Search Constraints
« Previous |
21 - 30 of 369
|
Next »
Search Results
- Description:
- One Dollar issued by River Raisin and Lake Erie Railroad Company, dated August 1863, and signed by the company's president James Q. Adams and the cashier George D. Baldwin. An engraving of a train rounding a bend, passing a small riverside factory with a railroad bridge over the river in the background. The verso has an engraving consisting of the word, "One," is large letters surrounded by a green pattern.
- Date Issued:
- 1863-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Currency/Medallions
- Description:
- Chart of fares from the Detroit and Michigan Railway dated July 8, 1858. The prices for fares between Grand Rapids and 28 other stations ranging to Detroit to Ada are handwritten. The prices vary by distance and range from $4.80 for Detroit to $0.35 for Ada. At the bottom of the table, it is addressed to a conductor by the name of M. Miller, and is signed by W. K. Muir, the railway's general superintendent.
- Date Issued:
- 1858-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Five Dollar note issued by the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad Bank, dated August 1, 1853, hand-numbered 1671, and signed by the company's president Addison Comstock and another person with an illegible signature representing Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear, and Company. An engraving of Franklin Pierce is in the center of the note. At each of the upper corners, a seated woman supports an oval shaped field containing the number 5. The woman on the left holds a sickle and sits next to a sheaf of wheat. The woman on the right sits atop a barrel, and the masts of a sailing ship are visible over her shoulder in the distance. The verso is blank except for a pair of backwards red number 5's.
- Date Issued:
- 1853-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo taken along the tracks northwest the Detroit portals of the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel during its construction. A Hocking Valley car is on the left, and on the right is a Michigan Central Railroad flatcar loaded with rails from the Mays Creek right-of-way which were being removed to make room for the new tunnel approach. Richard L. Aylward's coal business on Vermont Street stands beside the tracks on the right. The Vermont Street Bridge and Porter Street Bridge run overhead in the background. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "137-6, Westerly Open Cut. W. from Portal, 5/28/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo of a saw mill beside several sets of railroad tracks in Windsor, taken during the construction of the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. Boards and logs are piled beside the tracks. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "177-22, Saw Mill Windsor, 5/28/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph showing several men who are standing or seated on the tops of a line of refrigerated railroad cars, taken facing to the west near the Michigan Central Railroad's Junction Yard. Two ice hatches are visible on the top of the car in the foreground. The line of cars may be backing up slowly to a summit/hump. Cars or groups of cars were uncoupled after reaching the summit. The downward slope on the other side of the summit caused the cars to roll by gravity where they were then sorted by switches onto different tracks according to car destination. Brakemen on the car or group of cars had to control the speed as they rolled to their intended track location. The view shows earth embankments and other track lines on each side of the railroad cars as well as lines of utility poles, overhead wires, and the base of a moonlight tower. The concrete overpass over Lonyo Road is in the background on the right.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo of the opening of a small shaft using in constructing the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. A small cart used to haul gravel is on tracks running from the mouth of the shaft up an incline toward the camera. Railroad tracks run along the bottom of a cut to the right of the shaft. Two figures stand among construction debris in the background. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "158, Hauling Gravel up incline No. 3 Shaft, Windsor, 5/28/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Black & white photographic print depicting a freight car labeled "Cotton Belt" with Michigan Central Station in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting construction along the Detroit approach to the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel, from the 14th Street bridge. In view are houses and the Porter Street bridge. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Apr 26, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
