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811. B. Siegel Company invoice, dated January 9, 1919, recording the purchase of a $7.50 petticoat to Mrs. S. Shamie of Trumbull Avenue

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B. Siegel Company invoice, dated January 9, 1919, recording the purchase of a $7.50 petticoat to Mrs. S. Shamie of Trumbull Avenue. A handwritten note records that she used a $39.17 credit balance to pay for the petticoat. The form's letterhead includes a logo consisting of the initials B.S. Co., and provides the business's location as the corner of Woodward Avenue and State Street.
Date Issued:
1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Business/Stores/Retail

812. Half folded newsprint program for a production of "Baker's Daughter" at White's Grand Theatre May 7-9, 1885; program is predominately advertisements, with a column of information on the play within

Description:
Half folded newsprint program for a production of "Baker's Daughter" at White's Grand Theatre May 7-9, 1885; program is predominately advertisements, with a column of information on the play within.
Date Issued:
1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Theatre/Theater

813. Camp Custer March

Description:
Sheet music for the "Camp Custer March", by Edw. A. Schroeder, dedicated to the Boys of Michigan and Wisconsin, published by the Cas. E. Roat Music Co., Battle Creek. George Armstrong Custer is featured on the cover.
Date Issued:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Music

814. Coral

Description:
Advertisement from the Detroit Stove Works promoting their "Coral" model stoves. On the recto is an illustration, credited to A. Picard of Troy, New York, of a Pearl stove and text advertising its possession of a "horizontal moving and dumping grate" and that it was "patented 1869."
Date Issued:
1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Business/Stores/Retail

815. Half-folded menu from the third Assembly Ball held on December 15, 1908

Description:
Half-folded menu from the third Assembly Ball held on December 15, 1908. A color illustration by Raimund Ritter von Wichera of a woman with a large broad-brimmed hat holding flowers is on the cover. The courses are listed within.
Date Issued:
1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Events

816. Log Cabin, Bob-lo (Bois Blanc Island), Detroit River.

Description:
Color postcard depicting the Log Cabin on Boblo Island with several people standing in and around it. Trees populate the foreground. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 14, 1910.
Date Issued:
1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Postcard

817. Half-folded handwritten letter and envelope sent by Hazel Hope Pingree on behalf of her mother Frances Pingree to Mrs

Description:
Half-folded handwritten letter and envelope sent by Hazel Hope Pingree on behalf of her mother Frances Pingree to Mrs. Emma Stark Hampton of 970 Woodward Avenue concerning the funeral for Hazen S. Pingree, postmarked July 1st, 1901. Both the letter and the envelope are on black-bordered paper indicating mourning. The note reads: Mrs. Pingree would appreciate your [presence?] at the funeral services of her husband, which takes place on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. Should you desire to accompany the family to the cemetery - carriages will be provided. Kindly reply.
Date Issued:
1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Biographical

818. Page from a ledger, numbered 692, containing a table tallying expenses for advertising in Detroit newspapers, dated February 8, 1902

Description:
Page from a ledger, numbered 692, containing a table tallying expenses for advertising in Detroit newspapers, dated February 8, 1902. The page is in brown and red ink on lightweight partially translucent paper.
Date Issued:
1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Business/Stores/Retail

819. Lake Carriers' Association Certificate of Membership in Welfare Plan and Discharges

Description:
One hardcover booklet entitled "Lake Carriers' Association Certificate of Membership in Welfare Plan and Discharges." The pocket-size booklet has a dark blue cloth cover with white title text. Printed text on the inside front cover indicates that Arthur Page, an Able Seaman (Fireman), was enrolled in the benefit plan. The membership certificate "No. 101107" was issued at Detroit on September 6, 1922. The booklet contains 14 pages of blank lines that were to be filled in by ship officers to indicate the name of the vessel on which the seaman had served, rating, and dates of service. (One line is filled in with handwritten ink text which indicated that Arthur Page served on one Great Lakes steamship between September 7 and October 3, 1922.)
Date Issued:
1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Maritime

820. Honorary degree, written in Latin, mounted on linen, presented to Russell A

Description:
Honorary degree, written in Latin, mounted on linen, presented to Russell A. Alger in the year 1900 by the American University of Harriman in Harriman, Tennessee. The degree is stamped with the seal of the American University of Harriman in the lower left corner. Text on the bottom border of the document indicates that it was printed by "Ames & Rollinson Co. 202 Broadway, N.Y."
Date Issued:
1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Biographical