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- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company confirmation receipt; header including engravings of D.M. Ferry and Company Seed Warehouses A and B, as well as a list of company executives; addressed to Alex Waddington of Waddington, California on March 1, 1900, "Dear Sir: We acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 21st wt[?] with enclosure $189.36 which we credit to you on account with our best thanks under the following conditions: All checks on Interior Banks, and all other checks and drafts not endorsed by the sender, are taken for collection only, and we will not be held responsible for any loss that may be incurred in collecting such checks or drafts"
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Check, printed by the Calvert Lithographing Company, from the office of Parker, Holmes, and Company--successors to Mowry and Company--for the amount of $35.25 to the Second National Bank, dated June 6, 1874. The check is to charge to account of John Whitely of Lansing Michigan. The corner of the check is printed with an advertisement for Parker, Holmes, and Company's Nerve Chewing Tobacco, depicting a sailor who has climbed up a flag pole to nail a banner bearing the product's name.
- Date Issued:
- 1874-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One postcard entitled "Removal Notice." The postcard is printed in black ink on heavy white paper and notes that "The Schmansky Bros. Co., Tailors" has moved from 502 Baker St. to 550 Baker St. in Detroit. Suits and overcoats are advertised for prices that range from $18.00 to $30.00. The postcard is addressed to "Mr. Waltensperger, 201 20th St., City," and is postmarked January 29, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copyright registration, "No. 116 I," dated January 3, 1878, issued by the "Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington." The registration form is printed in black text on white paper and includes blank lines that have been completed in handwritten black ink text. It indicates that a copyright was issued to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit for a "Book or Form" which is described in more specific detail in handwritten text. The registration form was signed in the lower right corner by "A. R. [Ainsworth Rand] Spofford, Librarian of Congress." An oval-shaped embossed seal of the Copyright Office is located in the upper left corner of the form.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Handwritten letter dated March 2, 1874, from Peninsular Iron Co. of Detroit, Michigan, to Eaton & Son concerning stock certificates and dividends. The paper is printed with light blue lines and the company letterhead.
- Date Issued:
- 1874-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Universal Steamship Company consignee memo for an order from Valentin Blatz Brewing Company shipped from Milwaukee to the E.J. Dossin Company in Detroit, dated June 18, 1923. The document lists the shipment as 55 packages of malt syrup and hops. The document is stamped with note for cash on delivery, and a handwritten note below the stamp states it was received.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman and Son, with illustrations by the Calvert Lithograph Company; front and back cover have a picture of a girl who is reaching for a butterfly while using her blue dress as a makeshift basket for an assortment of picked flowers, against a floral background; "Seed Annual 1922," and "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." are printed on both covers; inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white illustrations and photographs, including four full page color illustrations; order form still attached with some writing on it
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Check number 173 from the Banking House of A. Ives and Sons for the amount of $254.75 to the E. J. Smith Company, stamped October 12, 1875, and printed by the Calvert Lithographing Company. The center of the check is printed with a yellow 2 cent stamp from the United States Internal Revenue Service. An "X" has been punched through the center. The verso is signed, and stamped by the Third National Bank, and cashier R.H. Perkins, Jr.
- Date Issued:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copyright registration, "No. 101 I," dated January 3, 1878, issued by the "Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington." The registration form is printed in black text on white paper and includes blank lines that have been completed in handwritten black ink text. It indicates that a copyright was issued to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit for a "Book or Form" which is described in more specific detail in handwritten text. The registration form was signed in the lower right corner by "A. R. [Ainsworth Rand] Spofford, Librarian of Congress." An oval-shaped embossed seal of the Copyright Office is located in the upper left corner of the form.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Catalog from the Detroit Stove Works bound in a dark red cover. Contained within it are prices, images, measurements and advertising information for Jewel Stoves and Ranges, as well as accessories for them, from 1901 to 1902.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Catalog booklet for C.R. Mabley's Mammoth Establishment, at 122-134 Woodward Avenue. The booklet bound in a purple paper cover with a lithograph of the exterior of the store on the front. Both C.R. Mabley and J.L. Hudson are listed as the proprietors on the cover. The cover also describes the store as, "The Largest Clothing, Boot and Shoe, Hat and Cap, Gents' Furnishing Goods and Custom Tailoring House in America." The company's Cincinnati location is pictured on the back cover. A history of the store, a directory, profiles of the 1880 Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees Winfield S. Hancock and William H. English, price lists and illustrations of men's and boys' clothing, and help taking your own measurements are contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1880-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. A lithograph on the recto depicts a bronze vase holding a bouquet of flowers, with the most prominent flower being red in color.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Advertisement (bifold brochure) for the "Detroit Post & Tribune, For the Year 1882." The advertisement is printed on light yellow paper with black text and has brief information about the newspaper, rates to agents, application forms for subscribers (4 copies), and return envelopes (2 copies).
