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- Print. Sepia-toned photographic print of a window display at Kern's Department Store. Banners hung in the rear of the display are for the Championship Belle Isle Meet, 1923. Trophies and differing types of sports equipment including those for baseball and tennis are visible in the display. Events held for boys and girls are noted on the left and right of the display. Signage in the central foreground reads, "9th Annual Field Event of Detroit Public Schools, Friday June 1st, All trophies, medals, and prizes donated by the Detroit Free Press."
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Hillmer, Davis B.
- Description:
- Sepia-toned cabinet card taken of what remained of the Ernst Kern Dry Good Company following the 1886 fire which consumed the store. Only the front façade, and portions of the side, and rear walls remain. Rubble litters the ground. A crowd is gathered on the street near a long horse cart. "Compliments of Theo Hoeningh Usen's" printed on below the photo on the matting. "Shows the store of Ernst Kern" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Print. Sepia-toned photographic print of a window display at Kern's Department Store. Banners hung in the rear of the display are for the Championship Belle Isle Meet, 1923. Trophies and differing types of sports equipment including those for baseball and tennis are visible in the display. Events held for boys and girls are noted on the left and right of the display. Signage in the central foreground reads, "9th Annual Field Event of Detroit Public Schools, Friday June 1st, All trophies, medals, and prizes donated by the Detroit Free Press."
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned cabinet card taken of what remained of the Ernst Kern Dry Good Company following the 1886 fire which consumed the store. Only the front façade, and portions of the side, and rear walls remain. Rubble litters the ground. A crowd is gathered on the street near a long horse cart. "Compliments of Theo Hoeningh Usen's" printed on below the photo on the matting. "Shows the store of Ernst Kern" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society