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- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. A lithograph, attributed to "Chas. Shields Sons 20 & 22 Gold St N.Y," depicts a man in wealthy gentleman's clothing, holding a long-barreled gun, looking quizzically down at a dead pig while the pig's owner, a farmer holding a pitchfork, points his hand down at the pig and angrily says something to the gentleman. On the verso is an early Garland Stoves and Ranges logo with a stamp below it that reads "Sold by Toepel Bros, 180 Gratiot Ave".
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog; front and back cover has a picture of four flowers, a yellow one "Mrs. Moon", a dark pink "Psyche", a light pink "Fairy Queen" and a purple "Philippe de Commines", with "Bulbs & Seeds Autumn 1917" at top, and "D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich." at bottom; inside are descriptions of various plants and flowers along with prices; black and white pictures; order form still attached, along with an attached page with new prices stating that due to seed shortages prices have increased
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One print entitled "Bank Officers Detroit, Michigan, 1896." The print shows 65 oval-shaped, head and shoulders photographic images of notable bankers in the city. The name is shown for each image and also, in most cases, the job title. Small printed text at the center lower edge shows "Copyright, 1896, By J. H. Bowles, 94 Reade St., N.Y." The names of the bankers are as follows (left to right) 1st row: A. A. Parker, Gilbert Hart, Alex. H. Adams, Albert Ives, Edward Kanter, Clement M. Davidson, David Preston, Henry P. Baldwin, John S. Gray, Hugh McMillian, Collins B. Hubbard, Alex. Chapoton, Jr.; 2nd row: W. H. Brace, James McGregor, F. D. Eatherly, Morris L. Williams, D. M. Ferry, S. Dow Elwood, Alex. McPherson, George Anderson, Edward H. Butler, S. M. Cutcheon, G. B. Sartwell; 3rd row: A. Ives, Jr., Butler Ives, George W. Edwards, Thomas McGraw, Emory Wendell, Alex. H. Dey, George Peck, L. E. Clark, Hamilton Dey, W. C. Colburn, A. E. F. White; 4th row: Louis Blitz, Charles F. Collins, Herbert L. O'Brien, R. H. Fyfe, George H. Russell, Sidney D. Miller, R. S. Mason, Frederick B. Sibley, H. L. Kanter, John M. Dwyer; 5th row: J. C. Hart, Joseph B. Moore, J. B. Padberg, John T. Shaw, Martin S. Smith, M. W. O'Brien, F. W. Hayes, Charles Emerson, George E. Lawson, E. C. Bowman, Charles E. Kanter; 6th row: L. C. Sherwood, H. P. Borgman, Enoch Smith, G. S. Robinson, Julius H. Haass, William T. DeGraff, Austin E. Wing, Duncan Stewart, Jr., George B. Caldwell, Edwin F. Mack, Charles A. Warren.
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Typewritten letter from D.M. Ferry and Company to Mr. C.F. Schafer of Mt. Pulaski, Illinois informing him that they are sold out of both Early Amber and Early Orange Sugar Cane Seeds, dated April 29, 1901, and printed on company letterhead featuring an engraving of D.M. Ferry and Company Seed Warehouses A and B.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Menu and program booklet for Christmas dinner at the Wayne Hotel on Wednesday, December 25, 1907. The cover is wrapped in a sheet of onionskin paper, printed with "Merry Christmas 1907." The cover underneath bears an illustration of Santa Claus steering his sleight on the land across a snowy landscape, above an insert showing a child standing beside a fireplace. Within, the songs and dances to be performed are listed, along with a dinner menu.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Illustrated souvenir booklet from the opening of the Detroit Savings Bank Building, written by George B. Catlin. Includes photos of all the branch banking houses.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman and Son, with illustrations from the Calvert Lithograph Company; front and back covers are identical with a illustrations of an ear of corn, with the caption "Charlevoix, The best golden sweet corn yet introduced;" inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white illustrations and photographs, with two full page color pictures near the front, one color picture in the middle and one color picture near the back; order form still attached
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Jewett and Sherman Company invoice for $703.80 for Queen Mustard Dressing sold to the E.J. Dossin Company on June 21, 1923, and shipped from Milwaukee to Detroit via the Universal Steamship Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Photograph. Black and white photo of Farrand, Williams & Co. "Approximate Price List." The photograph shows pages 22-23 from their catalog which probably dates from the 1870's.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Bill of sale from the Fletcher Hardware Co. to the Michigan Cigar Co. in the amount of $17.50, dated April 6, 1912. The bill is printed in black text and blue typescript on slightly yellowed paper and is stamped, "PAID."
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