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Invoice from Charles A. Strelinger and Company, Machinery, Tools and Supples, for a cement transfer plate and a slate mixing board sold to Riehle Brothers of Phildelpha, Pennsylvania on March 23, 1898. The invoice is written on a form which includes an engraving of Charles A. Strelinger and Company's building. "Jos. W. Bramwell" is stamped on the lower right.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One booklet entitled "Old Fashioned Home Songs - School Edition," published by the Ling Piano House located in the King Building at 78 Library Ave., Detroit, Michigan. The softcover booklet is printed in black text on moderately yellowed paper and is 32 pages in length.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- 1895 catalog from the United States Heater Company bound in a light brown leather cover. The cover reads "United States Heater Company; 1895; Thos F. Norris." Contained within it are prices, images, measurements and advertising information for the United States Heater Company's Capitol, Hecla and Mascot model hot water and steam heaters, radiators and accessories. Included in the front matter of the catalog is a telegraphic code list for the company.
- Date Issued:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Bill of sale from the Seidel Printing Company to the Michigan Cigar Company in the amount of $27.00, and dated April 2, 1912. The bill is slightly yellowed and is printed in orange and black text. It is marked, "Paid."
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copyright registration, "No. 80 I," dated January 3, 1878, issued by the "Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington." The registration form is printed in black text on white paper and includes blank lines that have been completed in handwritten black ink text. It indicates that a copyright was issued to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit for a "Book or Form" which is described in more specific detail in handwritten text. The registration form was signed in the lower right corner by "A. R. [Ainsworth Rand] Spofford, Librarian of Congress." An oval-shaped embossed seal of the Copyright Office is located in the upper left corner of the form.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- J.L. Hudson Company trade card with a color image of two birds--one with a blue body and brown feathers on its wings, and the other with a green body and a red and blue head--perched on a branch, credited to "Bufford," on the recto. Text on the verso gives the store's address as 141, 143, and 145 Woodward Avenue, and promotes the store's selection, and prices, and encourages out-of-towners visiting Detroit to come to the store.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Company Christmas card from Frederick Stearns, 1910. The card is printed in black text on tan paper and has an oval-shaped black and white picture of Frederick Stearns.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- A letter from Ralph Emery, a clerk working for the Detroit Stove Works, to his father, Robert T. Emery, in Belfast, Maine, dated November 26, 1886. The letter is written on Detroit Stove Works letterhead, which features a lithograph, credited to the Calvert Lithograph Company, depicting the Detroit Stove Works offices in Detroit and Chicago as well as the company's foundry in Hamtramck, Michigan. The letter reads: My dear Father, I suppose Thanksgiving passed off as quietly as usual in Belfast, it was very quite here, was at the office most of the day. Have you any sleighing yet, we have had no snow at all although I see by the papers that East + West of me they have had fearful snow storms. We shall shut the works down on account of the Funeral of Francis Palms, who is President of the Michigan Stove Co. Mr. Palms was the richest man in this state - lives opposite where I board. His daughter is the lady who Senator Jones of Florida - + about whom the papers have had so much to say. At present Jones + his son are both here. The Senator has not been outside of Detroit except for a day to some place within 60 miles - for over a year. He has not been near Washington for much over a year but boards at the Russell House + draws his salary same as if he was in Washington all the time - People here think him somewhat out of his head. Have just returned from Mr. Palms funeral, it is the first Catholic funeral I have ever attended + was on a very grand scale - all the Stove Works turned out + the men made a big show. Notice by the Paper that the contract for supplying Belfast with water has been given to Boston parties. Hope you are well + that I shall hear from you soon. With my kindest regards to all. Remain your affec. son, Ralph Emery
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Typewritten letter and envelope sent by the J.L. Hudson Company to Mrs. William H. Johnston of 17 West Bethune Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, accompanying six halftone photographic images of women modeling clothing for the upcoming Fall season. The envelope is postmarked 1918. The letter is on J.L. Hudson Company stationery. The message reads: Dear Madam: We are presenting herewith a group of photographic reproductions of the newer models in Fall apparel. May we not have the pleasure of a personal visit in the near future and a further introduction into what we believe is appropriate in style and texture for the coming season? Yours very truly, The J.L. Hudson Co.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One tax receipt, dated July 12, 1867, issued by the Receiver's Office in Detroit. It was printed in black text on white paper and indicated that Richmond & Backus Company paid $264.63 for various city taxes on "Personal Property, Jeff. Ave. North." The receipt, No. 37, was signed by "T.R. Cumings, Receiver of Taxes."
- Date Issued:
- 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Page from a ledger, numbered 696, containing a table titled "We owe for New Goods," dated February 8, 1901. The table lists company names and dollar amounts. The page is in brown and red ink on lightweight partially translucent paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- John Greenslade Oils invoice for 10 gallons of cylinder oil sold to G.A. Dupuis on June 9, 1886. The invoice is printed with an engraving of the company's building at 38 and 40 Jefferson Avenue, as well as an ornate header incorporating a cask of oil in a doorway, a scroll, and several branches.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Advertisement from the Detroit Stove Works promoting their "Peerless" model wood burning stoves. On the recto is an illustration of a Peerless stove, credited to A. Picard of Troy, New York, and text advertising that it has a "swing cover and pan on top of [the] stove."
