Detroit Historical Society
12642 items
- Description:
- Menu for a Fourth of July dinner. The cover is made of white cardstock with an image of a perched eagle, and a bow of red, white, and blue cord threaded through the center holding a small silk American flag on a small wooden pole. A half-tone photo of Russell A. Alger, and the exterior of a long five story building with a central tower, and a large porch, are printed within, along with a list of the meal options, many with names referencing the Spanish-American War.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled "Midship Section, D&C Str. [Steamer], 1906." The drawing shows a half section view of the hull and decks of a sidewheel passenger steamship (possibly the SS City of Cleveland). A table in the lower right corner of the sheet gives the principal dimensions of the ship and indicates that the drawing was prepared at a scale of 1/2 inch = 1 foot.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Pamphlet with the 1914-1915 season schedule for the Young Mens Order basketball league games.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting members of the Red Cross on parade, with a large crowd of spectators. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 21, 1920.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Advertisement brochure for John Breitmeyer & Sons, Florists. The brochure is entitled, "Chrysanthemums," and is printed in green text on white paper with a light red band of Oriental designs along with an Oriental woman. The inside has a discussion of Chrysanthemums by Jean Dybowski.
- Date Issued:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3088 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, House". In the background is a brick building. Image from page 35 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting houses along the east side of E Grand Boulevard. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Apr 28, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- R.H. Fyfe and Company price booklet containing illustrations and prices for shoes and boots sold through their downtown store at 101 Woodward Avenue, and their uptown store at 183 and 185 Woodward Avenue. The booklet is bound in a grey cover featuring an illustration on the front credited to the Calvert Lithographing Company of a woman's boot wrapped in a ribbon and containing flowers. Lithographs of both storefronts are printed on the back cover. The first two pages of the booklet have been used as scrapbook pages for newspaper clippings about knitting and sewing.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One postcard entitled "A Pretty Spot on Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich." The postcard shows a color image near the shoreline of Belle Isle in the vicinity of the Detroit Yacht Club. A roadway and landscaped island can be seen in the foreground with the old yacht club building in the left background. Printed text on the verso shows "Published by United News Co., Detroit, Mich."
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting the open-air courtyard in the European section of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Printed on verso: Published by R.E. Noble - Detroit
- Date Issued:
- 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society