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2221. Sepia-toned gelatin sliver photo of a parade float that was part of the Detroit Bi-Centenary Parade

Description:
Photograph. Sepia-toned gelatin sliver photo of a parade float that was part of the Detroit Bi-Centenary Parade. The float is mounted on a streetcar truck and decorated with two canoes and a log cabin that represents a fur trading post. A sign at the right end of the float notes "The Fur Traders." The parade is moving along a residential street and two wood frame houses can be seen in the background, but the street name is not known. Handwriting on the verso notes "The Coming of the Fur Traders."
Date Issued:
1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Detroit Anniversaries

2222. A mounted, glossy, sepia-toned photographic print of the "Launch of Fireboat James Battle," as titled at the lower left corner

Description:
A mounted, glossy, sepia-toned photographic print of the "Launch of Fireboat James Battle," as titled at the lower left corner. The fire tug, stern facing the camera, is being side-launched and is kicking up a splash at Wyandotte's Detroit Shipbuilding Company. Crowds are visible along the sides of the dock, as well as on the roof of a structure in the foreground. A sailor, adjusting his footing, is on the deck of the JAMES BATTLE. "Detroit Photographic Co." is written in the lower right corner of the print. "With compliments of Wm. Cason," handwritten on verso. Matting is green cardstock.
Date Issued:
1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Fire Department

2223. Standard O-50A Truck

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway truck in repair shop. Image from page 89 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
Collection:
Transportation

2224. Sepia-toned head and shoulders portrait photograph of a middle-aged man

Description:
Sepia-toned head and shoulders portrait photograph of a middle-aged man. He is wearing a dark suit and vest, white shirt, and a dark tie with a stickpin. A leaf pattern is faintly visible in the portrait backdrop. An embossed label in the lower left corner shows "C. M. Hayes & Co., Detroit, Mich." Handwriting on the verso shows "William E. Metzger, 1920, Fire Com[missioner], Detroit, Mich."
Date Issued:
1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Fire Department

2225. Sepia-toned photograph showing several men who are standing or seated on the tops of a line of refrigerated railroad cars, taken facing to the west near the Michigan Central Railroad's Junction Yard

Description:
Sepia-toned photograph showing several men who are standing or seated on the tops of a line of refrigerated railroad cars, taken facing to the west near the Michigan Central Railroad's Junction Yard. Two ice hatches are visible on the top of the car in the foreground. The line of cars may be backing up slowly to a summit/hump. Cars or groups of cars were uncoupled after reaching the summit. The downward slope on the other side of the summit caused the cars to roll by gravity where they were then sorted by switches onto different tracks according to car destination. Brakemen on the car or group of cars had to control the speed as they rolled to their intended track location. The view shows earth embankments and other track lines on each side of the railroad cars as well as lines of utility poles, overhead wires, and the base of a moonlight tower. The concrete overpass over Lonyo Road is in the background on the right.
Date Issued:
1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Municipal Services

2226. Black and white photographic print of a police officer walking alongside a woman pushing a baby carriage in Campus Martius

Description:
Print. Black and white photographic print of a police officer walking alongside a woman pushing a baby carriage in Campus Martius. The Detroit Opera House, Merrill Fountain, and the Wonderland vaudeville theater--advertising "Continuous Vaudeville"--are in the background. The photo appears to have been reproduced from one with an irregularly cropped top border, and lower left corner. "1898-1910" handwritten on verso, although the presence of the Merrill Fountain, installed in 1901, tightens this range.
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Police Department

2227. Sepia-toned photograph of a man in an early runabout-style car parked on the west side of Woodward Avenue at Atwater Street

Description:
Sepia-toned photograph of a man in an early runabout-style car parked on the west side of Woodward Avenue at Atwater Street. A sign reading "Sheriff 1912" is hung from one of the car's roof supports. H.D. Edwards and Company's building stands in the background. Other signs posted on the building advertise "Sail Makers and Rigging[...]" and "Awnings, Tents" in reference to the J.C. Gloss Company and the Detroit Awning and Tent Company, who also shared that building.
Date Issued:
1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Detroit Views

2228. Black and white photo of the Detroit Citizens' Street Railway streetcar number 325, assigned to the Jefferson Avenue line, with passengers and conductors posed on board

Description:
Black and white photo of the Detroit Citizens' Street Railway streetcar number 325, assigned to the Jefferson Avenue line, with passengers and conductors posed on board. The car's destination sign reads, "Grosse Pointe." "Detroit Citizens Ry. #325 1891," is stamped on the verso.
Date Issued:
1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Transportation

2229. Trumbull Car Barns Detroit, Mich.

Description:
Black and white print of a photo of Detroit United Railway streetcar number 1260 rounding a bend in the tracks beside the Trumbull carhouse. Car number 710 is on an adjacent set of tracks in the background. Both cars' destination signs read "Trumbull." Several other cars are in the entrance of the carhouse, beside several large spools of cable.. The traffic island in the foreground is landscaped with two round gardens. A "keep off the grass" sign is also on its lawn. "Trumbull Car Barns Detroit, Mich. Pesha Photo" is printed along the bottom of the image. "Detroit United Rys. #710-126-, Trumbull car barns 1914," is stamped on the verso.
Date Issued:
1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Transportation

2230. Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo of the opening of a small shaft using in constructing the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel

Description:
Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo of the opening of a small shaft using in constructing the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. A small cart used to haul gravel is on tracks running from the mouth of the shaft up an incline toward the camera. Railroad tracks run along the bottom of a cut to the right of the shaft. Two figures stand among construction debris in the background. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "158, Hauling Gravel up incline No. 3 Shaft, Windsor, 5/28/07."
Date Issued:
1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Municipal Services