- Date Issued:
- 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Moran, Fitzsimons and Company catalog, dated June 4, 1887, and numbered one. The catalog lists wholesale groceries sold by the company, accompanied by advertisements highlighting particular goods. The catalog is bound in a green paper cover with a message to buyers, an index of wares, and an index of advertisers printed on the front. The front cover also provides the company's address as 45, 47, and 49 Woodward Avenue, and 40 and 42 Griswold Street.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- J.T. Wing and Company invoice for $71.20 for leather belts and hose sold to the E.J. Dossin Company on June 28, 1922. Several additional expenses were handwritten beneath the initial total. The invoice features a letterhead touting J.T. Wing's compliance with the Child Labor Act, and promoting their "High Speed Graphite Babbitt," and "Detroit star Grinding Wheels." "We carry a full line of genuine wrought iron and steel pipe," is stamped in the lower left corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copyright registration, "No. 3286 P," dated February 15, 1884, issued by the "Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington." The registration form is printed in black text on white paper and includes blank lines that have been completed in handwritten blue ink text. It indicates that a copyright was issued to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit for a "Book or Form" which is described in more specific detail in handwritten text. The registration form was signed in the lower right corner by "A. R. [Ainsworth Rand] Spofford, Librarian of Congress." An oval-shaped embossed seal of the Copyright Office is located in the upper left corner of the form.
- Date Issued:
- 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Pocket-sized ledger book from the J.L. Hudson Company recording purchases made for the Spring of 1884. The dates span December through June, and company names and dollar amounts are listed within. Records begin both at the beginning and end of the book, with the bulk of the central pages left blank. The ledger is bound with a black leather cover opening from the bottom. "J.L. Hudson, Detroit, Mich., Spring 1884," is printed on the front in gold.
- Date Issued:
- 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Mounted Russell House dinner menu, printed by the Calvert Lithographing Company, dated December 29, 1871. The menu was half-folded but has been mounted flat. On the left panel are an American flag, and an inverted St. Andrew's flag, emerged from the interlocked letters "S.A.L.E." beneath the word "Welcome." The dinner menu is listed on the right panel. The menu is mounted on red cardboard.
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Sixth card of a six trade card set from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges, entitled "Before & After Marriage In Five Acts," drawn by Cassius M. Coolidge and copyrighted by George M. Hayes. On the recto is an image of a man in a black and white checkered shirt with a black top hat resting his head on his left arm with his back facing the viewer and his right arm resting on the back of his hip. In the lower left corner of the recto is an image of a woman in a tan dress chasing someone, of whom only a single leg in mid-run is seen, while brandishing a broom and yelling. The card's title, "Married Five Years," is printed in the bottom right corner of the recto. Printed on the verso is damaged advertising copy stating "With five years passed away, this [...] sees the mistake of a day. A s[...] lesson he has been taught, and has since a Garland bought. Those who have marriage in view, should not fail to likewise do."
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One tax receipt, dated December, 14, 1871, issued by the Wayne County Treasurer's Office in Detroit. It was printed in black text on white paper and indicated that B. Richmond paid $13.47 for state and county taxes on property located at Henry St. W, namely, "Lot 22 & Personal Property." The receipt was signed by "James Collins, D. [Deputy] County Treasurer."
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Softcover booklet entitled, "A Trip Through Our Plant," published by the Ockford Printing Company in 1912. At that time, the company had just moved into a new facility at 68-92 Howard St., Detroit, Michigan. The booklet cover is grayish tan with red and black text. Inside pages include black and red text on white paper with black and white photographs of the printing plant interior and exterior. A blank information request postcard is located on the inside back cover of the booklet.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One tax receipt, dated August 16, 1866, issued by the Receiver's Office in Detroit. It was printed in black text on white paper and indicated that Richmond & Backus Company paid $182.57 for various city taxes on "Personal Property." The receipt, No. 1565, was signed by "T.R. Cumings, Receiver of Taxes."
- Date Issued:
- 1866-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Receipt dated October 28, 1868, for professional services given to Mr. Aaron P. Watson from April 1, 1867, to February 7, 1868, by Dr. A. Hitchcock. The receipt form is printed in black text on white paper with professional services details handwritten in dark brown ink.
- Date Issued:
- 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One empty envelope addressed to "Miss Madge C. Maybury, 91 Baker St., City" in handwritten black ink. It has a return address stamped in purple ink in the upper left corner that shows "Columbian World's Fair Excursion Association, Ltd., 19 & 20 Newberry Bldg., Detroit." The postmark is dated February 5, 1893.
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copy of a lease agreement, dated 6 March 1871, made between Arouet Richmond, Frederick H. A. Backus, Benjamin B. Richmond, parties of the first part and Freund & Kast Co., Adolph Freund, Gustavus Kast, S. T------, parties of the second part. The agreement is printed in black text on a sheet of white paper. Blank lines have been completed in handwritten black text. The text indicated that the parties of the first part were leasing rooms in a building located at 183 Jefferson Avenue, to the parties of the second part for two years for a total amount of $400.00. All parties have signed their names at the end of the lease agreement in the presence of two witnesses, "N. North Nay" and "Ignatz Freund."
