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- Sepia-toned photograph, mounted on board, of a plank constructed sidewalk adjacent to Military Avenue. Several buildings are adjacent to the sidewalk including a church in the distance. Written in script on the verso, "Nov 19th 1902., Carrie Whelan, Military Ave, 40 feet, North of Dix Avenue, Looking South."
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print of a charter for Local Union No. 2 of the Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers' International Union. The charter shows a figure holding flags and a shield with the message "The Injury to One is the Concern of All" on the top left and the seal of the Wood, wire and Metal Lathers' International Union on the bottom left. The text of the charter is as follows: "Organized December 15th 1899 at Detroit Michigan, U.S.A., Wood Wire and Metal Lathers' International Union To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Be it known that by authority in me vested as president of the Wood Wire and Metal Lathers' International Union, and in obedience to its constitution, and after careful investigation, I have this day approved and do by these presents issue This Charter unto Mortuna Bond, M.D. Kenyon, Thos. Wilkins, Walter Baker A.F. Liebig, George Rolder, Thos. Gibbons. Hereby constituting them and their associates and successors Local Union No. 2 of the Wood Wire and Metal Lathers' International Union in the City of Cleveland County of Cuyahoga State or Province of Ohio. With these powers delegated them and for the faithful performance of the obligations required of them by the constitution and laws of our organization. Given under our hand and seal this 15th day of Dec. 1999 [sic] in the City of Cleveland O., U.S.A. CJ Bracken, General President ____ General Secy-Treas. 'And they said let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good word.' NEH-II-17 Davis & Cannon Printers" The poster is stamped "Duplicate" on the bottom border.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a steamship and a smaller boat in the St. Clair River. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 22, 1921.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Menu from the Annual Banquet of the Association of the Survivors of the First Michigan Infantry held at the Russell House on June 27, 1905, the 43rd anniversary of the Battle of Gaines's Mill. The menu consists of a half-folded sheet of paper bound with red, white, and blue ribbon and white cord in a half-folded piece of beige cardstock. The cover is printed with portrait photographs of General Ira C. Abbott, and Major George C. Hopper, beneath a red cross pattée. In addition to meal options, the menu also lists a series of toasts, as well as the words to the poem "The Last Grand Rally: Then and Now" by J.W. Walsh. An image of an American flag surrounded by an embossed gold border is on the back cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the starboard side of the Chicago Navigation Company freighter W.E. FITZGERALD, under steam. A crew member is on the flying bridge, another is below at the bow, and laundry is hung from cables above the main deck. A tree-lined shoreline is visible in the background. The image is captioned, "1915."
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Cover page with a 12-page letter handwritten in black ink on slightly yellowed paper by Mrs. John Vallée Moran (née Emma Etheridge). The text of the letter has been transcribed as follows: "To Hon. Wm. C. Maybury Mayor of Detroit. A few reflections on the American Mother in Detroit. Compliments Mrs. John Vallée Moran née (Emma Etheridge) 1 The American Mother in Detroit. The divinely instituted order of Motherhood, into which so many of us have been initiated, imposes upon its members an obligation so serious, and withal so sweet, that one hesitates to enter upon a discussion of its real status, and influence, upon the social fabric of our city, at the close of this wondrous century, realizing as one must, that upon the mothers of our day rests 2 the destiny of many in the years to come. The pen of an angel or a sage might be worthily employed to predict from present conditions how far maternal influence is to determine the fate of millions, in the mysterious gloom of futurity; a power of prophecy to tell what will be the effect of our present mothers upon the children of the new year. The honorable Mayor has asked for a brief expression of opinion on the "American Mother in Detroit" as she stands 3 today; the task is interesting, but not easy, especially in the limited hours allowed to a subject so far reaching, reaching indeed to eternity and which deserves profound reflection; to group facts and properly draw conclusions is impossible, but even in these last quivering moments of the closing year, a few distinct impressions may be noted, and they need not go very deeply into detail. In the first place, our Detroit mother may be declared a very fair product of her age 4 - an age however that has done more for the development of woman - per se - than for woman as mother; and the closing century finds her along with her sisters of the United States, a center of influence - social, intellectual, patriotic, philanthropic - if not strictly spiritual (the latter quality cannot always be denied her however, for we discover in our midst matrons who are examples of deep religious fervor that cannot fail to influence the child's mind.) The