Detroit Historical Society
12642 items
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "Moonlight on the Nile", lyric by Gus Kahn and Bud DeSylva, music by Julius Lenzberg, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. Cover illustration features a musician and dancer.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Music
- Description:
- Eighteen panel pamphlet advertising Mabley and Company's men's fashions for the fall and winter seasons of 1889 and 1890. The cover panel is printed with a color lithograph of a man reclining in a rocking chair with a bear-skin rug at his feet, and a fireplace behind him. Within, the pamphlet includes illustrations of men's and boys' clothing, information about the company's stores, and information about their mail order business. When folded the back panel shows a color lithograph showing two of the company's locations, including the Woodward Avenue one at the bottom.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One booklet with a black leather cover that is stamped in gold-colored text which shows "Manual of the Board of Education and Directory of the Detroit Public Schools, 1900." The name of the owner, "W. C. Martindale," is stamped in the lower right corner of the cover. The booklet is 121 pages in length and is printed in black text on faintly yellowed paper. It includes the names of the officers of the Detroit Board of Education, office hours, committee names and members, financial information, school dimensions and names, names of principals and teachers, rules and regulations, and a school calendar. There is also a separate alphabetical listing of teachers' names as well as an index.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Anniversaries
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Detroit Museum of Art on the southwest corner of E Jefferson Avenue and Hastings Street. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 18, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color print titled "Portholes of the Past Detroit Riverfront 1701-1937". The print contains nine views of Detroit, shown as a 3x3 composite of circular portholes, from its founding as a fort in 1701 to a cityscape with sky scrapers in 1937. Text on the bottom right corner reads "Copyright 1936 - Pioneer Publishing Co."
- Date Issued:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "When It's Apple Blossom Time in Normandie", written and composed by Mellor Gifford & Trevor, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. Nora Bayes is featured on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Music
- Description:
- Deposition, signed by Ulysses S. Grant, issuing a complaint against Antoine Beaubien for neglecting to keep his sidewalk free from snow and ice. "451 Mayor's Court. People vs. A. Beaubien. Complaint filed Jan. 10, 1851. Wm. Gray City Attorney." is printed on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1851-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Postcard. Illustration of Cadillac Square. Front reads, "Cadillac Square Detroit, Mich." City Hall can be seen in the distance. Signs that can be seen in the image read, "McGregor Helping Hand Mission," McWilliams Wholesale Gr.., "Peter Smithsons Wholesale [..] Butter, Eggs & Cheese, "Marz Capsule, Manufacturer of Capsules," and "Sarsaparilla Vitalizes the Blood." Card was mailed and postmark reads, "Detroit, Mich., Jan 3, 10:30 am, 1906."
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Richmond, Backus & Company letterhead , 10 blank pages. The paper is white in color and is printed in black text with light gray lines. The pages are part of a notepad and are designed to be torn off along the top edge.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Bill for $1.00 in membership dues for Helen L. Bishop from the Young Women's Christian Association on Wilcox Street and Barclay Place, dated July 9, 1894. Mrs. H.C. Tillman on 132 Alfred Street is listed at the bottom of the bill. The bill is printed in script on a beige piece of paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History