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- Description:
- Black and white etching entitled "The Head of Griswold," depicting the northwest corner of Griswold and Jefferson c.1890-1900. The building on the corner has a sign reading "Hotel Astor." The title of the etching is indicated on the lower left corner and the bottom right corner is signed "Charles A. Barker."
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Half tone print of an aerial view of Detroit in 1918. The image depicts downtown Detroit and areas to the west, roughly from Fourth Street to Raynor Street, and State Street to the Detroit River. Visible landmarks include the Wayne County Building, Cadillac Square, Campus Martius, the Majestic Building, City Hall, the Pontchartrain Hotel, the Post Office at Fort and Shelby, the Hammond Building, the Dime Building, and the Ford Building. Several steamships, including the STE. CLAIRE, COLUMBIA, and the LANSDOWNE are pictured at dock or under steam. A copyright note "GG" is located under the bottom left border.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Engraving of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Alexander Chapoton Sr. wearing a high-buttoned suit coat and bow tie. "Alexander Chapoton," and "Western Publishing and Engraving Co." are printed below.
- Date Issued:
- 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Green toned print of an engraving titled "Detroit River Front of Jones and Cass Farms in 1819," with two farm houses visible on the river bank in the background, the steamship WALK-IN-THE-WATER in the foreground, and several smaller boats along the river. The image is surrounded by a blue border. The engraving is a print of an image that appeared in The City of Detroit Michigan, 1701-1922, edited by Clarence Monroe Burton, on page 161.
- Date Issued:
- 1819-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One limited edition print of a pen and ink drawing that shows a 1930's Chris-Craft runabout underway on the St. Clair River in the foreground. Gar Wood's "Miss America 1" hydroplane is crossing in the distance and the Chris-Craft boat factory complex at Algonac, Michigan, can be seen in the background. The artist, "Homer C. LaGassey, Jr.," has signed his name in pencil in the lower left corner of the print. The print number, "222/400," is shown at the center lower edge.
- Date Issued:
- 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- Description:
- Black and white print of an engraving titled "The City of Detroit (From Canada Shore.)" sourced from an engraving by R. Hinshelwood. The image features a hilly shore with trees and cattle in the foreground, many ships along the Detroit River in the midground, and the Detroit shoreline in the background. Text below the bottom left edge of the image reads "A. C. Warren." Text below the bottom right edge of the image reads "R. Hinshelwood." Text below the center bottom edge reads "Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1872 by D. Appleton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington." The title of the drawing is located at the bottom center of the page, with text reading "New York, D. Appleton & Co." below.
- Date Issued:
- 1872-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One print entitled "Detroit 1888." The print consists of four engraved drawings that have been printed in black ink on white paper. The three smaller drawings at the top are entitled (left to right): "Detroit in 1705," "Detroit in 1834," and "Detroit in 1820." The large drawing along the bottom shows a panoramic view of the Detroit skyline as seen from a hotel balcony. Printed text beneath this view notes "These cuts are taken from Lyman E. Stowe's book, 'Poetical Drifts of Thought; or Problems of Progress,'" "Population 250,000," and "From a photograph taken from the balcony of the Crawford House, Windsor." Miscellaneous handwritten pencil text in the upper left area of the print shows "This was in my time, 1888, Ray Wheatfill."
- Date Issued:
- 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print containing three engravings, taken from the booklet, Souvenir of Detroit & Exposition, depicting locations in Detroit. An isometric view of the laboratory of Frederick Stearns and Company is at the top. At the bottom left is a "view in Grand Circus Park." A woman stands in the path leading to the fountain. Another woman and child sit on the bench to her right. More people are visible in the background behind the fountain. The Palms Building is pictured in the lower left frame. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalk outside of it, while a streetcar pulled by a horse with a rather wide gait, speeds past.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print, printed on paper mounted on board, published in 1907 by the Detroit Publishing Co. The headline at top reads "Michigan's Ideal Metropolis, Beautiful Detroit," underneath which are portraits of six of "Some of the Prominent Business Citizens of Detroit" with captions indicating their businesses, from left to right as follows: George Harrison Barbour ("First vice-president and general manager of the Michigan Stove Co.), Homer Warren (Postmaster of Detroit), William B. Woodbury (General manager Home Telephone Co. of Detroit), Henry Ford (President Ford Motor Co., pioneer automobile designer and manufacturer), William V. Moore (One of Detroit's leading attorneys), and Benjamin Siegel (President of the Siegel Co., of Detroit). The accompanying article about Detroit and its businesses features insets with depictions of the following buildings: The Ford Building, New Hotel Pontchartrain, The Majestic Building, The Union Trust Building, Building of the Whitney Realty Company, the Penobscot Building, and the People's State Bank.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
