Detroit Historical Society
12642 items
- Description:
- One catalog entitled "Edition A [People's Outfitting Co.], 1915." The catalog has a flexible simulated black leather cover with the title embossed in gold-colored lettering. It contains 346 pages of printed text and drawings of various home furnishings that were available for sale by mail. Typical listings included chairs, tables, beds, dressers, rugs, pianos, and stoves. Prices, an example order form, and ordering directions are also shown. An index page is shown near the center of the catalog. Carpet and rug patterns are shown in color.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- February 1897 issue of the booklet-format bulletin and calendar for the Saints Peter and Paul Jesuit Church on St. Antoine Street, listing events, feast days, and containing prayers, parables, and advertisements. The booklet is bound in a white cover with blue text.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "Dreamy Melody", words and music by Ted Koehler, Frank Magine and C. Naset, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. The Oriole Terrace Orchestra is featured on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Commemorative issue postcard for D.M. Ferry and Company; picture of a farmer with a bag slung around his shoulder on front with the caption "Behold A Sower Went Forth To Sow" above; two stamps on front, Stagecoach 1890s for 4 cents and People's Right To Petition for Redress for 10 cents; postmark stamp on front from Detroit, MI, 48233, April 1, 1985; on back is the caption "Ferry Seeds" with a brief history of D.M. Ferry and Company; copyright on postcard from 1984
- Date Issued:
- 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Almanac published by the Detroit Free Press, containing information for the year 1893, as well as general facts and trivia.
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Check, printed by Thompson and Company, from the office of George C. Wetherbee and Company to Barnes and Goodison for $21.59, dated Jan. 27, 1876. An illustrated head-and-shoulders portrait of a child credited to the Michigan Engraving Company, is printed in the upper left corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1876-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting a view along a tree-lined road on Belle Isle. On either sides of the road are bodies of water.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program booklet for a vaudeville show at the Temple Theatre during the week of April 9, 1906. The Great Petching Brothers; Duke Johnson and Mac Wells; the Columbians; Salerno, "the Modern Juggler;" Louise Gunning; Barney Fagan and Henrietta Byron; "James J. Morton, "A Fellow of Infinite Jest;" "European Female Bicycle Act," the Six Proveanies; and the Kinetograph are billed. Numerous advertisements are contained within. An illustration of a jester and a harlequin seated flanking an advertisement for the Huntington Studio is on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting Eagle Boat No. 1 at dockside at the Ford River Rouge Factory Complex being outfitted, as taken from off its starboard side from the opposite shore. The boom of the mobile rail-mounted crane is visible above the bow . Workers are present. Lower right hand corner of photo has number and date of photo: 22693-7-18-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Dining Room Foyer at the Cadillac Hotel. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Mar 30, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society