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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an illustrated advertisement for the Detroit Industrial Exposition featuring a man and woman look out over water to a skyline of smoke-spewing factories. The city seal appears in the foreground. Handwritten message on verso and recto, postmarked Jun 25, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Dime Building from the corner of Griswold and West Fort Street. Printed on verso: The Dime Bank Building is 23 stories high and is the best elevation from which to view the city and its surroundings. On a clear day from here can be seen Canada, Lake St. Clair, Belle Isle and beautiful Detroit, for a distance of five miles. It contains 1000 offices.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting businesses on the west side of Biddle Avenue in Wyandotte. Signs read "W.G. Perry", "D. Riec", "Fur Storage" and "C. Neuendorf & Son Undertakers & Embalmers." Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jan 11, 1917.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an elevated view of a road, lawn, and pedestrian-filled path on Belle Isle. Five cars are visible on the street. Printed on verso: Central Avenue, Belle Isle, Detroit's principal recreation spot. The island is located in the Detroit river near lake St. Clair, and it connected with the city by a bridge 8 feet less than half a mile in length. It comprises 702 acres, is over two miles long and boasts over thirty miles of fine macadam roadway which completely circles and frequently intersects it. A fine zoo, aquarium, horticultural building, swimming and skating pavilions, casino and boat livery are in connection. The City has expended over $1,500,000 on it since its purchase in 1879. This view is taken from the lower end of the Island and shows the ferry dock in the distance. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 25, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard with glitter accents depicting a crowd gathered for a concert at the Band Stand on a bridge over a canal on Belle Isle. People are seated along the shore and canoes populate the canal. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Jan 24, 1906.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting two ostriches in a chicken wire enclosure on Belle Isle. Printed on verso: The Ostriches on Belle Isle are always a center of attraction to the thousands who visit this popular resort daily. These birds thrive well in this climate and are housed in such a manner than they are capable of caring for their young. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 28, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting an elevated view of Eastern Market, with the Menzies Shoe Company building in the background. In view are many horse-drawn carts and a shed. The verso is undivided.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the banking room of the Main Office of Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit. Printed on verso: Designed by Stanford White, the Main Office of Manufacturers National Bank stands on ground where, on July 11, 1796, was enacted the closing scene of the War of Independence - the evacuation of Fort Lernoult by British troops.
- Date Issued:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting an elevated view of a large crowd of people, cars and streetcars at the intersection of Griswold Street, Lafayette Boulevard and Michigan Avenue , celebrating the end of World War I. Signs read "First State Bank", "Join Gas Hounds", and "Gorman's". Printed on recto: "Blacks"
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Real Estate Exchange Building from Campus Martius. A streetcar, pedestrians, automobiles, and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument are visible. Signs read, "Waitt & Bond Blackstone Mild 10¢ Cigar; Lee & Cady Distributors", "Buy Liberty Bonds", and "Gregory, Mayer & Thom Co." Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 4, 1919.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