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Bill of sale, dated September 24th, 1892, from the Michigan Stove Company, documenting the sale of coal to L.J. Macy of Pulaski, New York. At the top of the bill are images depicting the Michigan Stove Company's stove works in Detroit, Western Headquarters in Chicago, New York House, Buffalo House, and Garland Stoves and Ranges logo.
- Date Issued:
- 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One promissory note, dated April 6, 1869, that was issued to the Richmond & Backus Company. It was printed in black handwritten text on white paper that has pale red lines. The note terms indicated that "Two years from date, we promise to pay to the order of Richmond & Backus, One Hundred Thirty Five & 27/100 Dollars, with interest at the rate of two percent per annum at T. J. Rand's Bank, Muskegon, Mich., Value received - S. D. Murray, Wm. J. Murray." A ten-cent U.S. Internal Revenue stamp has been affixed to the left side of the note and has black handwritten text that reads "Apr. 6, 1869." The stamp features a blue and white engraved design with a bust of George Washington at the center.
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Half-folded menu from a dinner for the graduating class of the University of Michigan's Department of Medicine tendered by Parke, Davis and Company at the Russell House on Wednesday, June 10, 1903. The menu consists of two half-folded sheets of beige paper, one glued inside the other. A program of musical selections to be performed by the Russell House Orchestra led by L. Alberti is contained within beside the menu of dinner courses. The hotel's crest is printed on the back cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- First card of a six trade card set from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges, entitled "Before & After Marriage In Five Acts," drawn by Cassius M. Coolidge and copyrighted by George M. Hayes. This is the title card to the set. On the recto is the title of the set, artist/copyright information, and the Michigan Stove Company name alongside an image of a red gear with the words "Buy Garland Stoves and Ranges" written inside it. On the verso is an advertisement for Garland Stoves and Ranges featuring the slogan "A good article will always bring its value, to secure the best buy Garland Stoves and Ranges."
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Sealed D.M Ferry and Company envelope addressed to Mr. W.H. Greenell of Pierpont Manor, New York. The envelope is printed with a Calvert Lithograph Company engraving of the D.M. Ferry and Company Seed Warehouse above a logo which reads, "D.M. Ferry & Co. Seed Merchants, Growers & Importers, Detroit, Mich." The envelope is postmarked Detroit, February 3, 1886, and bears a two cent brown George Washington stamp. A Pierrepont Manor, New York, February 4, 1886 postmark is on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One advertisement for "True's Neatsfoot Harness Oil Blacking" manufactured by the McBride & True Oil Company of Rochester, New York, and offered for sale by C. L. Yost of Ypsilanti, Michigan. The advertisement resembles a banknote and is printed in black, green, and red ink on pale green paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One power of attorney agreement, dated 19 June 1866, where Arouet Richmond, Benjamin B. Richmond, and Frederick H. A. Backus of Richmond & Backus of Detroit appointed "A. Lubnoth" of New York City to act a a lawful attorney on their behalf. All parties have signed their names at the end of the agreement in the presence of two witnesses, "R. C. Sm--h" and "E. V. C----" [both illegible]. An embossed "Seal of the Circuit Court of Wayne County, Michigan," is located near the lower left corner of the page.
- Date Issued:
- 1866-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Pricelist, printed on paper, for Bloomgarden and Ellenstein Wholesale Fruits and Produce, dated August 22nd, 1894. The front cover features the header "Quotations," followed by the logo for Bloomgarden and Ellenstein. Underneath the logo and company name is a list of fruits and produce, including peaches, pears, plums, grapes, apples, and melons. The Office and Warehouse location is listed as "44 Griswold Street Detroit Michigan." Text underneath the address reads "These quotations are issued in the interest of shippers of all kinds of fruit with prices made from actual sales on day of issue, which date will be found on the next page." At the bottom of the cover is text reading "References: Peoples Savings Bank Detroit. Dun's and Bradstreets Mercantile Agency. Any Jobbing House in Detroit." The back cover features a note from Bloomgard and Ellenstein reading as follows: "We will breifly [sic] state that this season we consider ourselves in a position to handle your shipments with the best results obtainable. Our location being prominent with easy access to all railroad and boat lines and at the entrance of our main market street where all dealers in this line must pass the secret of heavy sales is to have heavy receipts which will all ways bring the best prices. To obtain these results for your benefit as well as our own we suggest that you make good shipments every day as prices will naturally vary and in having your shipments on the market regular you are sure to catch the high prices when they come which is enough invariably to more than cover any difference in low prices which may chance to take place. Look to us for your success this season and you will be pleased with our judgment and system of doing business. Truly yours Bloomgarden and Ellenstein" The interior page contains the price list, listing fruits and produce such as apples, peaches, plums, pears, grapes, huckleberries, blackberries, and muskmelons, with prices per barrel, bushel, pound, and crate. It also contains a note of advice from Bloomgarden and Ellenstein reading as follows: "We advise you to ship regular each day, by so doing we can assure you of good results as we will keep you posted on prices and make returns every day. Our quotations are always reliable and made from actual sales, you will always find our system perfect. And promptness our motto. If you ship car lots wire at our expense for market. Respectfully Bloomgarden & Ellenstein 44 Griswold St. Detroit, Mich."
