Detroit Historical Society
12642 items
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company shipping confirmation form sent to A.E. Phillips of Sinclairville, New York on January 22, 1898 stating that a box of Standard Garden Seeds has been sent care of S[?].L. Crofoot. The field in the form used to describe the shipping charges has been filling in with a dash. The form's header includes an engraving of the D.M. Ferry and Company Seed Warehouse, as well as a list of company executives. "Our magnificent New Sweet Pease will please your Customers. Our New Seed Annual is a Gem. We will send you one. The Quality of our seeds is always the best. The Best is always the Cheapest." is printed at the bottom of the form.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- J.T. Wing and Company invoice for $7.31 for alligator hooks, leather belts, hose, and clamps sold to the E.J. Dossin Company on June 13, 1923. The initial total was discounted in pencil. The invoice features a letterhead touting J.T. Wing's compliance with the Child Labor Act, and promoting their "High Speed Graphite Babbitt," and "Detroit star Grinding Wheels." "We carry a full line of genuine wrought iron and steel pipe," is stamped in the lower left corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Handwritten letter on "Office of E.B. Ward" stationery, dated April 10, 1874, concerning the potential sale of some silver stocks. The letterhead includes an engraving of E.B. Ward's Warehouse by the Calvert Lithographing Company. The letter reads: Hank[?], I can do nothing with your Sil Stock except I sell it outright or on time with privilege of [?] back at a future time by paying at the rate of three per cent per month. It amounts to this. That if I sell it on time you will only use up the money & some one else will own it at half its value. I would also have to five my note to obtain the money & when due would only have the stock to repay me. The money lenders here are a most [?] set. I tried to get $600 on the stock without giving my note but it was impossible to obtain. Do you wish to sell outright for six hundred dollars. If so I will buy myself, if I can raise the money & sell it to Will[?] if he wishes it & to the Old Grut[?]. Your stock will be worth more in a year & I do not care to see it go out of the family. All well. Mrs. W treats [?] better lately. Business very dull no prospect ahead. [?] Charles[?]
- Date Issued:
- 1874-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Pricelist of Parke, Davis & Co. products for the Spanish market. Dated November 1920.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Medical/Dental/Pharmaceutical
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the old Post Office from the corner of W Fort and Shelby Streets, with a bicycle parked in front. Printed on recto: Published by Black's Detroit, Mich. Handwritten message on recto reads "The finest building", postmarked May, 16, 1906.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- One map entitled "Guide Map of the City of Detroit." The map is printed in black ink on white paper and shows streets, street names, churches, ward numbers and boundaries, city boundaries, streetcar lines, and railroad lines. An alphabetical list of street names is also shown along with a list of fire alarm box numbers and locations. In addition, the names of former ribbon farm owners are shown along the top of the map area. The map was "Published by S. Farmer & Co., 35 Monroe Ave., corner Farmer St., Detroit, Mich." The map was drawn by Eugene Robinson, City Surveyor, at a scale of 1 inch = 900 feet and is dated 1863. Separate from the map is the accompanying blue hard-cover entitled "Guide Map of the City of Detroit. Published By Silas Farmer & Co. Municipal Edition".
- Date Issued:
- 1863-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Deck House Roof." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows a plan view of upper deck of Army Corps of Engineers tugboat, Manitowoc. The title block in the lower right corner shows that the drawing (Hull No. 30) was prepared by the "Manitowoc Dry Dock Company" at a scale of 3/8 inch = 1 foot and is dated March 10, 1909. The plan number is shown as "5022."
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One post office return receipt. The receipt is printed in black text on pale red paper and has several blank sections that have been completed in handwritten ink text. The sender was "H. [Henry] C. Maybury, Detroit, Mich." The receiver was "Tax Collector, Brookville, Fla." The receipt is dated March 21, 1890.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "Some Sunday Morning", lyric by Gus Kahn and Raymond Egan, music by Richard A. Whiting, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. The cover is illustrated by Starmer and features a photo image of Elizabeth Brice and Charles King.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Music
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "By the Rio Grande (Mexican Serenade)", lyric by A. Seymour Brown, music by Anatol Friedland and Johann C. Schmid, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. Cover illustration by Starmer.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Music