theatre of action for this modern nineteenth century mother is 5 not confined to the limits of home, she is recognized in the great world of activity and denied entrance to very few of its fields of advancement, where she plunges with intense zeal into the current of affairs, and readily becomes a devoted follower of the various cults - fads - and philosophies that distract our minds and destroy the serenity of existence. But in spite of these seeming inconsistencies, this same American mother carries in her heart a warm strain of devotion to 6 her children, ambitious earnestness in their behalf, and a fervid desire for their advancement, that taken all in all , has not been surpassed by the mothers of any age, even unequaled in many respects. If she be somewhat lacking in feminine virtues or the full measure of gentle composure, so needed to make her a perfect receptacle of childish confidence, she atones for it in the enthusiasm and tireless energy with which she assumes control in all that pertains to the health, comfort or mental development of her children, making herself their guide and directress from the cradle and kindergarten to the threshold 7 of social, business or professional life; and even further, she may follow as counsellor, and assistant in occupations which were closed to her in the early days of the century. Our fin de siecle mother does not cling to the traditions of those early days, but following the strong bent of her own convictions, is more frequently intense and earnest, than concentrated and composed - surprising the world by the multitude of her interests - she stops at nothing that to her seems worthy of human endeavor, and living as it were upon her nerves, finally exhausts them in the activity of her aims. 8 Stopping at nothing, she finally and naturally wearies of everything. It must follow that the care of a household - and the rearing of children to this product of a trying age, while nearest to her heart, and uppermost in her mind, must often become a burthen to the mother where interests cover so wide an area - and the boasted liberty of our great century [country?] - the liberty that has struck fetters from slaves in every land - unbound the realms of human thought and professed to emancipate woman and place her on an equal footing with man, 9 has really made of her a slave to its conflicting theories. Until our women have checked this tendency to substitute new for old methods, they have not learned the best lessons of the century. Reviewing the past we find that it is the domestic woman, the serene and motherly whose image we love to resemble because we loved her, and the enlightenment that deprives this sweet concentration of gentle forbearance, self control and pines to guide without egotism or excitement of a single 10 element of feminine charm, [?] us of the mother we need, and the nineteenth century must be responsible for some falling off in these qualities. Family life today is certainly less limited than in the old old times, where our fathers watched the yule log play its wondrous light upon the loving group that gathered round the warm hearthstone. But human hearts are all aglow with quickening love and sympathy and in this hurried greeting to the mothers of a new century, there goes a hope that its close may 11 find them as proud and happy in the kingdom of home as we are today - for whatever complex questions arise to vex the maternal mind, our "American Mother" sits enthroned upon a pedestal that is upheld by the loyalty and devotion of millions of sons - husbands - fathers, and her generation will bring her forth victorious from every trying ordeal of a brilliant and bewildering age - May God be with her in her mission and lead her gloriously through the 12 battles and scars and triumphs of the centuries! This is the wish of her sisters who send this greeting and benediction to her in the dying moments of a mighty age; this great nineteenth century that at this moment breathes its dying sigh and fades into eternity! Emma Etheridge Moran Detroit, Michigan December 31st 1900 Midnight."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One insurance policy letter issued by the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Newark, New Jersey, and dated April 12th 1867. The "Policy No. 44.317" was issued for the "Life of James McAuley" and notes "In consideration of the extra payment of one half per cent, Ten dollars, the insured has permission to act as Master of any good steam or sailing vessel navigating any of the Northern Lakes or Western Rivers within the limits of his policy for one year from April 2, 1867." The policy letter was signed by "E. A. Strong, Scty. [Secretary]" and has a red 5-cent U.S. Internal Revenue stamp affixed at the bottom of the page.
- Date Issued:
- 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia tone photograph of the Detroit Light Guard Company C, 1st Michigan National Guard, during the Upper Peninsula copper strike of 1913. Regiment commanded by Captain George Waldo, seated in middle of front seat. Image shows uniformed soldiers on a large chain-driven truck. Company C flag flown from far side of truck. Civilian bystanders in background. Mounted to heavy grey board, embossed on front "Stechbauer, Calumet, Mich."
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the floral clock in Water Works Park. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Dec 9, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