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Advertisement from the Detroit Stove Works promoting their "Norway" and "Cultivator" model wood burning stoves. On the recto is an illustration of a Norway stove, credited to A. Picard of Troy, New York, and text advertising that the Norway model is the "new elevated oven cook stove for 1869" while the Cultivator model is the "same stove as the Norway, with Pipe Back."
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One address book cover (lightweight cardboard with rounded corners) with blue and white text on a dark blue background (Interior address pages are missing.) Text on the cover shows "Garland Stoves and Ranges - The World's Best" and "The Michigan Stove Company - Largest Makers of Stoves and Ranges in the World."
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Invoice from Samuel Kerr & Company to Mr. H. H. Dickinson, for $19.65, dated December 1, 1897. The invoice is printed in black text with light blue lines. Purchased items (animal feeds and straw) are handwritten in dark brown ink.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Page from a ledger, numbered 695, containing the two tables, "New Goods, Paid for and not taken up in stock" dated February 8, 1901, and "New Goods sold from New Goods recieved January 17th to February 8th, 1901." The first table lists company names, while the second lists types of clothing. The page is in brown and red ink on lightweight partially translucent paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- J.L. Hudson trade card printed with an image of two women riding in a canoe beneath a canopy, rowed by a man in a blue cap. "Easter Souvenir, 1882, Presented by J.L. Hudson, Clothier, Detroit Opera House Building" is stamped in the upper left corner. "Bestein's Oil Chromo [...]" is printed along the bottom right corner of the card.
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Front cover of the D.M. Ferry & Co. Seed Annual from 1908. The recto features the title of the publication and a color drawing of the Horticultural Building, located at Belle Isle Park in Detroit. The illustration features a variety of flowers in the foreground, followed by a large field with a ring of flowers and several trees, and the Horticultural Building in the background. The verso, which is the inside of the front cover, features the table of contents for the Seed Annual, and also indicates that it was printed by "John Bornman & Son, Printers, Detroit, Mich."
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Bill of sale, dated March 17th, 1902, from the Michigan Stove Company, documenting the sale of stove parts to Loveland and Chisholm of Ogdensburg, New York. At the top of the bill are images depicting the Michigan Stove Company's stove works in Detroit, Western Headquarters in Chicago, Buffalo House, and Garland Stoves and Ranges logo.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Illustrated souvenir booklet from the Detroit Savings Bank's golden jubilee, March 5, 1899. In the back is a fold-out map of Detroit and an essay titled: Looking Backward, or 1849 vs. 1899.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Booklet entitled "My Trip to Detroit," by Burroughs Adding Machine Company of Detroit. It has a red softcover with gold text and gold border and is 26 pages in length. The inside pages are white with black text along with black and white photos of various Detroit scenes and buildings as well as Burroughs facilities and employees.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copyright registration, "No. 69 I," dated January 3, 1878, issued by the "Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington." The registration form is printed in black text on white paper and includes blank lines that have been completed in handwritten black ink text. It indicates that a copyright was issued to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit for a "Book or Form" which is described in more specific detail in handwritten text. The registration form was signed in the lower right corner by "A. R. [Ainsworth Rand] Spofford, Librarian of Congress." An oval-shaped embossed seal of the Copyright Office is located in the upper left corner of the form.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Letter from D.M. Ferry and Company to the Suttle and Jones Company of Felix, Alabama, dated December 20, 1910. The letter is about the shipment of a special order of seed made to Selma. It also tells of improvements made to the style of "our 5 cent papers," which are lithographed. The letter is printed on company letterhead, listing executives.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Handwritten letter from Henry Schoolcraft of 846 Clinton Boulevard, Michilimackinac to Charles Christopher Trowbridge of Detroit, dated September 2, 1838, sent accompanying devalued money from the wildcat bank, Bank of Clinton. Schoolcraft uses the Ojibwe words, "Ka. onishishin," to describe the currency. "Ka" means "no," and Schoolcraft, in his book, "The American Indians: Their History, Condition and Prospects, From Original Notes and Manuscripts," defines "onishishin" as "that which is good, or fair." The letter reads: Michilimackinac, Sept. 2nd 1838 My dear fri, On returning from a short trip to Lake Superior I found $46 of Clinton money, in my pocketbook to have, in the meantime, become Ka. onishishin. I take the liberty of enclosing it to you, with a request that you will sell it, for what it is worth, or do whatever else you please with it, and be accountable for [?] here after. I add, that I received every dollar of it, from Mr. Wells, as past pay on a check from Maj. G. for salary. Truly yours Henry R. Schoolcraft C.C. Trowbridge Esq. Detroit The recipient and sender's names are handwritten on the verso, in such a way to be visible after the letter is folded.
- Date Issued:
- 1838-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- J.T. Wing and Company invoice for $12.26 for leather belts, and a can of flake graphite sold to the E.J. Dossin Company on February 12, 1922. The invoice features a letterhead touting J.T. Wing's compliance with the Child Labor Act, and promoting their "High Speed Graphite Babbitt," and "Detroit star Grinding Wheels."
