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- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of three employees of the Merchants Credit Bureau--Estelle Koehler, Judie Strandburg, and Marion Maus, as indicated by a handwritten notes on both the recto and verso--kneeling in winter coats of the roof of the Merchants Building, on the east corner of Grand River Avenue and Broadway Avenue. Snow has accumulated on the roof's surfaces. The caption, "Coldest in Six Years," has been handwritten at the bottom of the recto. "1923," is handwritten on the verso. The remnants of stripes used to affix the photo in an album are on the corners.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Photographic Print (1 copy). Sepia-toned albumen cabinet card photo of a fireman who is standing beside a small table and holding a whip in his right hand. The fireman is wearing his uniform which includes a long, double-breasted coat, decorative belt, and cap. His shirt has been hand-colored in purple in the collar area. The badge on his coat has the handwritten number "2." (The copy photo shows the handwritten number "3" on his coat and the badge number on the cap also appears to be number 3.) Handwriting on the verso notes "Whitney B. Beattie."
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Sepia toned cabinet card photograph, head and shoulders of Detroit fireman; badge on cap reads, "DFD 202." The firefighter is also wearing a jacket, and tie; a badge is clipped onto the right side of the jacket. Written on verso, "James O'Shea." The name of the photograph studio is mostly torn off at the bottom of the card, but probably read "F. Friend, 244 & 246 Woodward Ave., Detroit."
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Sepia-toned group portrait photograph of the Directors of the Dime Savings Bank taken in William Livingstone's home. The group is all dressed in tuxedos and bowties. From left to right, the group consists of Henry Ford, Horatio N. Hovey, Hugh Wallace, James McKay, George Barbour, Richard Webber, William Livingstone, Augustus C. Stellwagon, R.H. Fyfe, Bethune Duffield, Charles A. Warren (taken from another photo and inserted into this one as if he were kneeling behind the chair), Marshall Godfrey, and William Livingstone, Jr. The photo is mounted on brown cardstock.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Carte-de-visite bearing a sepia-toned full-length portrait photograph of Brevoort Bristol Barr, as a child clad in a dark sailor suit, leaning on a cloth-covered prop. "Marry S. Sutter, 128 Wisconsin St., Milwaukee," is printed along the bottom of the card. "Sept. 1st aged 7 yrs. Brevoort Bristol Barr, Born in Detroit June 19th, 1869. Died Dec. 25th, 1964." is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1876-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Black and white panoramic group portrait photograph taken of employees of Northern Engineering Works on Boblo Island for a picnic in August of 1917. The large group includes women, men, and children, and among them are several picnickers wearing ribbons on their lapels, a brass band of men in naval uniforms, and three children in sailor outfits posed in the center of the group. Two picnic pavilions are visible among the trees in the background. "R. Woodruff #162," is handwritten on the verso. A handwritten note which was previously paperclipped to the photo read: Northern Engineering Works Picnic on Boblo Island Aug. 1917 Dorothy 4 yrs of age Beatrice 2 yrs of age Hazel (in Mother's arms in center of picture) was about 8 months of age (Hazel born 1-4-1917)
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Half-length sepia-toned portrait of the firefighter, Charles Robert Kline, wearing the dress uniform of the Detroit Fire Department taken around 1896. Bottom of backing card embossed with a series of seals for the Photographers Association of America, 1896, and the logo and address of the McMichael Photography Studio. Autograph on verso reads, "Charles Robert Kline."
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Sepia-toned cabinet card head and shoulders portrait of a Detroit fireman. Badge on the center of his cap reads, "DFD 206." Also affixed on the right side of his jacket is another badge which also reads, "206." Written on verso, "John Dally." The photo studio name is mostly torn off and is not readable, but likely read "F. Friend, 244 & 246 Woodward Ave., Detroit," matching others in this collection.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Sepia-toned, head and shoulders cabinet card portrait of a fireman. Badge on cap reads "207." Hand written note on verso identifies him as Thomas Drury. The bottom of the photo is damaged obscuring the photographer's name and address, but likely read "F. Friend, 244 & 246 Woodward Ave., Detroit," matching others in this collection.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Sepia-toned full-length portrait photograph of Captain Adolph Hoenighausen, a pipeman with Phoenix Company No. 3. He leans on a prop rock stand before a painted background of a lake surrounded by mountains and trees. "Capt. Adolph Hoenighausen taken 1876 as 'Minute Man,' pipeman 'Phoenix Steamer' Engine Co. No. 3," is handwritten beneath in green pen. The photo was previously housed in a grey J.W. Hughes display folder.
- Date Issued:
- 1876-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
