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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an attraction at Electric Park called "Inferno, Menz Devil". A man is visible by the entrance. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 9, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the finish line at The Vanderbilt Cup Race on Hempstead Plains, Long Island, New York. A blurred car and a grandstand filled with spectators are in view.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Belle Isle Police Station with people and flowerbeds in front. Handwritten message on verso, dated 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Postcard printed with a portrait of George Washington above an image of his home at Mount Vernon. The card is postmarked February 20, 1909, from Clarkson, New York, and a handwritten message addressed to C.G. Hampton of 24 Blaine Avenue, Detroit is on the verso: Friday P.M. All well as usual. Julie[?] + 2 went to the City yesterday. Ed is all too crazy[?] yet, but will purchase in the spring. Has received annual[?] catalogue. Minnie + family well. Geo. is [?] preparing[?] warm ash today + [?] although its good [?]. Love to all. Sincerely W.M.A.[?]
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting a bench and several people at the edge of a pond in Water Works Park. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Mar 25, 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting a two story clapboard house at 520 Ferdinand Avenue, with four people at the entrance. Handwritten message on recto and verso, postmarked Mar 1, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the DON JUAN DE AUSTRIA. Printed on verso: Don Juan de Austrian. This vessel being a trophy of the Spanish-American War, was awarded to the Michigan Naval Reserves. Is stationed most of the time at Detroit and is used as a training ship. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 4, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an elevated view of a road, lawn, and pedestrian-filled path on Belle Isle. Five cars are visible on the street. Printed on verso: Central Avenue, Belle Isle, Detroit's principal recreation spot. The island is located in the Detroit river near lake St. Clair, and it connected with the city by a bridge 8 feet less than half a mile in length. It comprises 702 acres, is over two miles long and boasts over thirty miles of fine macadam roadway which completely circles and frequently intersects it. A fine zoo, aquarium, horticultural building, swimming and skating pavilions, casino and boat livery are in connection. The City has expended over $1,500,000 on it since its purchase in 1879. This view is taken from the lower end of the Island and shows the ferry dock in the distance. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 25, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting people swimming in a small pond or lake in Pinckney that appears to have been created by a dam. An embankment with a dam-like structure and sluice gates is visible behind the swimmers. The banks are covered with heavy brush and trees.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an elevated view of the Dime Building on the corner of Griswold and W Fort Streets. Printed on verso: Dime Bank Bldg., Detroit, Mich. The Dime Savings Bank Bldg., Cor. Of Fort St West and Griswold St. is erected on the site formerly occupied by the Walker Bldg. For many years a Baptists church occupied this plot. This is one of the finest skyscrapers in the country, of ornate design and twenty-two stories in height. The building cost $1,500,000. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 12, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
