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- Description:
- Staple-bound booklet advocating for the election of Democrat William Barlum Thompson over Republican George P. Codd in the 1906 mayoral election, based on Codd's support for higher fares for the Detroit United Railway. The booklet contains several political cartoons illustrating its point.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Memorabilia booklet commemorating the 75th anniversary of Christ Church Detroit. Contains historical data, parish statistics, and lists of memorial gifts, bishops, rectors, and assistant clergy. Front cover features images of the current and past church.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Staple-bound booklet written by Dr. J.T. Kent of Chicago written to help patient describe their symptoms to doctors. The booklet is arranged anatomically, providing questions about pains and other troubles for each section of the body. Several additional pages bearing a passage entitled "One Way to Study the Materia Medica," by Lawrence M. Stanton, M.D. have been pinned to the inside cover. "W. Robert Wilson," has been handwritten at the top of the front cover. The cover is held on by three stripes of tape.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One softcover booklet entitled, "Heat and Light - Part I," and "Warmth for Winter Homes," published by the Detroit Heating & Lighting Company in 1890. The booklet has a brown cover with black title text. It contains 44 pages of brown printed text on white paper and discusses the design advantages of its "Bolton Heater" hot water heating system. Specifications and illustrations are also included.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet published by the Washington-Detroit Theatre Company promoting investment in the construction of the Washington Theatre on the northwest corner of Washington Boulevard and Clifford Street. The booklet describes the opportune circumstances present for the project, the modern planned amenities it will contain, and projected earnings for investors. An illustration of the planned theatre is on the cover. The booklet is printed on tan paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Promotional booklet for the Y.M.C.A. Automobile School. Front and back covers have an orange background and bare a large photo of the downtown Y.M.C.A. above a smaller photo of the Y.M.C.A. Automobile School building, both located on Elizabeth Street, as well as the seal of the Detroit Technical Institute-Y.M.C.A. Auto School. "Detroit, Learn Autos Where Autos are Made" is printed along the bottom. Information about the school's program in automobile service and repair, including many black and white photos, is contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Instructional book; Cover has the Y.M.C.A. emblem at the top, with "Young Men's Christian Association Detroit, Michigan"; beneath is "Mr. Garr A. Thompson, 6/2/1910, No. 10860"; inside are instructions for health care, including hygiene, diet and exercise, as well as an anthropometric table which has been filled out with various anatomical measurements
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- 17 page booklet bound in a grey paper cover with purple print containing the "Annual Report of the Social Service Director, 1915," "Treasurer's Report of Social Service Department, 1915," and "Report on the Ways and Means Committee of the Babies Convalescent Home, detailing the status of patients, expenditures, outings, and donations to the Children's Free Hospital.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet (2 copies). The Fourth Annual Report of the Public Lighting Commission of the City of Detroit, Michigan, a 70 page booklet. Within are charts, and graphs detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899. Also included are photographic plates depicting a the exterior of the office and station buildings, generator room, a boiler room, details of streetlight fixtures, a moonlight tower, a crane light, a center suspension light, a post light, and plans of the public lighting station.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Two copies of a 20 page sewn booklet containing a transcript of the address of Rev. Dr. E. B. Fairfield (ex-president of Hillsdale College) to the Young Men's Republican Club of Hillsdale, delivered on October 5, 1886, urging them to stay with the Republican Party. The speech highlights the differences between the Republicans and Democrats in regards to Reconstruction, temperance, and protective tariffs. Despite his support for their core issue, he also urges that his audience not stray into the Prohibition Party, feeling that the Republicans would better handle the issue of Prohibition rather than a dedicated party.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
