. Wanes (Romaine Latter) Mrs. William Pegram Hamilton (Mary Farrand) Mrs. Frederick Moulton Alger (Mary Eldridge Swift) Mrs. WIlliam H. Burtenshaw (Nan Knous) Myrs. John Stoughton Newberry (Edith Stanton) Mrs. John Dyar (Anne) Mrs. Sidney Trowbidge Milles (Lucy Miller) Back row left to right: (Janice Spalding) Mrs. M. Math (Madelaine King) Mrs. Lee (Helen Joy)
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photograph of a woman and man posed in front of a wooden house on 12th Street. Several boards have been used to patch portions of the house's exterior. Flowers and tall bushes grow in the foreground. "#173, The Old Homestead, out 12th Street, 7/1900" is handwritten in pen on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Autographed sepia-toned portrait photograph of Thomas A. Edison in profile, wearing a dark suit. His inscription along the bottom of the heavy border reads, "To my old friends and associates of the pioneer days Thos. A. Edison. May 16 1925 For A.O. Dunk." The image is copyrighted by T.A.E. Inc., and has the number 214 in the upper right corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
