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- Description:
- Sepia-toned oval-shaped head-and-shoulders portrait photograph of John Christian Lodge, wearing a herringbone tweed suit, a light-colored tie, and a shirt with a rounded collar. A backdrop painted with foliage is behind him. The photo is signed by the photographer, "C.M. Hayes 08."
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photograph of Mayor Hazen S. Pingree and daughter Hazel on horseback at the grading of Grand Boulevard on August 10, 1891. A crowd of men, and several children are gathered around the Pingrees. A boarded walkway runs across the foreground, extending from wooden stairs on the left edge of the frame.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Cabinet card bearing a sepia-toned photograph taken of uniformed soldiers and men in dark suits and hats escorting a wagon carrying Hazen S. Pingree's casket during his funeral procession on July 6, 1901. The photo is mounted on a black card with an embossed border.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Staple-bound booklet advocating for the election of Democrat William Barlum Thompson over Republican George P. Codd in the 1906 mayoral election, based on Codd's support for higher fares for the Detroit United Railway. The booklet contains several political cartoons illustrating its point.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Envelope, preprinted with the return address, "Office of the Mayor, Detroit, Michigan, addressed to Hazen S. Pingree at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. The envelope is postmarked January 3, 1894. The envelope was opened on its right edge. One stamp has been torn off, the other, is a 2¢ stamp Columbian issue.
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Handwritten letter with envelope from writer Julian Hawthorne in Philadelphia, to Eli Ransom Sutton of the University of Michigan, postmarked May 12, 1902, concerning the prospect of writing a biography of Hazen S. Pingree. The letter is on Colonial Press stationery, however the letterhead has been crossed out. The letter reads: 1208 Spruce St. Phila. April 23, 1902 My dear Sutton, I have [?] considered your letter, and this is what I think. You have been at a lot of pains about the thing, out of [?], and I want to do all possible in the [?]. If the book is to be such as I can be[?] in four months. I am willing to undertake it for $2500, and half of whatever royalties may come in after this sum has been [?] by then[?]. The $2500 to be paid to me upon the ratifying of this understanding. The materials on [?] to be sent to me here, and I will then engage to furnish[?] the complete copy for the book, 350pp on or before Oct. 1st 1902. If Mrs. Pingree consents[?] to this, I would like to have the above minimum[?] fulfilled in[?] once. Of course I regret, on other accounts besides my own. There the book is to be curtailed: it would have made a splendid 2-vol. work. But I will do my best with it out of regard for the subject, one of the best of Americans. As [?] work, I will only [?] to bear in mind that I am cordially mistaken in it, and should more than plan to [?] help then. [?] Julian Hawthorne
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Half-folded handwritten letter and envelope sent by Hazel Hope Pingree on behalf of her mother Frances Pingree to Mrs. Emma Stark Hampton of 970 Woodward Avenue concerning the funeral for Hazen S. Pingree, postmarked July 1st, 1901. Both the letter and the envelope are on black-bordered paper indicating mourning. The note reads: Mrs. Pingree would appreciate your [presence?] at the funeral services of her husband, which takes place on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. Should you desire to accompany the family to the cemetery - carriages will be provided. Kindly reply.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- Soft cover booklet containing a transcript of eulogies for the late Zachariah Chandler, delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday, January 28, 1880.
- Date Issued:
- 1880-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- This slightly yellowed paper envelope contained a 4-page letter and that was written by William C. Maybury, Mayor of Detroit. The upper left corner is printed with the return address of the Executive Office. A handwritten note on the right side of the envelope shows "First paper to be opened - Greeting of the Mayor of Detroit, 1900, to the Mayor & people of 2001."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
