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2081. The Star Dance Folio No. 9

Description:
Collection of sheet music titled "The Star Dance Folio No. 9, Arranged from the Season's Most Popular Song Successes as waltzes, marches, lanciers, mazurkas, two-steps, polkas, schottisches, gavottes, etc.", arranged by J.B. Lampe, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. Cover illustration by Starmer features photo images of Harry Williams, Egbert Van Alstyne, C.N. Daniels, H. B. Blanke, Jack Norworth, Nora Bayes, Wm. J. McKenna, Anita Owen, Albert Gumble, Clare Kummer, J. B. Lampe, and Benjamin Hapgood Burt.
Date Issued:
1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Music

2082. Program booklet for a production of "The Dollar Princess," at the Detroit Opera House, beginning April 24, 1911

Description:
Program booklet for a production of "The Dollar Princess," at the Detroit Opera House, beginning April 24, 1911. A color illustration of a minstrel seated playing a lute against a pastoral backdrop with heads of a man and woman and the outline of a castle above, and an advertisement for the Hotel Pontchartrain below is on the cover. Information about the production, brief articles of theatre news, and numerous advertisements--including those for the Brush Motor Car Company, the B. Siegel Company, the Chalmers Motor Company, Henry the Hatter, the Anderson Electric Car Company, the Cunningham Auto Company, Stroh's, the J.H. Brady Auto Company, the King Wah Lo Chinese-American restaurant, Sanders', and the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company--are contained within.
Date Issued:
1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Theatre/Theater

2083. Hotel Tuller and beautiful Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich. A cosy home on a winter's eve. Center of business and fireproof. $1.50 per day and upwards for room with bath.

Description:
Color postcard depicting the Hotel Tuller from Grand Circus Park near W Adams Street, with automobiles in front and snow on the ground. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jan 22, 1911.
Date Issued:
1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Postcard

2084. Cigars - Great Reduction!

Description:
Advertisement for "Cigars - Great Reduction!" offered by the Detroit News Company, 7 West Fort Street, Detroit. The advertisement is printed in black text on slightly yellowed paper.
Date Issued:
1884-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Business/Stores/Retail

2085. Library of Congress

Description:
One copyright registration, "No. 6353 I," dated May 25, 1878, issued by the "Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington." The registration form is printed in black text on white paper and includes blank lines that have been completed in handwritten black ink text. It indicates that a copyright was issued to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit for a "Book or Form" which is described in more specific detail in handwritten text. The registration form was signed in the lower right corner by "A. R. [Ainsworth Rand] Spofford, Librarian of Congress." An oval-shaped embossed seal of the Copyright Office is located in the upper left corner of the form.
Date Issued:
1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Business/Stores/Retail

2086. Steamer No. 10 [SS Darius Cole]

Description:
One plan sheet entitled "Steamer No. 10." The drawing consists of black ink on heavy tan paper and shows plan views of two decks, a starboard side interior profile view of the hull, and two cross-section views of the hull of the proposed passenger steamship (later named Darius Cole). Some areas of the drawing have been tinted with pale green ink. The sidewheel steamship was built by the Globe Shipbuilding Company of Cleveland, Ohio. The plan was drawn at a scale of 1/8 inch = 1 foot and is dated June, 1885.
Date Issued:
1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Maritime

2087. Black and white copy of a photograph of a building at Fort Wayne, likely taken in the 1880s

Description:
Black and white copy of a photograph of a building at Fort Wayne, likely taken in the 1880s. A man in uniform can be seen standing on the porch. A stamp on the verso reads "Credit Line Quartermaster General photo no. 92-F-77-8 in the National Archives." A handwritten caption on the verso reads "Administration Building on Map #22 Michigan (#29) Built pre-1881 Photo taken probably 1880s Demolished," indicating that the building pictured is no longer standing.
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Fort Wayne

2088. Sepia-toned photograph showing an Eagle Boat being outfitted within Building B of the Ford Motor Company's River Rouge development, as taken from above the boat's stern

Description:
Sepia-toned photograph showing an Eagle Boat being outfitted within Building B of the Ford Motor Company's River Rouge development, as taken from above the boat's stern. Elevated bins line the corridor. The ship's wheel has been installed mid-ship. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22376-6-12-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
Date Issued:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Maritime

2089. Black and white photographic print of the Newcomb-Endicott Company Building on the corner of Farmer Street and Grand River Avenue

Description:
Print. Black and white photographic print of the Newcomb-Endicott Company Building on the corner of Farmer Street and Grand River Avenue. Window displays are visible behind the populated thoroughfares adjacent to the retail store. Street-car power lines are visible above the adjacent streets. The J.L. Hudson Company is visible in the background. Stamped on the verso, "Copy Craft, Inc. 833-5950; 33 Eliott, Detroit, Mich, 48201."
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Business/Stores/Retail

2090. 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

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