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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the lumber yard at the Murphy Chair Company, with a shed, barrel, and tracks visible. Printed on verso: Yard View. This card gives you a view of one of our lumber tracks, and is presented to show you the manner in which we store out boards to insure perfect seasoning. The shed shown extended to the right at the upper end and to the left at the office end, in shape like [zigzag line] and is 1946 ft. long with a storage capacity for 3,330,900 feet of lumber. The frame building is the yard Master's office. We shall take you through our entire plant with a series of these cards and trust they may be of interest to you. Murphy Chair Company, Detroit. Postmarked Jul 22, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard with a small depiction of the Nelson, Baker & Co. facility, inset over a laurel wreath and fasces. Printed on the recto is a message about salesman visitation. Postmarked Nov 7, 1904.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Frederick Stearns and Company invoice for 5000 "Pr Rx Pills," sold to P.J. Winn and Company of Fork Union, Virginia for four dollars plus twenty one cents in postage, stamped July 20, 1900. The invoice is printed on letterhead including lithographs of Frederick Stearns and Company's Detroit laboratory, Windsor laboratory, and New York Office, as well as a coat of arms with a shield divided party per chevron and charged with three crosses, and a bird as a crest. The letterhead lists Frederick Kimball Stearns as the president, Frank C. McLaughlin as the vice president and treasurer, and Thomas Bennett as the secretary. "Bill F Stearns," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Medical/Dental/Pharmaceutical
- Description:
- Color postcard depicts an elevated view of the Chalmers Motor Company plant.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph showing the interior of Building B of the Ford Motor Company's River Rouge development with an Eagle Boat, starboard quarter toward the camera, in stocks with bracing atop rails. A man works on the keel and hull. Keel has a large number 2 on it. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22316-6-3-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing with flap on left side with holes for binding.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph taken of an unused aisle within building "B" of the Ford River Rouge Factory Complex. Tracks run along the center of the aisle. Metal plates are leaned inside of bins along the sides of the aisle. A man stands at the window of a tool crib further along the aisle. In the background on the right, two Eagle Boats are under construction in the adjacent aisle. Scaffolding surrounds the hull of the nearest one. "26781-5-27-19," is printed in the lower right corner of the recto, and "assembling components at site of construction," is handwritten on the verso. The photo is mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting the construction of a long low wooden building at the Ford Rouge Factory Complex. The building appears nearly complete. Workers are shown laying material for railroad bed beside it. The clean-up of the surrounding area is in progress. The left side of building has moveable doors that run the entire length of the building. The roof has wind-directional air vents. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22568-7-02-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting the hull plates being attached to the port side of Eagle Boat No. 1 at the Ford River Rouge Complex as viewed from near its bow facing aft. The boat's framing is in place. Additional Plates are laying on floor. Several workers are visible. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22245-5-29-18 with a number 1 above the date. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph of a close-up of an Eagle Boat propeller shaft and housing underneath an Eagle Boat being manufactured within the Ford Rouge Factory Complex. The bracing used to support the boat during construction is also visible. Lower right hand corner of photo has number and date of photo: 22654-7-08-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting the construction of the transfer bed outside of Building "B" at the Ford River Rouge Complex. Material is stockpiled in the foreground. A train is visible in the background. The photo is captioned "Buildings nearing completion, with work underway on transfer bed (foreground)" on the verso. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22223-5-27-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
