Detroit Historical Society
12642 items
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Ford plant in Highland Park with hundreds of chassis visible in front. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 18, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Handbill promoting a complimentary concert held by the Detroit Orchestra Society at Schwankovsky's Music Hall on March 23, 1897, as dedicated to Professor Mark Keintz, late band leader of White's Grand Theatre, as a benefit to help replace "a stock of orchestra music" lost in the 1897 Detroit Opera House fire. The handbill is printed in black on beige paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Bill of Sale from Jacob Brown, Importer and Jobber, to Mr. Peter Jones of Manistee, Michigan, in the amount of $98.70. The letterhead is printed in black text on white paper. Lines and columns are printed in light blue and red. Purchased items are handwritten on 32 lines in dark brown ink with two lines handwritten in pencil along the bottom of the sale form. A red ink stamp near the top shows "Not Responsible for Goods after Shipment at Detroit."
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Packard Motor Car Co. advertisement. Printed in black ink on white paper. The advertisement shows an engraving of a Packard automobile with seven people inside being driven through a wooded area. Text below reads "Wanderlust! Already the days are long - and winter-weary folk have begun to respond to the call of tantalizing Spring." The text continues to advertise the Packard Twin Six. The advertisement appeared in National Geographic; text at bottom reads "Mention the Geographic - It identifies you." Hand written text at bottom right reads "Mar. 17." The opposite side of the page includes an advertisement for Bankers Trust Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Packard Motor Car Co.
- Description:
- Colored lithograph entitled "Battle of Lake Erie. Naval Heroes of the United States" which is printed on white paper. The image shows a black and white drawing of the Battle of Lake Erie at the center which is surrounded by American flags and patriotic/nautical designs as well as oval insets that show the head and shoulders pictures of six men. The six men shown are: Oliver H. Perry, Stephen Decatur, Johnston Blakely, William Bainbridge, David Porter, and James Lawrence. Printed text beneath the image shows "Lith. & Pub. By N. Currier, 2 Spruce St., N.Y." Additional text shows "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1846 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y." In the lower right corner, "No. 1" is also printed.
- Date Issued:
- 1846-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sheet music for the march "Cazador", composed by H. L. Berger, published by the Rose Publishing Co.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Music
- Description:
- Program booklet for a vaudeville show at the Temple Theatre during the week of April 9, 1906. The Great Petching Brothers; Duke Johnson and Mac Wells; the Columbians; Salerno, "the Modern Juggler;" Louise Gunning; Barney Fagan and Henrietta Byron; "James J. Morton, "A Fellow of Infinite Jest;" "European Female Bicycle Act," the Six Proveanies; and the Kinetograph are billed. Numerous advertisements are contained within. An illustration of a jester and a harlequin seated flanking an advertisement for the Huntington Studio is on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog; cover only, pages are missing; front and back cover has a picture of four flowers, a yellow one "Mrs. Moon", a dark pink "Psyche", a light pink "Fairy Queen" and a purple "Philippe de Commines", with "Bulbs & Seeds Autumn 1917" at top, and "D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich." at bottom
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One pencil drawing (Sheet 10 of 20) showing a cross-section view of the valve and cylinder arrangement for one of the pistons on the "Biautogo" motorcycle. The drawing shows design notes and component labels. It is signed "[SS] Kaiser Wilhelm II, May 19, Mid Ocean, JSB [James Scripps Booth], 1912," near the upper left corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Automotive: Industrial
- Description:
- Five pencil drawings (Sheet 14 of 20) showing plan, profile, and cross-section views of various components of the "Biautogo" motorcycle along with design notes. The two drawings on the left are signed "JSB [James Scripps Booth], 1912." The drawing in the middle is signed "JSB, 1912," and the drawing on the right is signed "Jan 6th 1912, JSB."
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Automotive: Industrial