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- Description:
- Eight panel parallel folded Detroit United Railway interurban brochure with map. The recto includes times for the limited interurban lines between Detroit and Toledo, Port Huron, Flint, and Jackson, as well as a table, dated May 1910, showing fares between different stops, and information about the railway system and about points of interest in Detroit for tourists. The verso is printed with a color map expanding across all six panels, credited to the Calvert Lithographing Company, showing the routes of all of the D.U.R.'s lines spanning from Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Postcard. Illustration of Cadillac Square. The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument can be seen in the foreground along with carriages and a trolley. Shops appear on the left on which one a sign can be read that reads, "Breitmeyer Headquarters." The Wayne County Building can be seen in the background. Card was mailed and postmark reads, Detroit, Mich. Jan 13 11:30 AM, 1913."
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- June 15, 1917 edition of Electric Railway Service, publihsed by the Publicity Department of Detroit United Lines, containing articles about satefy percautions for automobile drivers crossing streetcar tracks, letters to the editor, streetcar schedule and delays, general trivia, and a schedule of upcoming events in Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Staple-bound booklet distributed by the Committee of Citizens of Detroit containing lyrics set to popular songs critical of James Couzens and his plan for a municipally-owned street railway system. The booklet contains the songs "Jim Is Only Blowing Bubbles," "Jim, It Must Be Rare," "We'll Be All Out of Luck But Jim," "I've Got Some Bad News, Honey," "Oh, Jimmy, No Jimme," "We Can't Have This Any More," "The Mayor is Here Again," "Tell Me Why Folks Are Doubtful," "Carry Me Back to the Beginning," "I'll Build a Line," "There's a Long, Long Trail," "Blame All Your Troubles on the D.U.R.," "I'm Always Chasing Issues," "Everybody's Knockin' It," "Mayor Jim Has a Whim," "I'm Dreaming Dreams," "Vote It Down," "It's the Wrong Way," "Our Mayor Would Like a Car Line," "There's a Deal in the Land of Detroit," "Our Mayor Wants Fifteen Millions," "Keep the Home Fires Burning," "It's the Wrong Way to Build a Car Line," "Couzens Has a Plan," "Scots, Wha' Hae Wi' Wallace Bled," "A Neat Little Home of My Own," "Tipperary," "Mr. Mayor, Your Little Plan Won't Do," "What's the use of Dreaming," and "Jim Cousins has a Street Car Scheme." "Detroit May 1920 2020 Forest Ave [?]," is handwritten and "Received Mayor's Executive Secretarial, MAR 20 1992," is stamped on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo postcard bearing an image of Detroit United Railway motorman George H. Koehler, and conductor William Theisen posed in their uniforms beside streetcar number 739 of the Sherman line. Another streetcar is behind them on the left. A partially obscured sign advertising "Honest Scrap" is painted on a building in the background on the right. The verso is divided, and "My father - George H. Koehler, motorman, & Mr. Wm. Theisen, 1906, Detroit, Michigan," is handwritten there.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Print containing three engravings, taken from the booklet, Souvenir of Detroit & Exposition, depicting sites in downtown Detroit. The top is captioned "Jefferson Avenue south from Woodward." A streetcar, perpendicular to the tracks is in the center of the road. "James Nall, Carpets" is printed on a building on right side of the street. Set into this image is one of the Chamber of Congress within a frame drawn to resemble a piece of paper hung with nails. The bottom image is captioned, "Griswold Street from Jefferson Avenue." The Campau Block on the west side of Griswold and the Newberry and McMillan Building on the east side are both labeled. A moonlight tower and the spire of City Hall are both visible in the background. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages are in the street.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- One poster titled "The Evolution of the Street Car in Detroit from Horse Car to Present Time - 1921." The poster includes 36 black and white photographic images of Detroit street cars which show the style changes from horse-drawn cars up to the electric motor driven cars.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Mounted handbill printed with a message from Governor Hazen S. Pingree, dated July 13, 1899, regarding the benefits, and necessity of the straight 3¢ fare on all Detroit streetcar lines, and the illegitimacy of opposition to the idea. The handbill is mounted on linen.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Black and white print of a photo of the left side and front of Detroit United Railway dry sand car number 1876.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3087 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, House". Image from page 35 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
