Detroit Historical Society
12642 items
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3032 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, Log Cabin". Image from page 7 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
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3095 with a destination sign reading, "Baker, Dix". Image from page 39 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
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph, mounted on board, of plank sidewalk under construction. Four boys stand around a tree facing the photographer and the strewn portion of sidewalk. Visible on the left is a blurred image of a person standing adjacent to the sidewalk. Several buildings are adjacent to the street and sidewalks. Script written on the verso reads, "Dec. 6th 1902. Joseph Busch, North East - cor, Orleans & Superior, Looking South."
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white print negative copy, and a lower quality positive copy, both of a photograph depicting a row of storefronts along Woodward Avenue. Pictured are Rodman Brothers, E.B. Smith, the Hanna and Company Tobacco Factory, a clothing store advertising "Gents' Furnishing Goods," E. Lafavour Boots and Shoes, and a building marked with both J.W. Moore and Company, and Hall Clothing. A Burton Historical Collection stamp is visible on the far right side of the print. Typed on verso: East side of Woodward Avenue North of Congress Street in 1859. J.J. Bardwell, Photographic artist. (original photo in Burton Historical Collection)."
- Date Issued:
- 1859-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photo of a young man on a bicycle. The view is from the front and the young man is dressed in bicycle racing attire. Handwriting on the verso notes "E. A. Moross, 1896."
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Sports
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #1503 marked for overhaul at repair shop. Destination sign reads, "Fort, City Hall". Image from page 79 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
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned albumen cabinet card photo of a fireman who is standing beside a small table and holding a pike in his left hand. His shirt has been hand-colored in purple and his badge shows a handwritten number "8." Handwriting on the verso notes "Peter Arthur."
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting a Detroit United Railway truck in repair shop. Image from page 87 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
- Description:
- A mounted, sepia-toned photographic print of a horse drawn fire engine (sans horses), presumably manufactured by Lee and Larned of New York, taken in front of a firehouse with a small crowd of onlookers. "First Steam Fire Engine made by Lee & Las'ned (sic) New York, Exhibited in Detroit - 1859" handwritten on top of matting. A red bordered sticker, likely a price tag, with the number 20 is adhered to the upper right corner of the image. A partial piece of paper with a letter head from the Office of the Supply Agent of the Fire Commission of Detroit is pasted onto the verso. Handwritten there in pencil is the following, "first steam fire engine made by Lee & Las'men (sic) New York exhibited in Detroit 1859. Photograph presented by B. E. Marvin, Green Bay Wis. November 1895."
- Date Issued:
- 1859-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting tall grass and trees near Michigan Avenue. A wooden fence is visible in the distance. "Woods out Michigan Avenue, Sept. 28, 1894" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views