Detroit Historical Society
12642 items
- Description:
- Black and white photo of a postcard of Detroit United Railway streetcar number 1026, the private sight-seeing car "Yolande." The car's destination sign reads, "Tourist," and a side along its side reads, "Take this car to see Detroit in two hours." "G3869 a Yolande Tourist Car, Detroit Mich," and "6/30 1905," are printed along the bottom edge of the postcard. "Detroit United Ry. #1026,," is stamped on the verso. See 2011.036.108 for a postcard using the same source image.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet entitled "My Trip to Detroit," by Burroughs Adding Machine Company of Detroit. It has a red softcover with gold text and gold border and is 26 pages in length. The inside pages are white with black text along with black and white photos of various Detroit scenes and buildings as well as Burroughs facilities and employees.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Breakfast menu card from the Hotel Pontchartrain, dated February 15, 1918. The recto lists fruit, beverages, cereals, eggs, oysters, fish, specials, and potatoes. The verso declares that the hotel is a member of the United States Food Administration, and urges the conservation of food for the war effort. Additionally, a disclaimer on the verso cautions that the management declines responsibility to damage to clothing caused by accidents in the dining room.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Detroit Fire Department, Office of the Fire Commission, form granting a furlough of ten days to Adolph Hoeninghausen of Engine Company No. 23, beginning August 30, 1909. The document is signed by commission secretary George Stockwell, and president Fred T. Moran.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Catalog and dose list of Parke, Davis & Co. standard medicinal fluid extracts, solid extracts, soluble sugar coated pills, concentrations, elixirs, syrups and wines.
- Date Issued:
- 1872-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Decorative print of the lyrics to a song composed in honor of Edward A. Meiser, part owner of the Detroit Free Press, and sung by the staff of the Detroit Free Press at the First Annual Banquet of the Business at the Russell House on January 15, 1901. The lyrics are supplemented with illustrations of a bowling ball and pins, and are printed on cardstock. The lyrics are: When Meiser goes to bowl He's in it heart and soul It's really very shocking If he makes a strike at all Of course you can't expect A green horn to be perfect A game in which he uses only one, one, ball.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Cabin Plan for Strs. 59/60 for Ft. & P.M. [Flint & Pere Marquette] R.R." The drawing consists of black and red ink on linen and shows a plan view of the proposed cabin layout for the wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamships. The plan was prepared at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot by Frank E. Kirby for the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated May, 1882. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting workers assembling pre-fab panels on a long low building next to the Rouge River at the Ford River Rouge Complex. Rail track run through the foreground. A Hulett crane is in the background. Building "B" is on the right. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22289-6-03-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One map print entitled "Detroit - Prior to the Fire of June 11, 1805." The map shows the layout of the town and fort as of June, 1805, including the names and locations of property owners at that time as well as lot numbers, lot dimensions, street names, and right-of way widths. The map area extends from Griswold Street on the east, to the Detroit River on the south, to Cass Street on the west, and to Fort Street on the north. The map also shows the extent of filling which occurred along the shoreline from 1805 up 1889. The title block in the lower left corner indicates that the map was "prepared by C. M. Burton, Wayne County Abstract Office, from Official Records." The drawing was done by "R. J. Mackey, Draughtsman," at a scale of 1/2 inch = 60 feet and is dated 1889.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white street view photograph from a glass plate negative of the north side of Capitol Square. Pedestrians and a horse carriage are adjacent to the thoroughfare, also near the avenue is the George J. Reindel Company; and a Walker and Company Coca-Cola advertisement. Written on the verso, "Capitol Square, west side, looking north, 1910."
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society