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- Description:
- Four panel brochure promoting the Detroit International Exposition and Fair held from September 17th to the 27th of 1889. The recto bears a color Calvert Lithograph Company illustration of Detroit, as viewed from the air above Delray, facing northeast, captioned "All Roads Will Lead to Detroit in September. Why? (see over)." The exposition site, containing the large Main Building, several smaller structures, and two ponds, is at the lower right corner of the image, to the west of Fort Wayne. The Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad; Detroit and Bay City Railroad; Michigan Central Railroad; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway; Wabash Railroad; Detroit Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway; Belt Line; and Lake Erie, Essex and Detroit River Railway lines are all labeled, as are the communities along the Canadian side of the Detroit River--Walkerville, Windsor, Sandwich, and Mineral Spring. The verso several passages about the importance of Detroit, the expo, the expo's Main Building, music to be provided by Signor C.A. Cappa's Seventh Regiment Band, and attractions including livestock, the Art Gallery, the Floral Palace, the Industrial and Mechanical Halls.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo taken of stacks of logs piled on the side of the railroad cut leading to the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel from the Windsor side, during its construction. A small cart on rails and a crane are on the left. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "317-36, Looking N. from Sta. 219, 6/25/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Free pass for a round trip ride on the Michigan Central Railroad to Buffalo and back, issued to the company's clerk Nelson Bowen on July 31, 1854. The pass is signed by the superintendent R.N. Rice, and is punched three times along the left edge. The terms of the pass are printed on the verso, along with the handwritten notes, "Good on Great West. Railway, [?]" and "Pass from Schenectady to Buffalo, T.W. Stockton Wood, Aug. 1, 1854."
- Date Issued:
- 1854-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One map entitled, "Map of the State of Michigan, Engraved and Printed Under the Supervision of the Commissioner of Railroads of the State." The map is printed in colored ink with black text on a white background and shows cities, counties, townships, railroad lines, railway stations, and county population statistics as January 1, 1892. The map was published by George F. Cram of Chicago and was approved by Charles R. Whitman, Commissioner of Railroads. Counties and railroad lines are also shown for eastern Wisconsin.
- Date Issued:
- 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Railway Passengers Assurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut ticket, which reads, "This ticket insures F.E. Farnsworth of Detroit by occupation shoe dealer in the sum of $3,000, for the term of two days, commencing with the day and hour as hereon canceled, and is subject to all the provisions of the Contract on back hereof." The ticket is canceled, March 19, 1873 at 7 P.M., stamped with the registration number 321, and agency number 285, and is printed with the signature of the company's secretary Charles E. Willard. The verso contains the terms of the policy.
- Date Issued:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers membership card issued to J.W. Reading on July 20, 1888, for the group's Grand River Valley Division No. 286, signed by Chief Engineer O.P. Coleman, and First Assistant Engineer J.A. Sawford. The verso is filled out, listing Reading as having fifteen years of experience as a locomotive engineer and being in active service for the Grand River Valley Railroad.
- Date Issued:
- 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Four panel brochure promoting the Detroit International Exposition and Fair held from September 17th to the 27th of 1889. The recto bears a color Calvert Lithograph Company illustration of Detroit, as viewed from the air above Delray, facing northeast, captioned "All Roads Will Lead to Detroit in September. Why? (see over)." The exposition site, containing the large Main Building, several smaller structures, and two ponds, is at the lower right corner of the image, to the west of Fort Wayne. The Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad; Detroit and Bay City Railroad; Michigan Central Railroad; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway; Wabash Railroad; Detroit Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway; Belt Line; and Lake Erie, Essex and Detroit River Railway lines are all labeled, as are the communities along the Canadian side of the Detroit River--Walkerville, Windsor, Sandwich, and Mineral Spring. The verso several passages about the importance of Detroit, the expo, the expo's Main Building, music to be provided by Signor C.A. Cappa's Seventh Regiment Band, and attractions including livestock, the Art Gallery, the Floral Palace, the Industrial and Mechanical Halls. A "Sinclair, Evans, and Elliott, Detroit, Mich." stamp is on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Trade card advertising the Great Western and Michigan Central Railway Line, with a color lithograph on the recto captioned, "The only Route via Niagara Falls & Suspension Bridge." The image shows a train crossing the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge with the falls in the background. "Take the Great Western & Michigan Central R.W. Line" is printed below the image. A map showing railroad lines from Chicago to the east coast, including those of the Michigan Central Railroad, the Great Western Railway, the Erie Railroad, the New York Central Railroad, the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and the North Carolina Railroad, is printed on the verso. The map is captioned, "The Popular Niagara Falls Route between the East & West," and "Do not fail to see Niagara Falls & Travel over the Michigan Central & Gt. Western Railway Line."
- Date Issued:
- 1866-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Jeffersonville Railroad ticket, numbered 8129, and embossed on the verso with a stamp for the date, May 26, 1865, for passage from Detroit to St. Clair over the Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad line. The lower right corner is printed with the signature of General Ticket Agent Inspector A. Nafew.
- Date Issued:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Large black and white panoramic photograph printed on cardstock depicting engines numbers 1, 2, 4, and 3 of the Detroit Terminal Railroad all in a row. Henry Ford poses is in the cab of engine #1, James Couzens is in the cab of the engine #2, W.D. Trump is in engine #4, and P.H. Nolan posed in engine #3. Other men in conductor outfits and suits pose along the tracks.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
