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- Postcard. Color illustration of the Ambassador Bridge. Front reads, "Ambassador Bridge, Windsor Canada to Detroit, U.S.A." Back reads, "The Ambassador Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world, and connects Detroit, Mich. and Windsor, Canada. Its dimensions are; length on main span 1,850 feet, total length 2 miles. The height over the river is 152 feet. Because the card refers to the bridge as the "longest suspension bridge in the world" we know that the card was printed between 1929, when the bridge was completed, and 1931 when the record was taken over by the George Washington Bridge. Published by Chaffee & Co Detroit Mich.
- Date Issued:
- 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- 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."
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Ambassador bridge over the Detroit River from the Canadian shore, with a ship passing beneath.
- Date Issued:
- 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- 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 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:
- Color postcard depicting the Ambassador bridge over the Detroit River from the Canadian shore, with a ship passing beneath. "Photogelatine Engraving Co. Limited, Ottawa," is printed on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- Color postcard depicting three images: Ambassador Bridge, Windsor; Tunnel Busses, in Detroit-Windsor Tunnel; and Detroit Waterfront from Windsor, Canada. "Photogelatine Engraving Co. Limited, Ottawa," is printed on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Postcard. Color illustration of the Ambassador Bridge. Front reads, "Ambassador Bridge, Windsor Canada to Detroit, U.S.A." Back reads, "The Ambassador Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world, and connects Detroit, Mich. and Windsor, Canada. Its dimensions are; length on main span 1,850 feet, total length 2 miles. The height over the river is 152 feet. Because the card refers to the bridge as the "longest suspension bridge in the world" we know that the card was printed between 1929, when the bridge was completed, and 1931 when the record was taken over by the George Washington Bridge. Published by Chaffee & Co Detroit Mich.
- Date Issued:
- 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
