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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting City Hall and the Majestic Building at night from Campus Martius. Postmarked 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Photograph. Black and white photo of 36 members of the Detroit Rambler Club (bicycle club). The members are standing on the steps of the Detroit City Hall with two bicycles (one single and one tandem) along with their club flag. Some of the club members are wearing sweaters that have the same logo that is shown on the club flag. A typewritten label on the verso notes "#6343, Detroit Rambler Club on steps of City Hall in 1896." A white number is handwritten on each member, but no key to their identities is included.
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph of City Hall, as taken from the center of Campus Martius, decorated with American flags and patriotic banners, as well as a sign that reads, "Welcome Admiral and Mrs. Dewey," to greet the visiting Spanish-American War hero George Dewey. An elevated seating box is set up on the sidewalk in front of City Hall. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carts are in the streets. A moonlight tower stands along the right edge of the frame.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print entitled, "Old City Hall, A.D. 1868." Detroit's City Hall which stood at Campus Martius, on Michigan Grand Avenue (now Cadillac Square) is depicted as viewed from Campus Martius facing southeast. Several people stand in front of the building, while several other people sit in the shade on the building's north side. Stalls used for the Central or City Hall Market are visible behind the building. In the background, along Michigan Grand, signs are posted for U.S. Tobacco Works, R.G. Tyler Teas, National Bitter, H.H. Wallace, Ira Shade, Hiram Stanskil, and S.H. Davis and Company. The photo has a rounded top and is mounted to a piece of yellowed cardstock bearing the title and "J. Watson, Artist, Detroit" below.
- Date Issued:
- 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photographic print depicting Cadillac Square as viewed from an elevated position near Randolph Street, facing west toward Michigan Avenue. The square is filled with rows of parked early automobiles. The Pontchartrain Hotel, City Hall, the Majestic Building, the Ford Building, Dime Building, and the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Campus Martius are all in view. Visible businesses include Gregg Hardware; a bar; the Gayety Theatre; the Old Kentucky Whiskey Company; the Wobrock Hotel; the American Hotel; Schroeder Paint and Glass Company; Cadillac Market; a bowling alley; McIntosh Bar; the Gregory, Mayer, and Thom Company; Home Candy Works; the Family Theatre; the Sweeney-Huston Company; Weil and Company Furniture; F.G. Clayton Company, Clothing; and Cadillac Burlesque. There are also advertisements for Calumet Baking Powder and the Ringling Brothers Circus. The word "red" above an arrow pointing to the Gregory, Mayer, and Thom Company has been added in pencil. "Gray" and an arrow have been written above City Hall. A note on the verso adds, "Gregory, Mayer and Thom Building red brick with stone trimmings," as well as "c.1913-1919."
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo mounted on a black cabinet card with gold trim bearing an image taken during the 1891 National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Detroit. The photo was taken from an elevated position across Campus Martius, looking southwest, down Fort Street. Horse-drawn streetcars and their tracks are visible along both Woodward and Fort. City Hall and the base of the moonlight tower in front of it are visible on the right. At the left is the Hammond Building, draped in banners and indicated with a blue "X," and the Bagley Memorial Fountain. "Left side Detroit City Hall - (Mother's bank marked X.)" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photograph showing the front of the Old City Hall (left) and the Majestic Building (right). Fort Street can be seen at the far left side of the photo, Woodward Avenue is visible in the foreground, and Michigan Avenue is visible between the Old City Hall and the Majestic Building. The busy street scene on Woodward includes streetcars, horse-drawn wagons, pedestrians, a bicyclist, and a street sweeper. Business names that are visible include "The Home Savings Bank" and "C. A. Shafer." Typewritten text on the verso shows "This picture was taken in the central business portion of the city of Detroit and from the window of a [building?]."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Small sepia-toned photographic print incorrectly captioned on verso as "Cadillac Square, looking west, March 10th, 1918" which in fact depicts a street-level westward view from Campus Martius down Michigan Avenue. Snow covers the ground. The low light from a sunset silhouettes both the figures in coats and hats which approach the camera and the Majestic Building on the right, as well as creates a flare effect in the center of the image. A large sign, the visible portion reading, "Join... for" is posted on the Majestic Building on the right edge of the frame. City Hall, and the Recreation Building are in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Large mounted sepia-toned photo of a group of men posed on the steps of City Hall, possibly taken to mark the building's completion on May 31, 1871, or its dedication on July 4, 1871. The men wear frock coats and hats. The lawn in the foreground is still dirt. The photo is mounted on black cardboard.
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Two photographic prints mounted to opposite sides of the same oval-shaped board. Recto bears a sepia-toned photo of City Hall Market, an open-air marked filled with booths, horses, and carts set up behind the City Hall that was in service until 1872, in the present site of Cadillac Square. A sign for "Provisions" is visible along the storefronts on the left side of the picture. A man, three children, a dog, and a horse and a cart are in the middle ground. A woman with a parasol, and a fence or railing that reads, "Hanging 102" is in the foreground. Verso bears a hand-colorized portrait of a seated woman in a purple dress, with white sleeves and a collar. Her hair is pulled back into a chignon and she wears a cross around her neck.
- Date Issued:
- 1860-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society