Detroit Historical Society
12642 items
- Description:
- Half-folded menu and from a Thanksgiving dinner served at the Hotel Metropole on Sunday, March 31, 1907. The cover is printed with the hotel's crest and the text," Easter Greeting," printed in gold on cream colored cardstock. The menu unfolds from left to right. A list of the available dishes, as well as a list of musical selections to be performed are contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled "Inboard Profile." The drawing shows a port side interior profile view of the proposed passenger steamships, SS Greater Detroit and SS Greater Buffalo. The title block in the lower right corner shows that the drawing was prepared by the "American Ship Building Co." at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot and is dated November 17, 1922. The drawing number is shown as "No. 10."
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One "Instruction Ballot" for the "Official Primary Election Ballot, Primary Election, September 12, 1922." The ballot is printed in black text on pale yellow paper and lists the various Wayne County Republican Party candidates for each office.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Political History
- Description:
- Small lithograph of the exterior of a Calvert Lithographing and Engraving Company building. A large sign on the side of the building reads, "Calvert Lithographing & Engraving Co. Chromos, Show Cards, Labels, Bonds, Certificates, Policies, Bill & Letter Headings, Cards, Bankers & Merchants Stationery of Every Description." Horse-drawn carriages, and pedestrians are depicted on the street below.
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting the Methodist Episcopal Church in Trenton with five girls standing in front. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 8, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Ledger. A ledger book, presumably maintained by the Public Lighting Commission which recorded issues reported with streetlights, maintained from November 1, 1913 to December 14, 1913. The columns appear to record the date, the location of the light, who made the report, a pair of unclear abbreviations, a pair of times, the issue with the light, a name (generally Saunders, occasionally Jones), and when and how they were fixed. The reoccurring entries for the source of the report are "patrol," "police," "citizen," and "lady."
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting Woodward Avenue, facing south from Grand Circus Park. Signs read "Woodward Arcade", "Apollo Player Piano", "Spalding's" and "Weil & Co." In the background is the Pontchartrain Hotel. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 26, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an elevated view along a canal on Belle Isle. In view are a bridge crowded with people, many canoes on the canal, people on the shore, and the band stand in the background. Printed on verso: Canoes, Band Stand and Bridge over Canal, Belle Isle. Canoeing is the leading sport at Belle Isle, Detroit's largest playground. Its 702 acres are threaded by many miles of canals and lakes, affording an ideal spot in which the light little craft cruise about by thousands. Band concerts are given at the city's expense during the summer afternoons and evenings and on such occasions the canoeists are present in great numbers. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jun 3, 1921.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Menu for a complimentary dinner given to honor the directors of the Wayne County and Home Savings Bank in recognition of the completion of its new office building on the northeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Griswold Street. Held at the Detroit Athletic Club. Includes a chronological history of the building construction. On the front cover are photos of bank chairman Frank H. Croul, president Julius H. Haass, and architect John M. Donaldson. Bound by a burgundy ribbon.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One sheet, containing pages 659-662 of the August 17, 1889 supplement to Harper's Weekly. Pages 660-661 contain a composite print of eight illustrations of Detroit, titled "The City of Detroit and Its surroundings," drawn by Charles Graham. The captions for the eight drawings are as follows: 1. The Market, from City Hall. 2. The Grand Circus. 3. The Bagley Fountain. 4. The River with Revenue-Cutter at Anchor. 5. Old Block-House on Grosse Isle. 6. Grosse Isle. 7. Lumber Tow. 8. Excursion to Belle Isle. The opposite side of the sheet, containing pages 659 and 662, contains a portion of a story, "A Hazard of New Fortunes," by William Dean Howells, a poem, "The Enchanted Wood," by Flavel Scott Mines," a map of Alaska, and an article, "The Behring Sea Dispute."
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
