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- Description:
- Cabinet card bearing a sepia-toned head-and-shoulders portrait photograph of Detroit Fire Commissioner James W. Sutton. Handwriting on the verso notes "ex-commissioner, James W. Sutton." This photograph is one of a series of eight photos of former Detroit Fire Department Commissioners. A decorative engraved logo on the verso shows "Randall, Photographer, 220 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich."
- Date Issued:
- 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Cabinet card bearing a sepia-toned head-and-shoulders portrait photograph of Lillian N. Clark at age 17 (according to the handwritten note on the verso) in profile. Clark was the sister of University of Michigan football player William Dennison Clark and Eliza Walton Clark, who married Theodore Horatio, Jr. The name of the photographer at the bottom of the card has worn away, however, the text, "Albany N.Y." remains.
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Mounted sepia-toned group portrait photograph of ten uniformed firefighters posed in front of an open bay on the exterior of their fire station. The five men in the front are seated in wooden chairs, and the other five men stand behind them. The face of an eleventh person is visible through the window on the right. Through the large bay doors are harnesses for the horses that draw their apparatus which are suspended from overhead to expedite hitching. The photo is mounted on beige cardstock.
- Date Issued:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Two sepia-toned photographic prints mounted to opposite sides of heavy cardstock. The image on the recto shows a horse-drawn fire engine crossing an intersection. A heavily treed area, likely Grand Circus Park, is visible in the background. The base of a moonlight tower is at the right. A boy peers toward the camera while stepping into the street in the foreground on the right. The picture on the verso depicts a man in a bowler hat and sport coat standing atop a bridge across a canal. A large building and several trees are visible across the canal in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photo of a cabinet card bearing a photo portrait of Captain George P. Sanford of the First Michigan Infantry, C Company posed standing in uniform with his left arm behind his back beside a chair and table. "Brady, Washington," is printed along the bottom border of the card. "Capt. Geo. P. Sanford 'C' Company, First Mich Vol Inf 1861," and "E2" are handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1861-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned, head and shoulders cabinet card portrait of a fireman. Badge on cap reads "200." Handwritten note on verso identifies subject as John O'Neill. The bottom of the photo is cut off, but likely originally bore a border that read "F. Friend, 244 & 246 Woodward Ave, Detroit," matching others in this collection.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Mounted sepia-toned group portrait photograph of twelve uniformed firefighters posed outside in front of a brick wall. Six men sit in chairs in the front, and six stand behind them. The fifth seated man from the left is identified as Engineer William Mauron[?]. Mauron and the two men to his left all have bugle insignia on their collars indicating their ranks. The photo is mounted on black mat board. "Geo. E. Ash, 452 Junction Ave." is printed on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photograph of the head and shoulders of a fireman. Badge on cap as well as badge on lapel of jacket reads, "203." Noted on verso indicates that this is possibly an image of Richard Filban. Filban served for the Detroit Fire Department at Hook and Ladder No. 3.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia toned photograph of Albert Kahn posed seated at a desk. On the desk art newspapers, articles, a telephone, lamps, and envelopes. A large window is behind Kahn. Both of Kahn's arms are resting on the desk, with a pen in his right hand. He is wearing a suit, tie, and round-rimmed glasses. Framed photographs cover the wall behind his desk. "Mar 19, 1921," is stamped on the verso, and "Albert Kahn, 4 Cole - 6 P.M. tonight," is handwritten in grease pencil.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph of head and shoulders of a Detroit fireman. Badge on his cap reads, "DFD 205," badge on his jacket reads, "Detroit 205." The name of the photographic studio is mostly torn off at the bottom of the image, but it likely was "F. Friend" which matches other similar photos in this collection. Written on verso, "Thomas Hogan,"
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