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Half-folded Russell House dinner menu, dated Monday, July 4, 1904. The cover is printed with the signatures of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and decorated with a red embossed adhesive seal bearing the hotel's crest, attached to a blue ribbon. Meal options, several with patriotic names, are listed within.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- American National Bank of Detroit check, printed by the Calvert Lithographing Company, from J.N. Raymond and Company for $45.24 to John Hurley, dated November 24, 1876. "State of Michigan," is printed along the left edge of the check. A 2 cent United States Internal Revenue Service stamp is printed in the center of the check. An "X" has been punched in the check. The verso is signed by Hurley.
- Date Issued:
- 1876-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Bill to Mr. J. E. Emerson from the Natural Gas Fitting and Supply Company in the amount of $35.40, dated August 3, 1891. The sales form text is printed in dark blue ink on white paper. Sale details are handwritten in dark brown ink.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One accounting report for "Messrs.[?] Richmond & Backus." The report is handwritten in black ink on a sheet of white linen ledger paper that has light blue lines and columns. It lists dates, items, and costs and is signed near the lower right corner: "Rec. Payt., B. Vernor, --. J. Vernier." A two-cent U.S. Internal Revenue stamp has been affixed to the lower left corner of the page and is dated "Aug. 24, 1870," in black handwritten text. The stamp features a red and white engraved design with a bust of George Washington at the center.
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Dossin's invoice for empty containers shipped to the Valentin Blatz Brewing Company, dated August 6, 1923. "Onood" is handwritten beside each entry in the fields intended for prices. "Make Checks Payable, E.J. Dossin, High Grade Food Products and Carbonated Beverages," is printed in the invoice's header, and "Dossin's Pure Horse Radish is Grated Fresh Every Day," is printed on the verso beneath the space for listing returns.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Handwritten letter from Theodore H. Eaton (on his letterhead) to Charles C. Trowbridge, dated March 7, 1864. The linen paper is light blue with lines, is folded in half, and has no watermark. There is a small embossed shield emblem in the upper left corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1864-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Letter written on Hotel Ellwood letterhead. Printed on the letterhead: Cafรฉ and Grill Room in Connection; Jno. W. Curtis, Proprietor; 534 St. Antoine. Dated Oct 26th, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copyright registration, "No. 6358 I," dated May 25, 1878, issued by the "Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington." The registration form is printed in black text on white paper and includes blank lines that have been completed in handwritten black ink text. It indicates that a copyright was issued to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit for a "Book or Form" which is described in more specific detail in handwritten text. The registration form was signed in the lower right corner by "A. R. [Ainsworth Rand] Spofford, Librarian of Congress." An oval-shaped embossed seal of the Copyright Office is located in the upper left corner of the form.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Breakfast menu card from the Hotel Pontchartrain, dated February 15, 1918. The recto lists fruit, beverages, cereals, eggs, oysters, fish, specials, and potatoes. The verso declares that the hotel is a member of the United States Food Administration, and urges the conservation of food for the war effort. Additionally, a disclaimer on the verso cautions that the management declines responsibility to damage to clothing caused by accidents in the dining room.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Prospectus entitled "The Detroit and Deadwood Gold Mining Co. - Two Bit Basin, Black Hills, S.D." The prospectus has a soft cover that is gray/tan in color with black and gold text. The 18 inside pages are glossy white paper with black text and several black and white pictures. Company officers are shown on page 1 as: Malcolm McCallum, Chicago, Illinois, President; Albert F. Peck, Detroit, Michigan, Vice-President; Robert H. Murray, Detroit, Michigan, Secretary; and Frank C. Andrews, Detroit, Michigan, Treasurer. The company general offices were located in Detroit, Michigan, and a branch office was located in Deadwood, South Dakota. A location map of the mine and adjacent land parcels is pasted on the inside front cover of the prospectus.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copyright registration, "No. 6348 I," dated May 25, 1878, issued by the "Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington." The registration form is printed in black text on white paper and includes blank lines that have been completed in handwritten black ink text. It indicates that a copyright was issued to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit for a "Book or Form" which is described in more specific detail in handwritten text. The registration form was signed in the lower right corner by "A. R. [Ainsworth Rand] Spofford, Librarian of Congress." An oval-shaped embossed seal of the Copyright Office is located in the upper left corner of the form.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Advertisement from the Detroit Stove Works promoting their "Charter" model wood burning cooking stoves. On the recto is an illustration, credited to William E. Earl of Detroit, of a Charter stove and text advertising that it "is expressly adapted to small Hotels, Boarding Houses, Lumber Camps, or any place where a large low priced Cook Stove is wanted.
