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- Description:
- Color illustrated postcard depicting the Ambassador Bridge spanning the Detroit River. Printed on verso: Embassador [sic] Bridge. The Detroit International Bridge, spanning the Detroit River at Detroit and Sandwich, Ontario, Canada." The Curt Teich and Company logo is also printed on the verso.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the Belle Isle Bridge, in the aftermath of the fire, as viewed from the west. Amid the columns, only one truss remains near the center of the frame. An insert in the upper left corner provides a view along the remains of the length of the bridge. Rubble sits in the water near the closest column. A single truss is in the distance. "W.D. Benham Co., Detroit, Mich." printed on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the Belle Isle Bridge on Fire, with several firefighters aboard a fire tug using hoses to spray the flames. A dock which extends underneath the bridge is also caught in the fire. The center of the bridge has completely burned. Another fire tug is visible across the river battling the fire at the bridge's opposite end. "W.D. Benham Co., Detroit, Mich." printed on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Detroit River from the shore of Amherstburg, ON. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jun 12, 1910. The Pugh Mfg. Co., Toronto
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the Belle Isle Bridge on Fire, from aboard a fire tug, part of which is visible at the lower left. A dock which extends underneath the bridge is also caught in the fire. The center of the bridge has completely burned. Jets of water from another fire tug are visible in the background near the bridge's opposite end. "W.D. Benham Co., Detroit, Mich." printed on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting a view across the Detroit River to the Detroit riverfront. The river is frozen with ice, and the downtown skyline is visible in the background. A steamship belches smoke in the middle of the river. Printed on recto: Benj Rogers, Windsor, 1917. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked April 13, 1917.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white illustrated postcard depicting Charles Evan Fowler's proposed Detroit-Windsor Bridge, with several ships passing beneath it on the Detroit River. Printed on recto: 1803 ft. Span. Longest and Heaviest Bridge in the World.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the Belle Isle Bridge on Fire, with a dock which extends underneath the bridge also on fire. The center of the bridge has completely burned. The bridge's opposite end, also burning, is visible in the background. "W.D. Benham Co., Detroit, Mich." printed on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting people fishing along the riverfront, south of the Ambassador Bridge. In the background are ships and the downtown skyline. Printed on verso: The Ambassador Bridge. The World's longest International Suspension bridge, linking Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Almost two miles long, it has five traffic lanes and an 8 ft. sidewalk for pedestrians. Detroit, in addition to being the 'World's Motor Capitol' also ranks as the second port in tonnage volume in the United States. The Detroit River is one of the world's busiest waterways. Fisherman enjoy the ever fascinating river panorama. Plastichrome® by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc. Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A., Pub. by the Hiawatha Card Co., P.O. Box 56, Ypsilanti, Mich., Color by Lucy Gridley
- Date Issued:
- 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the Belle Isle Bridge being spayed with water near the shore. Men sit and stand on wood pilings in the river to watch. "W.D. Benham Co., Detroit, Mich." printed on verso. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 17, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
