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- Description:
- "Weekly Time Book" printed by Berry Brothers Varnishes, softcover, 1905. The outside cover is gray/tan in color with black text. The inside pages have pre-printed lines and columns to keep track of workmen's weekly wages. Names and wage data have been handwritten in black ink throughout the book for the year 1905. However, the name of the company is not indicated. The initials, "C.F., Sr." and "C.F., Jr." appear at the end of each weekly time/wage account. Possibly, they are the company owners.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Catalog from the Detroit Stove Works with a stiff gray, black and orange cardboard cover. The front cover reads "Detroit Stove Works Price List; Feb 1., 1994; Jewel Stoves; Offices and Salesrooms 32 and 34 Woodward Avenue; Foundry and Warehouse at Hamtramck." The catalog's printing is attributed to William Graham of Detroit, Michigan. Contained within it are prices, images, measurements and advertising information for Jewel Stoves and Ranges, as well as accessories for them, from 1884. On the back cover is an image of a "Brilliant Jewel Base Burner" model stove.
- Date Issued:
- 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One tax receipt, dated December, 14, 1871, issued by the Wayne County Treasurer's Office in Detroit. It was printed in black text on white paper and indicated that the Richmond & Backus Company paid $9.32 for state and county taxes on property located in the Brush Farm Subdivision, namely, "Lot 3, Blk. 1." The receipt was signed by "James Collins, Dty. [Deputy] County Treasurer."
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company, in the shape of a painter's palette, advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. On the recto is an illustration of a single-masted ship sailing on green waters, with four daubs of paint in the upper left corner of the palette. "Garland Stoves and Ranges" is printed at the top of the recto.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One promissory note, dated November 13, 1869, that was issued by the Richmond & Backus Company. It was printed in black text on white paper. The note terms were handwritten in black ink text and indicated that $250 was to be paid to John C. Worthington on May 13, 1871, at the Second National Bank of Detroit. A handwritten endorsement on the verso indicated that the note was assigned to Rev. George Worthington.
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One advertisement sheet entitled "List No. 1, Campaign Supplies Made by E. A. Armstrong." The sheet is printed in black text on white paper on both sides and also shows colored drawings of various hats, helmets, coats, capes, and belts that were available for sale. The company was located at "261 and 263 Woodward Ave." and "114 and 116 Washington Avenue, Detroit, Mich." The items were intended for use at political and military conventions.
- Date Issued:
- 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. A lithograph on the recto depicts an elderly woman in a bonnet running a comb through the hair of a red-haired girl that is sitting on her lap. The card's title, "Patience and Impatience," is printed across the bottom of the recto. The Garland Stoves and Ranges logo is featured in the upper left corner of the recto. An advertisement for Garland Stoves and Ranges, stressing the importance of buying genuine Garland products, is on the verso. Written at the bottom of the verso is the name "Eliza."
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Envelope addressed to "Miss Nellie Gault, City (66 15th St.). The envelope is pink and has the Eagle Soap Works return address printed in black text in the upper left corner. Included inside the envelope is the top portion of a letter dated July 13, 1886, which shows the Eagle Soap Works letterhead.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Invoice in the amount of $6.92 for "Private Prescription Pills" sold to P. J. Winn & Co. of Fork Union, Virginia, dated November 10, 1894. The invoice shows the engraved letterhead of Frederick Stearns & Co. which is printed on slightly yellowed paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