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One letter from Wilcox, Luff & Fuller of Detroit to Devol, Durian & Co. of Bristol, dated July 7, 1857. The letter is handwritten in dark brown ink on white paper and shows the company letterhead in the upper left corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1857-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One booklet entitled "Grand Laundry Methods - Being an Appreciation of the Grand Laundry of Detroit, Mich.," by Elbert Hubbard. This softcover booklet is 26 pages long and was printed by the Roycroft Press of East Aurora, New York. The front cover has a trellis design of green leaves and purple grapes that frame a scene of a woman and child. The title is printed in green text. Pages have deckle edges.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Bill of sale, dated January 10th, 1895, from Sherman S. Jewett & Company, documenting the sale of a stove and accessories to Peter Cha[---]it of West Unity, Ohio. At the top left of the bill is an image of the Jewett Stoves and Ranges logo.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Half-folded menu and from a Thanksgiving dinner served at the Hotel Metropole on Sunday, March 31, 1907. The cover is printed with the hotel's crest and the text," Easter Greeting," printed in gold on cream colored cardstock. The menu unfolds from left to right. A list of the available dishes, as well as a list of musical selections to be performed are contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Small lithograph of the exterior of a Calvert Lithographing and Engraving Company building. A large sign on the side of the building reads, "Calvert Lithographing & Engraving Co. Chromos, Show Cards, Labels, Bonds, Certificates, Policies, Bill & Letter Headings, Cards, Bankers & Merchants Stationery of Every Description." Horse-drawn carriages, and pedestrians are depicted on the street below.
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Menu for a complimentary dinner given to honor the directors of the Wayne County and Home Savings Bank in recognition of the completion of its new office building on the northeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Griswold Street. Held at the Detroit Athletic Club. Includes a chronological history of the building construction. On the front cover are photos of bank chairman Frank H. Croul, president Julius H. Haass, and architect John M. Donaldson. Bound by a burgundy ribbon.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Fifth card of a six trade card set from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges, entitled "Before & After Marriage In Five Acts," drawn by Cassius M. Coolidge and copyrighted by George M. Hayes. On the recto is an image of a man in a white shirt and hat with brown slacks reclining and looking forlorn. In the lower left corner of the recto is an image of a man in a tan suit on his knees holding his hat and looking distressed while a woman in a yellow dotted blouse and blue skirt grabs him by the collar while holding a fire poker. The card's title, "Married One Year," is printed in the bottom right corner of the recto. Printed on the verso is advertising copy stating "This man, only married a year, feels too badly to shed a tear. The cause of all his woe and sorrow, he could, if he would, remove to-morrow. By buying his wife a Garland Stove or Range, things from bad to good would quickly change."
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- R.H. Fyfe and Company price booklet containing illustrations and prices for shoes and boots sold through their downtown store at 101 Woodward Avenue, and their uptown store at 183 and 185 Woodward Avenue. The booklet is bound in a grey cover featuring an illustration on the front credited to the Calvert Lithographing Company of a woman's boot wrapped in a ribbon and containing flowers. Lithographs of both storefronts are printed on the back cover. The first two pages of the booklet have been used as scrapbook pages for newspaper clippings about knitting and sewing.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. The lithograph on the recto, copyrighted in 1882 by M.B. Mills and attributed to Calvert Lithograph Company, depicts a brown-haired woman in a pink dress walking a dog while holding a large dandelion over her head like an umbrella. An advertising poem that reads "In Garland Stoves you are sure to find; The good and beautiful combined; Aesthetic in design and kind; To please the most fastidious mind" is at the bottom of the recto. On the verso is an early Garland Stoves and Ranges logo.
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company order acknowledgment postcard mailed to F. R. Jennings, Tidioute, Pennsylvania for order number order number 03357, a bulk order of seeds made on August 4, 1913; card states order will shipped "in due season"; front of card has postmark "Detroit, Mich., Aug 19, 3:30 PM, 1913" along with one cent McKinley postage card stamp
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- 1897 D.M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman with illustrations by the Calvert Lithograph Company, containing images and descriptions of both plants available as seeds through the company as well as farming tools. A colorful bouquet of flowers against a white background is on the front cover. The back bares an image of the D.M. Ferry Seed Warehouses and Box Factory facing each other across Brush Street.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One legal judgment, dated August 14, 1919, "No. 69668, Decree Quieting Title," issued by the Circuit Court for the County of Wayne in Chancery. The document consists of three pages of black typewritten text on white paper. The Circuit Judge, Arthur Webster, ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and stated that the sale of land by the plaintiffs to the Woodhouse Land Company was legal and that the defendants had no right, title, or interest in the property. The three pages were bound together in a legal-style, light blue paper binder which has two brass grommet at the top edge. Typewritten text on the outside of the binder reads "Decree Quieting Title" and printed text that shows "Wurzer & Wurzer, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, Majestic Building, Detroit, Michigan" handled the case for the plaintiffs. A blue ink stamp indicated that the judgment had been recorded in Liber 1366, Page 78 at the Register of Deeds Office, Wayne County.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Advertisement from the Detroit Stove Works promoting their "Morning and Evening Star " model cooking stoves. On the recto is an illustration of a Morning and Evening Star stove, credited to A. Picard of Troy, New York, and text advertising that it has a "shaking and dump grate" and "burns hard coal, coke or wood perfectly."
