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- Description:
- One street map entitled "R. L. Polk & Co.'s Map of the City of Detroit, Michigan." The map is printed in black on slightly yellowed paper at an approximate scale of 2.5 inches = 1 mile. It shows streets, street names, city and township boundaries, section numbers, streetcar routes, and railroads. The map was printed by "R. L. Polk & Company" and is dated 1913. An alphabetical listing of streets is shown along the bottom of the map.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph (and 1 copy). Black and white photo showing a view of the Detroit Edison Delray electric power plant, located on W. Jefferson Avenue at Waterman Street. The view shows a small creek with muddy banks in the foreground. The brick power plant building with a water tower and three large exhaust smokestacks can be seen in the background. The number, "M104," is written in reverse in the lower left corner of the photo. Handwritten text on the verso shows "M104, Taken early 1909, Delray Power House #1."
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Certificate appointing Charles G. Hampton of Detroit as Aide-de-Camp in the Grand Army of the Republic, dated October 8th, 1883 and signed by Robert Burns Beath, Commander in Chief, in Philadelphia. The certificate is affixed with the gold seal of the Grand Army of the Republic on the bottom left.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Receipt from C. B. Dole & Son for steam and gas fittings and installation labor purchased by William R. Sutar (Soutar) on April 26, 1889, in the amount of $8.90. The receipt is printed in black text on slightly yellowed paper and shows the letterhead of C. B. Dole & Son of Port Huron across the top. Engraved drawings of two furnaces are printed in dull red ink as part of the letterhead. The purchased items and costs are listed in handwritten text.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Pricelist, printed on paper, for Bloomgarden and Ellenstein Wholesale Fruits and Produce, dated August 22nd, 1894. The front cover features the header "Quotations," followed by the logo for Bloomgarden and Ellenstein. Underneath the logo and company name is a list of fruits and produce, including peaches, pears, plums, grapes, apples, and melons. The Office and Warehouse location is listed as "44 Griswold Street Detroit Michigan." Text underneath the address reads "These quotations are issued in the interest of shippers of all kinds of fruit with prices made from actual sales on day of issue, which date will be found on the next page." At the bottom of the cover is text reading "References: Peoples Savings Bank Detroit. Dun's and Bradstreets Mercantile Agency. Any Jobbing House in Detroit." The back cover features a note from Bloomgard and Ellenstein reading as follows: "We will breifly [sic] state that this season we consider ourselves in a position to handle your shipments with the best results obtainable. Our location being prominent with easy access to all railroad and boat lines and at the entrance of our main market street where all dealers in this line must pass the secret of heavy sales is to have heavy receipts which will all ways bring the best prices. To obtain these results for your benefit as well as our own we suggest that you make good shipments every day as prices will naturally vary and in having your shipments on the market regular you are sure to catch the high prices when they come which is enough invariably to more than cover any difference in low prices which may chance to take place. Look to us for your success this season and you will be pleased with our judgment and system of doing business. Truly yours Bloomgarden and Ellenstein" The interior page contains the price list, listing fruits and produce such as apples, peaches, plums, pears, grapes, huckleberries, blackberries, and muskmelons, with prices per barrel, bushel, pound, and crate. It also contains a note of advice from Bloomgarden and Ellenstein reading as follows: "We advise you to ship regular each day, by so doing we can assure you of good results as we will keep you posted on prices and make returns every day. Our quotations are always reliable and made from actual sales, you will always find our system perfect. And promptness our motto. If you ship car lots wire at our expense for market. Respectfully Bloomgarden & Ellenstein 44 Griswold St. Detroit, Mich."
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting the output side of an Eagle Boat engine positioned on a stand. These engines were manufactured at Ford Highland Park Plant and then transported to the Ford River Rouge Factory. Two men are seen in the background holding up a large white sheet to aid in photo contrast. Lower right hand corner of photo has number and date of photo: 22998-9-12-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a sailboat moored in Water Works Park, with people standing on the shore nearby. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Mar 19, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet published on the occasion of the eighty second anniversary of the Detroit News and the opening of the new Detroit Free Press building, designed by Albert Kahn, in 1913. The front cover features an embossed image of a man with a quill writing on a scroll with a city skyline behind him and the words "A Record of Progress." The words "Eight-Two Years a Newspaper" are embossed in gold underneath the image, and text reading "The Detroit Free Press 1913" is located on the bottom left. The inside of the booklet features 32 pages recounting, as indicated by the first page, "A Short Story of Eighty-Two Years of the greatest daily Newspaper of the Middle West commemorating the Opening of the New Home of The Detroit Free Press." The booklet also features numerous black and white photographs of the interior rooms of the building and portrait depictions of the Executive Staff and the Editorial Staff. The center of the booklet features a two page spread of a hand-colored photograph of the Counting Room. The copyright statement on the last page reads "Designed and Executed Complete by The Franklin Press Detroit."
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph of progress made in the construction of Eagle Boat No. 44 within building "B" of the Ford River Rouge Factory Complex, as taken from above its starboard bow. Workers on ladders and perched atop pieces of the frame position struts spanning several pieces of framing near the bow, as workers guide bulkheads suspended from the overhead crane into position near the stern. Another Eagle Boat is under construction in the background. Shelves and crates of materials are in the adjacent aisle on the left, and coat racks, shelves, and piles of materials are along the wall on the right. "#44 10:32 A.M. 25864-2-20-19," is printed in the lower left corner of the recto. The photo is mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print. Small black and white photographic print which depicts a portrait of a man in profile wearing a vest, suit coat, and spectacles. His left arm rests on his knee and his right arm is on portion of a table with an ornate carved edge.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
