Detroit Historical Society
12642 items
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting houses on Van Alstyne Street in Wyandotte, from the Detroit River. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 16, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- One navigational chart entitled, "Chart No. 1 of River Ste. Marie from Point Iroquois to East Neebish." The area was "Surveyed under the direction of Captain J. N. Macomb, Topl. Engrs. [Topographical Engineers] in 1853, 1854, & 1855, with additions to date under the orders of Captain G. G. Meade, Topl. Engrs., 1857." The chart was drawn at a scale of 1:40,000 and covers several miles of the St. Mary's River both upstream and downstream of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, with information such as soundings in feet, river bottom characteristics, shoreline details, lighthouses, and sailing directions. The chart was printed in black ink on white paper and was published by the Bureau of Topographical Engineers of the War Department (later known as the Army Corps of Engineers). Small printed text in the lower right corner shows "Engraved by W. H. Dougal." Small printed text in the lower left corner shows "Reduced for Engraving by J. U. Mueller."
- Date Issued:
- 1857-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Half-folded program and menu for the complimentary banquet held by George Andrew Lewis for members of the Detroit Newsboys' Association on Thursday May 25, 1911. A half-tone print of a portrait photograph by the Peninsular Engraving Company, captioned "A Detroit 'Newsie,'" is on the cover beside the lyrics to "If We Had a Newsboys' Home." The menu and program of speakers, poetry, and musical selections are listed within. Martin Cohn, a newsboy awarded the Andrew Lewis Silver Cup by the Board of Directors of the Detroit Newsboys Association, is printed on the back, along with the lyrics to the "Star-Spangled Banner," the "Newsboy's Chorus," and "America."
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm", lyric by A. Seymour Brown, music by Albert Gumble, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. The cover is illustrated by Starmer and features a photo image of Emelie Scott.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Music
- Description:
- Program for 50th anniversary services at the First Congregational Church, December 8-10, 1894.
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Religion
- Description:
- Poster for "S.A. Plumer's Grand Auction Sale of 65 Beautiful City Lots." The poster contains a map providing a "Plat of the Subdivision of Out Lots 54, 55, and Part of 58, Porter Farm City of Detroit," as well as 85 lots located along Twenty-Third and Twenty-Fourth Streets near Dalzelle Street and several lots marked "Michigan Car Company's Property." Vertical text along the left and right sides of the poster reads "Free Lunch. Free Music." The poster is printed in black text on a white background.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a view along W 3rd Street in Rochester, with trees and houses lining the street. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 2, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- J.T. Wing and Company invoice for $71.20 for leather belts and hose sold to the E.J. Dossin Company on June 28, 1922. Several additional expenses were handwritten beneath the initial total. 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:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "Oh What a Dance (When I Dance with You)", words and music by The Three White Kuhns and Dave Manley, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. Cover illustration by Wilson Art.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Music
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting swans on a canal in their enclosure on Belle Isle. At the end of the canal is a coop. Printed on verso: The Swan Pond on Belle Isle is a very interesting attraction and the enclosure is always crowded with people watching these graceful creatures gliding in and around the various canals. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 30, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard