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- Postcard. Illustrated color print of the Masonic Temple in Detroit. The postcard features the Lafayette Boulevard Temple, a seven story tall red brick building, located at Lafayette Boulevard and First Street. Depicts the original building and location of the Detroit Masonic Temple. Features trees with leaves. Copyright 1904 by the Rotograph Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a crowd gathered for a concert at the Band Stand on a bridge over a canal on Belle Isle. People are seated along both shorelines and many canoes fill the canal. Printed on verso: Band Pavilion, Belle Isle. Band Concerts are given at the city's expense during the summer afternoons and evenings. These concerts draw immense crowds, both shores being lined with pleasure seekers, while the graceful canoes throng the canal. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 8, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One postcard entitled "Polar Bears, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich." The postcard shows a black and white photographic image of two polar bears in a caged exhibit at the zoo on Belle Isle. The exhibit shows a small pool in the foreground with a fountain and heavy stone wall in the background. A tall iron fence can be seen in the left background.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting City Hall between the Hammond Building and Majestic Building, with a moonlight tower in front. Streetcars, horses, and pedestrians populate the street. Published by S.H.K. & Co., Detroit, Mich.. Made in Germany Handwritten message recto, postmarked 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Hotel Pontchartrain from Campus Martius at night, with streetcars, pedestrians, and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in the foreground, and the Hammond Building, Ford Building, and Bagley Memorial Fountain in the background. A sign reads, "Canadian Pacific". Printed on verso: Pontchartrain Hotel and Hammond Building, Detroit, Mich. This View of Campus Martius shows the Hotel Pontchartrain. Soldiers and Sailors Monument built in 1881 at a cost of $70,000. The red building at right is the Hammond Building. The electric sign on top of building is one of the finest in the west and when in action gives a description of the famous Chariot Race of Ben Hur. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 10, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Wyandotte. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Mar 8, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a view along a curved road on Belle Isle, lined with trees. Printed on verso: Drive Way, Belle Isle. - Detroit's principal recreation spot, is an island in the Detroit river 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 20 miles of fine macadam roadway. 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. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jan 19, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Conservatory on Belle Isle, with people standing on the steps. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jun 27, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an illustration of a locomotive engine shining a light, and below that a man holding suitcases walking toward a house. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jun 10, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting girls playing and swinging in Clark Park. Handwritten on verso: June 1st 1919, Ruth Swinging at Clark Park, Detroit, Mich.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
