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- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting an elevated view of a large crowd on Woodward Avenue, celebrating the end of World War I. A sign in the background reads "S.S. Kresge". Printed on recto: "Blacks Detroit"
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Postcard. Color illustration depicting Campus Martius, City Hall & Majestic Building. Front reads, "Campus Martius, City Hall and Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich." Verso reads, "Souvenir Post Card," "Published by Wolverine News Co., Detroit, Mich., Printed in Great Britain." The postcard was mailed to Massachusetts and has a one cent stamp and a post-mark dating the mailing to Aug. 5, 1910, 8 PM, from Detroit, Mich.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Single page from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, dated November 11, 1856, pgs. 281-282. Page 281 features three Detroit-related etchings. The etching on the top left depicts a Post Office on Woodward Avenue, with pedestrians walking on the sidewalk and a horse drawn carriage in the street. The etching in the center on the right depicts St. Ann's Church at the corner of Larned and Bates Street, with a woman and child walking along the sidewalk and a child playing with a dog in the street. The etching on the bottom left depicts Odd Fellow's Hall on Woodward Avenue, with grocery, drug, and hardware stores also depicted. The verso, page 282, contains a poem titled "A Memory," by Eliza F. Moriarty, and a story titled "Too Miserable by Half," by Herbert Linton.
- Date Issued:
- 1856-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- One print entitled "Detroit and Its Water Front In 1887." The print consist of a black and white drawing that shows an elevated view of city, looking northward along Woodward Avenue just south of Jefferson Avenue. The drawing was a supplement to the Detroit Evening Journal on May 7, 1887. A separate engraved drawing along the bottom of the sheet shows a view of the waterfront with many different types of sail and steam vessels on the river. Printed text in the lower left corner shows "Photo-Electrotype Eng. Co., New York."
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Color postcard depicts the Gleaners' Building from the corner of Woodward Avenue and Palmer Street. Printed on the verso, "The ancient order of Gleaners' Building, corner of Woodward and Palmer Avenues, is one of the most imposing office buildings in the city. The Grecian style of architecture has been followed throughout. The exterior of the building is of Bedford stone, and the massive columns in front were turned from solid block, each weighing twelve tone. Printed message read: "Dear Friend: -- I have no means of knowing at present whether you aided us in our fight with the Binder Twine Trust of not, but I do know that your interest is with the Prison Factory and not with the 'Trust.' A telegram just received from Jackson says that the Twine has all been disposed of, and for the third time the organized farmers have won over the Trust and Organized Dealers. Just think of it! Three Million Pounds of Twine --Fifteen Hundred Tons--handled direct from factory to farmer. That is what we 'Gleaners' call Co-operation. If you have helped us, thanks; if you want our help at any time, just let us know. Sincerely, Gleaner Clearing House Association." Postmarked Jul 2, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting Woodward Avenue, facing north from the intersection of State Street. Signs read "S. S. Kresge Co." and "Weil & Co." Automobiles fill the street. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Oct 5, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print of an elevated view of the S.S. Kresge 5 and 10 Store located at the intersection of Woodward Avenue and State Street, on the northwest corner, Detroit, Michigan. Many pedestrians are visible adjacent to the store on the sidewalk and in the street including men, women and children. Goods available for purchase are also noted around the storefront. A street car is approaching Woodward Avenue in the right corner foreground; a horse carriage is neighboring the sidewalk.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo mounted on a black cabinet card with gold trim bearing an image taken during the 1891 National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Detroit. A triumphal arch topped with an obelisk is in the process of being erected on the corner of Woodward Avenue and Jefferson Avenue, as viewed facing south. The framework beneath its lower right corner is visible. The structure is decorated with Civil War scenes, including the battle between the ironclads, the Monitor and Merrimack, as well as cavalry scene. Eagles and stars are posted on each corner of the structure, and it is draped with garlands. A horse-drawn streetcar passes beneath it, and many horse buggies and wagons are stopped near it. On the right are a moonlight tower, and the building housing Hanshaw and Cohen, Signs and Clarke and Readon, Printers.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- Black and white photo of a row of storefronts on Woodward Avenue, north of Gratiot Avenue, set to be demolished for Hudson's 1914 expansion. John V. Sheehan and Company Books has a large sign posted above its storefront which reads, "Removal sale, Tremendous Slaughter in prices on books, stationery, bibles, books in sets, New location 260 & 262 Woodward Ave." A similar large sign about Leo Zuckerman's reads, "Leo Zuckerman forced to retire from business! This building to be torn down within 30 days. $100,000.00 stock of ladies and misses suits, coats, dresses, skirts, and millinery must be sold at once. Must retire from business. Building to be torn down. Entire stock to be sold regardless of cost. We've got to move." A smaller sign above a piano store reads, "Building comes down May 17... piano reductions and remember, it does matter where you buy your piano." Delmar's Candies, F. Rolshoven and Company, and Albany Dentists are also on the block. A row of cars are parked along Woodward. "May 9, 1914," is printed at the lower right, and "Manning Bros., Detroit," is embossed at the lower left. "Site of new J.L. Hudson store, Woodward and Gratiot," is handwritten on the verso along with a Manning Brothers stamp.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo mounted on a black cabinet card with gold trim bearing an image taken during the 1891 National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Detroit. The photo was taken from an elevated position across Campus Martius, looking southwest, down Fort Street. Horse-drawn streetcars and their tracks are visible along both Woodward and Fort. City Hall and the base of the moonlight tower in front of it are visible on the right. At the left is the Hammond Building, draped in banners and indicated with a blue "X," and the Bagley Memorial Fountain. "Left side Detroit City Hall - (Mother's bank marked X.)" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
