Detroit Historical Society
12642 items
- Description:
- Sepia half-toned photo showing an antenna atop the Banner Laundry building on the southeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Washington Boulevard. City Hall, the Wayne County Building, and the Majestic Building stand in the background. The photo is captioned, "Clark Wireless System," along the bottom of the recto. Taped onto the verso is another caption reading, "Antenna on top of the Banner Laundry Building where Tom Clark had his experimental laboratory." Written in pencil underneath is: "1901. 73/75 Michigan bet Washington & Shelby" Photo is mounted on cardboard.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Menu with envelope from the opening dinner of the Hotel Pontchartrain held on Tuesday, October 29, 1907. The menu is bound with whit ribbon in a heavy white paper cover printed with an embossed image of the hotel's crest on the front. Both the dinner's courses, as well as a reproduction of a menu for a dinner given by Madame la Chancelière for King Louis XIII at the château de Pontchartrain are printed within. The envelope is pale blue with an image of the hotel's crest at the upper left.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white printed of a steam tractor pulling an open wagon filled with wood and passengers in Barryton, Michigan. A group of people stand atop the wagon's contents, as well as on the back of the tractor. A grassy field extends behind a fence beside the road. "#977 Mecosta Co. Auto Barryton, Aug. 16-30 1909," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a crowd of employees in front of the Cadillac factory. Handwritten message on verso reads, "Mother dear will you scallop some potatoes for me Fri afternoon. Have 3 qts after they are finished. The banquet is at 7:00 so have them just done then. Mother, Much obliged". Postmarked 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- J.L. Hudson trade card advertising the company's move from the Detroit Opera House building, to their new location at 141, 143, and 145 Woodward Avenue. The recto is printed with an image of a stork walking with a bag in a bag hung from his bill, a bouquet of flowers on his back, and a white peaked hat on his head. "J.L. Hudson, Clothier, Detroit Opera House Building," is printed along the top. The verso is printed with the text, "On or about April 1st we will remove to our new stores, 141, 143 &145 Woodward Ave. where we shall be pleased to receive our Friends and Customers. J.L. Hudson." "Selma" and "Beer" are handwritten on the verso in pencil.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photo showing the construction of a railroad bridge over the Rouge River. Printed text in the lower right corner of the photo shows the number, "47," and "M.C.R.R. River Rouge Bascule Bridge; Superstructure; Concreting West Counterweight; Apr. 10, 1920; Photo W. B. James, Br. Inspt." The view shows five workmen who are mixing and pouring concrete into the wooden forms on the trusses in order to create one of the bridge counterweights. Piles of aggregate and sand can be seen in the foreground.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Lithograph of an engraving of the Michigan State Capitol building, circa 1873. The lithograph depicts the front of the building and some of the landscape around it, along with several people walking along the pathway to the building. Text underneath the lower right corner of the image indicates that the lithograph was printed by The Calvert Lithography Company in Detroit. Text underneath the image lists the building commissioners, including John J. Bagley, Governor of Michigan, E.O. Grosvenor, James Shearer, and Alex Chapoton. To the right of the list of building commissioners is text reading "E.E. Myers, Architect. N. Osburn & Co., Contractors. A.L. Bours, Secretary." The lithograph is printed on paper which is mounted on board.
- Date Issued:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Certificate of membership to the National Association of Manufacturers made out to the Jeffery-DeWitt Company. Signed by organizational president George Pope and secretary George S. Boudinot. Dated New York, June 29, 1917. Lithography by the American Bank Note Co., New York.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program for Avenue Theatre, week of August 26, 1901; cover all black and white ink; features illustration of theatre entrance with a crowd of people out front in center; surrounded by theatre / vaudeville imagery and cherubs above; "Avenue Theatre: High Class Vaudeville"
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "In My Rickenbacker Car", words and music by Leo Wood of Leo Fiest Inc., published by Rickenbacker Motor Co. Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker is featured on the cover, with his autograph signed in 1941.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society