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- Description:
- This booklet has a pale gray/green heavy paper cover that is printed in black text. It has a stapled binding and includes 45 interior pages that are printed in black text on slightly yellowed paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Anniversaries
- Description:
- Booklet containing the Ninth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Parks and Boulevards to the Common Council of the City of Detroit from July 1, 1897 to June 30, 1898. The report contains information concerning the physical and financial states of various Detroit parks, including Belle Isle, Clark Park, Palmer Park, and Grand Circus Park, in addition to photographs and illustrations of scenes from various parks. This particular copy contains an insert affixed to the title page reading "To David Parsons: Compliments of... Edw. C. Van Lewyen. Commissioner."
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Mounted sepia-toned group portrait photograph of the Commissioners of Parks and Boulevards (from left to right) Benjamin R. Hoyt, William Geist, Edward C. Van Leyen, William C. Maybury, Philip H.A. Balsley, and Myrtle P. Hurlbut posed standing beside a covered horse-drawn carriage on a road, with a portion of a large wooded park in the background. The men are identified by handwritten captions on the board to which the photo is mounted. "Between [...] 1898," is also handwritten on the backing. "Park Commissioners," is handwritten on the verso below a label for the Royal Photograph and Publishing Company, with a branch office at 152 Gratiot Avenue.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- 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
- Collection:
- Detroit Anniversaries
- Description:
- Booklet containing the "Fourth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Parks and Boulevards to the Common Council of the City of Detroit" in addition to "The Reports of the Officers of the Board for the Year 1892," printed in 1983 by the John F. Eby & Co., Printers. The booklet is bound with a plain black leather cover with gold text. The table of contents lists the contents of the report as follows: Report of the Commissioners - Page 3 Report of the Superintendent Belle Isle Park- Page 21 Report of the Superintendent City Parks and Boulevards - Page 25 Report of the Secretary - Financial Statement - Page 29
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Booklet containing the "Fourth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Parks and Boulevards to the Common Council of the City of Detroit" in addition to "The Reports of the Officers of the Board for the Year 1892," printed in 1983 by the John F. Eby & Co., Printers. The booklet is bound with a plain black leather cover with gold text. The table of contents lists the contents of the report as follows: Report of the Commissioners - Page 3 Report of the Superintendent Belle Isle Park- Page 21 Report of the Superintendent City Parks and Boulevards - Page 25 Report of the Secretary - Financial Statement - Page 29
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet containing the Ninth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Parks and Boulevards to the Common Council of the City of Detroit from July 1, 1897 to June 30, 1898. The report contains information concerning the physical and financial states of various Detroit parks, including Belle Isle, Clark Park, Palmer Park, and Grand Circus Park, in addition to photographs and illustrations of scenes from various parks. This particular copy contains an insert affixed to the title page reading "To David Parsons: Compliments of... Edw. C. Van Lewyen. Commissioner."
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Mounted sepia-toned group portrait photograph of the Commissioners of Parks and Boulevards (from left to right) Benjamin R. Hoyt, William Geist, Edward C. Van Leyen, William C. Maybury, Philip H.A. Balsley, and Myrtle P. Hurlbut posed standing beside a covered horse-drawn carriage on a road, with a portion of a large wooded park in the background. The men are identified by handwritten captions on the board to which the photo is mounted. "Between [...] 1898," is also handwritten on the backing. "Park Commissioners," is handwritten on the verso below a label for the Royal Photograph and Publishing Company, with a branch office at 152 Gratiot Avenue.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- This booklet has a pale gray/green heavy paper cover that is printed in black text. It has a stapled binding and includes 45 interior pages that are printed in black text on slightly yellowed paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
