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- Description:
- Thanksgiving dinner menu from the Hotel Charlevoix, for Thursday, November 30, 1916. The menu consists of two pages of heavy beige marbled paper, bound together with green and yellow ribbon at the top center. The cover page has an illustration of four ears of corn, along with the crest of the Hotel Charlevoix. Dinner options are listed on the second page.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Cover from D.M. Ferry and Company catalog; color engraving of yellow flowers; at top is "Autumn 1907" and at the bottom "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich."; Calvert Lithograph Company; verso contains ordering instructions, a size chart, and beginning of the catalog's index
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Back cover for D.M. Ferry and Company catalog; picture of pink and red flowers; "Autumn 1902" at the top and "Bulbs and Seeds" at bottom; Calvert Lithograph Company; listings for farm and garden implements and books on verso
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Invoice for advertisements from the Evening News Association to the Michigan Cigar Company in the amount of $75.00, dated August 19, 1913. The invoice is slightly yellowed and is printed in black text and black typescript. It is stamped, "PAID," by the Evening News Association (signed by D. H. Vandusen) in the lower left corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- February 2, 1856 edition of Ballou's Pictorial, containing a center spread on pages 72 and 73 of a lithograph credited to John Andrew entitled "Battle of Lake Erie - Commodore Perry's Victory." The LAWRENCE, NIAGARA, LITTLE BELT, LADY PROVOST, DETROIT, CHIPPEWAY, QUEEN CHARLOTTE, HUNTER, SCORPION, CALEDONIA, ARIEL, SOMERS, TRIPPER, PORCUPINE, and TIGRESS are all labeled. The LAWRENCE is shown disabled in the center of the image, and Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and his crew row a lifeboat toward the NIAGARA.
- Date Issued:
- 1856-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Page from a ledger, numbered 689, containing two tables, "Winter Stock," and "Summer Stock," listing articles of women's and children's clothing alongside dollar amounts. The page is dated February 8, 1903, and is in brown and red ink on lightweight partially translucent paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Catalog back cover for D.M. Ferry and Company; picture of blue flowers; "Bulbs and Seeds Autumn 1908" at the top and "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." at bottom; Calvert Lithograph Company; catalog listing for farm and garden implements, including several black and white illustrations, and books are on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One sheet, taken from the Michigan Volksblatt in 1903, featuring an article about the Richmond & Backus Co. The article is written in German. The article also features six inset photographs. One photograph, in the center, depicts the Richmond & Backus Co. Building, and five photographs feature the following individuals, clockwise from top left: Theo L. Backus, Chas. F. Backus, John H. Gould, C. Ed. Richmond, and Robert J. Menzies. The article is outlined in a decorative chain link border. Mounted on paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One agreement, dated March 1, 1865, made between Arouet Richmond, Frederick H. A. Backus, and Benjamin Barton Richmond of Detroit. The agreement is handwritten in black ink on both sides of a sheet of white linen paper that has light blue lines. It contains seven sections and indicates that the "Parties do hereby agree to enter into a copartnership under the name and firm of Richmond & Backus to carry on a business as book sellers and book binders in all its various branches in the City of Detroit ..... for a period of (5) five years consecutively from the date these presents." The three parties have signed their names at the end of the agreement in the presence of two witnesses, "James Moreton" and "N. M. Macalister."
- Date Issued:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Halftone print of a photograph of a woman modeling a dark colored coat with a fur collar, cuffs, and trim around the bottom, over a dark dress with a hat with an upturned brim, as well as a cane, heels, and spats. She stands with her back toward the right of the camera. The background consists of a faint image of a forest. The image was sent by the J.L. Hudson Company to Mrs. William H. Johnston of 17 West Bethune Avenue, Detroit as part of a packet of six photos showcasing fashions for the fall of 1918.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
