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- Description:
- Letter typewritten on Harrison Granite Company stationary from the company to Frances A. Pingree, dated December 4, 1903, written to accompany an account statement four promissory notes on the remaining cost of the construction of her mausoleum. The letter instructs her to sign, and return the notes, and notes that they do on bear interest. The letter is signed by the company's president W.H. Harrison.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Cabin Plan for Strs. 59/60 for Ft. & P.M. [Flint & Pere Marquette] R.R." The drawing consists of black and red ink on linen and shows a plan view of the proposed cabin layout for the wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamships. The plan was prepared at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot by Frank E. Kirby for the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated May, 1882. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One set of architectural drawings of a residential house. The drawings (Job 276) consist of brown and black ink on linen and shows a 3-story, residential house. Some brown pencil shading has also been added in order to highlight the architectural features. This drawing, shown at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot, was part of a set of nine sheets that were prepared by "J. Lawson Miller, Architect," for the "Roney Land Company." The house is located on Hawthorne Road near Lake Shore Boulevard.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Miller, J. Lawson
- Description:
- Universal Steamship Company consignee memo for an order from Valentin Blatz Brewing Company shipped from Milwaukee to the E.J. Dossin Company in Detroit, dated June 18, 1923. The document lists the shipment as 55 packages of malt syrup and hops. The document is stamped with note for cash on delivery, and a handwritten note below the stamp states it was received.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One architectural drawing entitled "Addition to Hospital, Fort Wayne, Michigan. Major P. G. Wales, Surgeon, U.S. Army. March, 1907." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows a side elevation view of the proposed addition. The four-story building was to be constructed of brick and stone with wood trim and a slate roof. Building height dimensions are given at the right side of the drawing which is shown at a scale of 1 inch = 8 feet. Printed text in the lower right corner shows "Bldg. #209" and "P. E. File Nr. 4918."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fort Wayne
- Description:
- Pocket-size roster of key employees of the Detroit Board of Education. This folded 4-page membership roster is printed in black ink on slightly yellowed paper. It lists the names of officers, inspectors, committee members, board meeting schedule, schools and school principals.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Anniversaries
- Description:
- This booklet has a pale gray/green heavy paper cover that is printed in black text. It has a stapled binding and includes 45 interior pages that are printed in black text on slightly yellowed paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Anniversaries
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman and Son, with illustrations by the Calvert Lithograph Company; front and back cover have a picture of a girl who is reaching for a butterfly while using her blue dress as a makeshift basket for an assortment of picked flowers, against a floral background; "Seed Annual 1922," and "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." are printed on both covers; inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white illustrations and photographs, including four full page color illustrations; order form still attached with some writing on it
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Proposed Addition to After Deck House, Yacht Margaret." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows plan and profile views of a proposed addition to the aft deck house of the vessel. The title block in the lower right corner shows that the drawing was prepared by the "U. S. Lake Survey Office, Detroit, Mich.," at a scale of 3/8 inch = 1 foot and is dated February 16, 1921. The plan is signed by "M. S. MacDiarmid, Assistant Engineer" and "W. P. Wooten, Colonel, Corps of Engineers."
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Program booklet for performances of a series of Shakespeare's plays starring E.H. Southern and Julia Marlowe at the Garrick Theatre during the week beginning on Feburary 20, 1922; color cover with illustration of a woman in period dress with two servants framed by an oval; in small oval underneath "Arriving at the play in the time of David Garrick"; "Direction of Lee and J.J. Shubert;"
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- One "Map of the City of Detroit." The map was printed in black, red, green, and blue ink on white paper and shows streets, street names, railroad lines, streetcar lines, parks, and cemeteries within the city limits. In addition, the names of former ribbon farm owners (with private claim numbers) are shown along the shoreline of the Detroit River. An advertisement for "Michell's New Clothing House" is shown in red text across the top of the sheet. The map was printed by "R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers, Detroit, Mich." at a scale of 2.5 inches = 1 mile and was dated 1895. There is a detached pocket cover entitled "Mitchell's New Clothing House."
- Date Issued:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Program for performance of "A Bachelor's Honeymoon" at the Empire Theatre beginning January 10, 1898; front cover is blue and white and features an illustration of a woman in a dress leaning against a railing as an advertisement for "Girardin Ladies' Tailor"; in box near top "Empire Theatre Programme" with theatrical imagery and acanthus leaves decorating it; information about the production, jokes, and numerous advertisements are contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print taken inside depicting a directory of names, numbers, and addresses.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Packard Motor Car Co.
- Description:
- Diploma issued to Sarah McEnhill for completing the senior grade of the Detroit Public School and being admitted to the Detroit High School. Dated June 20, 1873. Mounted on cardboard. School located on the corner of Abbott and 6th Streets.
- Date Issued:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Education
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "My Little Persian Rose" from the musical "A Persian Garden", lyric by Edgar Allan Woolf, music by Anatol Friedland, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. The cover is illustrated by Starmer.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Music
- Description:
- Black and white print of an engraving titled "The City of Detroit (From Canada Shore.)" sourced from an engraving by R. Hinshelwood. The image features a hilly shore with trees and cattle in the foreground, many ships along the Detroit River in the midground, and the Detroit shoreline in the background. Text below the bottom left edge of the image reads "A. C. Warren." Text below the bottom right edge of the image reads "R. Hinshelwood." Text below the center bottom edge reads "Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1872 by D. Appleton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington." The title of the drawing is located at the bottom center of the page, with text reading "New York, D. Appleton & Co." below.
- Date Issued:
- 1872-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- One reproduction map entitled "Tourist's Pocket Map of Michigan Exhibiting Its Improvements." The map is printed in black ink on slightly yellowed paper and shows counties, cities, towns, roads, lakes, and major rivers. Lines of latitude and longitude are shown with the lines of longitude being shown relative to Washington, D.C. A small inset map in the upper right corner shows "The North West Part of Michigan." A table of steamboat routes and distances is shown along the right edge. The map is drawn at an approximate scale of 1 inch = 22 miles. Printed text beneath the title shows "Roads, Distances & c. by J. H. Young, Philadelphia; Published by S. Augustus Mitchell." Printed text in the lower left corner shows "Reproduced by Beurmann-Marshall, Inc., Lansing, Michigan," and was probably printed c.1957.
- Date Issued:
- 1839-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Reference
- Description:
- Half-folded banquet menu autographed by Ulysses S. Grant from a luncheon held in his honorat Young's Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 15th, 1880. The menu is composed of blue fabric and cardstock, and the cover is decorated with hand painted flowers. "Complimentary to Gen. U. S. Grant by the Republican State Committee," is printed on the interior on the left. The menu is printed in pink on the right. The verso is signed by Ulysses S. Grant and printed with "Young's Hotel, October 15th, 1880."
- Date Issued:
- 1880-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "For You a Rose", lyric by Will D. Cobb, music by Gus Edwards, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. Cover illustrated by Harrison Fisher.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Music
- Description:
- This partial sheet of writing paper has been torn from a larger sheet. It has light blue lines and a watermark that shows the image of a spinning wheel and the name, "Crane's." A handwritten note across the center shows "Signature of the oldest man now living in Detroit - written without the aid of glasses - Francis Martin, Naval Officer, Captain in Revenue Marine, U.S." Another handwritten note along the left edge shows "Written for Mrs. G. B. Seymour by Capt. Martin on his 100th Birthday Anniversary. June 4, 1900."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Anniversaries