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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Puritan Machine Company from Lafayette Boulevard near 10th Street, with two automobiles parked alongside. Sign on the building reads "All Parts for All Cars." Printed on recto is an order receipt. Postmarked Sep 21, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One architectural drawing entitled "Front Elevation." The drawing (Job 244) consists of red and black ink on vellum paper and shows a front elevation view and wall cross-section detail for a proposed 1-story office building for the Grosse Pointe Shores Realty Company. Some blue, green, and yellow pencil shading has been added on the verso to highlight various architectural details. This drawing, shown at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot, was part of a set of six sheets that were prepared by "J. Lawson Miller, Architect."
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting an elevated north facing view of Campus Martius, with many pedestrians, streetcars, and a moonlight tower. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Aug 1906.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the floral clock in Water Works Park, with a smokestack in the background. Printed on verso: Floral Clock, Water Works Park. The 72-acre plot of ground on Jefferson Avenue, owned by the city and partially occupied by its waterworks pumping station has been made one of Detroit's beauty spots. The water supply is pumped through a long tunnel from Lake St. Clair to the distributing point. The park is remarkable for its big floral clock and the memorial at the entrance. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 11, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting a former school in Trenton. Printed on recto: Pesha Photo
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One article entitled "Specifications for Hot Water Storage Tank, Storage and Service Stock Building, Clark Avenue - Cadillac Plant, Detroit, Michigan, General Motors Corporation." The article consists of 2 pages that of typewritten specifications (carbon copy) for the installation of a hot water storage tank at the Clark Avenue Cadillac automotive assembly plant in Detroit. A black ink stamp on the back of each page shows "Received Oct. 22, 1919, Dupont Eng. Co., Cadillac Plant, Detroit." The pages are bound with one metal staple at the upper left corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white print negative copy, and a lower quality positive copy, both of a photograph depicting a row of storefronts along Woodward Avenue. Pictured are Rodman Brothers, E.B. Smith, the Hanna and Company Tobacco Factory, a clothing store advertising "Gents' Furnishing Goods," E. Lafavour Boots and Shoes, and a building marked with both J.W. Moore and Company, and Hall Clothing. A Burton Historical Collection stamp is visible on the far right side of the print. Typed on verso: East side of Woodward Avenue North of Congress Street in 1859. J.J. Bardwell, Photographic artist. (original photo in Burton Historical Collection)."
- Date Issued:
- 1859-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- This folded 4-page newsletter is the first issue of the "Association Mail" which was published by the Detroit YMCA. The cover page shows a halftone picture of George T. Moody who was the President of the Detroit Y.M.C.A. The second page shows the names of officers, trustees, and directors. The newsletter also includes several short articles, notices, and advertisements.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Four pages torn out from the "Fifth Annual Report of the Public Lighting Commission." The pages show the names of the Public Lighting Commission members, names of ex-members, and black and white halftone pictures of the office and plant as well as the commissioners. The text and pictures are printed in black ink on slightly yellowed paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Blurry black and white photo of a northbound Detroit United Railway Woodward Avenue streetcar approaching, taken from the center of Woodward, north of Forest Avenue, facing south. The car has a sign on its eclipse fender however it is illegible. Horse-drawn wagons and carriages, as well as pedestrians are also in the street. The DeHoney Dance Academy stands on the right in the background. Woodward is paved with bricks.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
