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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a view of ships along the riverfront, with the Detroit River in the foreground and the downtown skyline in the background. A sign reads "Hotel Pontchartrain". Printed on verso: Harbor, Detroit, Mich. More boats pass this city than any other port in the world. It is estimated that more than 11,000,000 passengers were carried from this port in 1912. The white boats in the harbor are excursion steamers, the finest of their kind in the world. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jun 5, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the CITY OF TOLEDO at the White Star Line dock, with many people on deck and on the dock. Other steamers are in the background. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 20, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a docked passenger steamer of the D & C Line. A sign reads "D&C, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo & Niagara Falls, Daily Service to Mackinac Island via the Coast Line." The ship decks, pier and dock are crowded with people. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 30, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the steamer PLEASURE docked at the foot of Woodward Avenue. A sign on the boat reads "Pleasure" and a sign on the dock reads "Moonlight To-Night, Steamer Columbia, 8:30 to 11:30, 35¢". In the foreground is a car and a person on a bicycle. Printed on verso: Belle Isle Pleasure Boat. A favorite method of access to Belle Isle, Detroit's principal pleasure ground, is by steamer, and boats leave regularly from convenient wharves, for the big pier at "The Island." The scene shows one of the large steamers of the Detroit Belle Isle and Windsor Ferry Co., leaving the foot of Woodward Avenue for Belle Isle, band playing and picknickers [sic] thronging the decks. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 19, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting ships along the riverfront with crowds of people standing along the docks. The Detroit River is in the foreground and downtown buildings in the background. Signs read "Freeman, Delamater & Co." and "Quaker Oats". Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 26,1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard accented with glitter depicting the TASHMOO and EXCELSIOR along the riverfront.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TASHMOO and IDLEWILD next to a dock. The ship decks and the dock are crowded with people. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Sep 4, 1906.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an elevated view of the downtown riverfront, facing south at the intersection of Griswold Street and Jefferson Avenue. In the background are ships on the Detroit River, and Windsor. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jan 31, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- One postcard entitled "Belle Isle Pleasure Boat, Detroit, Mich." The postcard shows a color photographic image of the Belle Isle ferry boat, "Pleasure," docked at the foot of Woodward Avenue. The image shows a starboard side bow view of the ferry which has many passengers standing on the decks. The dock and buildings can be seen in the right background. Printed text on the verso shows details about the boat which was operated by the Detroit, Belle Isle, and Windsor Ferry Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the steamers TASHMOO and PLEASURE at the dock at the foot of Woodward Avenue. The their decks are filled with passengers. Printed on verso: Pleasure Steamers. The steamers Pleasure and Tashmoo, loading with excursionists,, bound respectively for Belle Isle and the St. Clair Flats. Thousands of people take in the popular trips these steamers afford. The scene is typical of the summer season in Detroit. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 19, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
