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- Description:
- Double-side handbill containing information for railroad travel along the Boston and Albany Railroad's Great Western Route between Albany, New York, and Milwaukie, Wisconsin, dated January 26, 1856. Information about connections, mail trains, and fares is printed on the recto. A map of the route is printed on the verso, however, a piece of Michigan Central Railroad Pioneer Association stationery has been partially adhered to the verso obscuring the map.
- Date Issued:
- 1856-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Sheet music for "Blue Line Waltzes", composed by Roe Stephens, published by J. Henry Whittemore. Dedicated to Thomas Swinyard, esq., managing director of the Great Western Railway of Canada.
- Date Issued:
- 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Music
- Description:
- Four panel brochure promoting the Detroit International Exposition and Fair held from September 17th to the 27th of 1889, mounted on red matting. The exposed face bears a color Calvert Lithograph Company illustration of Detroit, as viewed from the air above Delray, facing northeast, captioned "All Roads Will Lead to Detroit in September. Why? (see over)." The exposition site, containing the large Main Building, several smaller structures, and two ponds, is at the lower right corner of the image, to the west of Fort Wayne. The Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad; Detroit and Bay City Railroad; Michigan Central Railroad; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway; Wabash Railroad; Detroit Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway; Belt Line; and Lake Erie, Essex and Detroit River Railway lines are all labeled, as are the communities along the Canadian side of the Detroit River--Walkerville, Windsor, Sandwich, and Mineral Spring. "The Michigan Farmer, Published by Gibbons Bros., Detroit, Mich." is stamped in the upper left corner of the print.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Jeffersonville Railroad ticket, numbered 8129, and embossed on the verso with a stamp for the date, May 26, 1865, for passage from Detroit to St. Clair over the Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad line. The lower right corner is printed with the signature of General Ticket Agent Inspector A. Nafew.
- Date Issued:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Pere Marquette Railroad contract number 569, made with the Wayne County Road Commission in which the Pere Marquette agrees to install a 700 foot long rail siding at a road crossing 2.2 miles south of Plymouth. The document consists of a form envelope, an unsigned carbon copy of a letter from the division engineer of the Pere Marquette dated June 24, 1915, and a blueprint of the site attached with brass fasteners to an agreement signed by Pere Marquette's general manager, Frank E. Alfred, division engineer J.E. Johnson, and superintendent A.R. Merrick, as well as Board of County Road Commissioners chairman Edward N. Hines.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Detroit approach to the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel, with a truss bridge and buildings in the background. Train car are on the tracks entering the tunnel and alongside. Printed on verso: Entrance to Detroit River Tunnel, Detroit, Mich. The Detroit River Tunnel has the unique distinction of being the only tunnel of its type ever built. It was constructed in sections, all work being done from the surface of the water without the use of compressed air. The Tunnel is operated electronically. Construction was started October 1, 1906, and completed July 1, 1910. The length from portal to portal is 1 3/8 miles, and from summit of grade 2 ½ miles. It was built by the Detroit River Tunnel Company for the M. C. R. R. at a cost of $8,500,000. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Dec 1, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photo showing a man who is standing beside railroad locomotive no. 8947. Handwritten text on the lower and right edges of the photo shows "W. B. James, volunteer switchman during switchmen's strike, May, 1920" The photo was probably taken at a Michigan Central railroad yard near Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo taken from the Fifteenth Street bridge overlooking the railroad tracks to the west, during the construction of the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. Two men walk with tools held over their shoulders below. A gated crossing for Sixteenth Street is in the middle ground. The Enterprise Couch and Furniture Manufacturing Company is on the left, and the Standard Pure Food Company is on the right. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "139-1, W. from the 15th St. Bridge, 5/28/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting the corner of the Pere Marquette Freight Depot. A sign reading, "Inbound Freight, City Delivery" is posted along the side of the building where several wagons are parked. Two people stand in the depot's doorway, and several other figures pass on the sidewalk. A utility pole and lines are in the foreground. "Pere Marquette Freight Depot on Third St. south of the Union Depot taken Sept. 1905" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo of a pile driver being used on the tracks between two overpasses which intersect on a right angle at the edge of the cut. Several people watch from the overpasses, while construction debris is scattered amongst the tracks below. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "621, Driving Piles for S. Wall of E.B. Arch, Sto. 142, 9/16/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
