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501. Framed Communion lithograph captioned on its frame as, "Rose Ann Beaubien's first communion picture given to Mamie Moross

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Framed Communion lithograph captioned on its frame as, "Rose Ann Beaubien's first communion picture given to Mamie Moross." The print depicts a group of children receiving communion surrounded by a gothic arch motif into which several Biblical scenes and passages, translated into French, have been incorporated. "Rose Ann Beaubien 1854," is handwritten near the bottom of the image. The print is mounted on a piece of cardstock, with a loose cardstock frame bearing the above caption.
Date Issued:
1854-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Biographical

502. New Wayne County Building, Detroit, Mich."

Description:
Color postcard depicting the Wayne County Building from Randolph Street, with a few pedestrians in front. Verso: "A. C. Bosselman & Co., New York" "Made in Germany" Handwritten message on recto, postmarked 1906.
Date Issued:
1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Postcard

503. First M.E. Church, Wyandotte, Mich.

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Color postcard depicting the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Wyandotte. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Mar 8, 1911.
Date Issued:
1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Postcard

504. Masonic Temple. Detroit, Mich.

Description:
Postcard. Illustrated color print of the Lafayette Boulevard Temple, a seven story brick building, located at Lafayette Boulevard and First Street, with a gold border. Printed on the verso, "Ullman's 'Gold Border' Series American Post Card-View Number 3159 Published by the Ullman Manufacturing Co., New York." Handwritten note on verso. Postmarked 1906.
Date Issued:
1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Postcard

505. The Detroit Water Works Tower, Detroit, Mich.

Description:
Monochromatic postcard depicting Water Works Park, with the tower and pumping station in the background and water in the foreground. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Dec 16, 1905.
Date Issued:
1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Postcard

506. Lime Kiln Club

Description:
Ithica Manufacturing Cigar Company label bearing a color lithographed illustration entitled "Lime Kiln Club," by Mensing and Steecher of Rochester, New York. The image of a group of black-face-style stereotypical caricatures of African Americans engaged in a burlesque club meeting is based upon the book, "Brother Gardner's Lime-Kiln Club," about a meeting of the fictional organization set on Fighting Island on the Detroit River.
Date Issued:
1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
African American History

507. Detroit

Description:
Color postcard depicting a man with his arm around two women sitting on the ground near a stream. In the background is a stone bridge and house. Printed on recto: Too busy to write owing to "pressing engagement" which I have had on hand since My Arrival. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul, 1909.
Date Issued:
1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Postcard

508. Letter written on Hotel Ellwood letterhead

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Letter written on Hotel Ellwood letterhead. Printed on the letterhead: Café and Grill Room in Connection; Jno. W. Curtis, Proprietor; 534 St. Antoine. Dated Oct 26th, 1915.
Date Issued:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Business/Stores/Retail

509. Library of Congress

Description:
One copyright registration, "No. 6358 I," dated May 25, 1878, issued by the "Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington." The registration form is printed in black text on white paper and includes blank lines that have been completed in handwritten black ink text. It indicates that a copyright was issued to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit for a "Book or Form" which is described in more specific detail in handwritten text. The registration form was signed in the lower right corner by "A. R. [Ainsworth Rand] Spofford, Librarian of Congress." An oval-shaped embossed seal of the Copyright Office is located in the upper left corner of the form.
Date Issued:
1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Business/Stores/Retail

510. Griswold Street, The Wall Street of Detroit, Mich.

Description:
Color postcard depicting Griswold Street, facing north from W Jefferson Avenue. In the foreground is a streetcar, parked car and pedestrians. In view are the Norton Hotel, Campau Block, Federal Building and Ford Building. Signs read "Ladies Gentlemen Café" and "Stormfeltz, Loveley Co. real Estate". Printed on verso: Griswold Street, The Wall Street of Detroit, Mich. Griswold Street is one block west of Woodward Avenue and is the Wall Street of Detroit, being lined on either side with office buildings. The two high buildings are the Ford and Dime Bank Buildings, the highest and largest office buildings in Detroit. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 15, 1915.
Date Issued:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Postcard