- Date Issued:
- 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Advertisement for cigars offered by M. Walsh & Company. The advertisement is printed in the style of a $50 bill which states, "Deliver to the People of the United States - Or To Their Order - One Mille Cigars for One Hundred Dollars," #98763, dated October 15, 1865. Text and designs are printed in black, red, and green ink on slightly yellowed paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Catalog from the Detroit Stove Works bound in a dark blue cover. Faded text on the cover reads "Catalogue of Stoves; Hollow Ware, &c; Manufactured by the Detroit Stove Works, Detroit, Mich.; ----- ----- -----; 15 and 17 Woodbridge St., West; Corner of Griswold; Foundry Mt. Elliott Avenue, Hamtramck, near U.S. Marine Hospital." Printing of the catalog is attributed to the Tribune Book and Job Printing Company. Contained within it are prices, images, measurements and advertising information for Detroit Stove Works stoves and ranges, as well as accessories for them, from 1868.
- Date Issued:
- 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company account statement for Smith Bd[?] of Sedgwick, Maine, dated June 1, 1904. In the ledger section $2.93 is listed next to January 12. A "paid" stamp dated June 8, 1904 and signed C.H.R. has been applied.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. A lithograph on the recto, attributed to "Chas. Shields Sons 20 & 22 Gold St N.Y," depicts a dog swinging a basket, containing a baby, that is suspended from a tree. An early Garland Stoves and Ranges logo is printed on the verso.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Bill of sale, dated October 28th, 1904, from the Peninsular Stove Company, documenting the sale of coal to Mr. L.J. Rahler of Walnut Creek, Ohio. At the top of the bill is an image of the Peninsular Stove Company's logo and a stylized depiction of the company's name.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Jewett and Sherman Company bill of lading for eighty barrels of mustard, one-hundred four boxes of honey, and two casks of olives shipped to the E.J. Dossin Company on July 13, 1923 via the Universal Steamship Company. The document is stamped as received by Universal on July 13, 1923. Contract terms are printed on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Menu for Easter dinner at the Russell House, consisting of a sheet of pink cardstock bound with white cord into a half-folded pink cardstock cover. An illustration of purple and white flowers, as well as a white embossed image of the hotel crest are on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Bill of sale, dated September 28th, 1908, from the Michigan Stove Company, documenting the sale of an Art Garland model stove to A.R. Chandler of Sylvania, Ohio. At the top of the bill are images depicting the Michigan Stove Company's stove works in Detroit, Western Headquarters in Chicago, Garland Stoves and Ranges logo, and prize medals from the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition and 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Check, printed by the Calvert Lithographing Company, from the office of Hammond, Standish, and Company for $70.28 to Barnes Brothers and Company, dated August 31, 1878. "Wholesale Provision Dealers, Pork and Beef Packers," is printed along the left edge of the check. An image of the Hammond, Standish, and Company building is printed in the center.
- Date Issued:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Handwritten order from Vassar Woolen Company of Vassar, Michigan, to Theodore H. Eaton & Son of Detroit, dated August 17, 1883. The paper is slightly yellowed and is printed with the Vassar Woolen Company letterhead.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Wayne County and Home Savings Bank check #98 payable to the "Newton Annis Company" in the amount of $195.00. It is signed by Bertha E. Martin and dated August 19, 1922. The check is printed in black ink on a light red background that has a safety paper design. The check verso has been stamped as paid.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Small unused stock ledger booklet printed for the sixtieth anniversary of L.B. King and Company, according to the first page. The booklet is bound in a blue leatherette cover with "L.B. King & Co., Detroit, 1849-1909" embossed in a gold ring on the back. The recto of each page is printed with a table with the columns, "Date," "Article," "Store," and "Price," as well as a "Memoranda" space below and on the recto of each leaf.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One booklet entitled, "32 Years Ago," which was published by the Union Trust Company to commemorate their 32nd year of business. The company was founded in 1891 and the booklet was published in 1923. The booklet consists of a single panoramic strip of halftone photographic images that show downtown Detroit storefronts along the east side of Woodward Avenue as of 1891. The entire view extends from Grand Circus Park to the Detroit River and sections are identified by as follows: Grand Circus Park Witherell Street to John R Street John R Street to Grand River Avenue Grand River Avenue to Gratiot Avenue Gratiot Avenue to Campus Martius Campus Martius Campus Martius to Congress Street Congress Street to Larned Street Larned Street to Jefferson Avenue Woodward Avenue and Jefferson Avenue Jefferson Avenue to Woodbridge Street Woodbridge Street to Atwater Street Atwater Street to Detroit River.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One receipt, dated April 27, 1870, issued by the "Detroit, River, St. Clair, Lake Huron & Mackinac Express Co." It was printed in red text on white paper with blank lines completed in black handwritten text. The receipt indicated that the express company had received one package of stationery from the Richmond & Backus Company. The package was marked "Stephens & Kelly, Alpena," with a value of $7.25. The receipt was signed by "J. D. Barr" who was the express company agent.
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Breakfast menu card from the Russell House, dated Thursday, December 19, 1901 with a tear-off postcard attached at the top. The card is printed on beige paper, with an image of the hotel's crest beside a small half-tone head-and-shoulders portrait photo of D.W.H. Moreland flanked by a color illustration of a man and woman standing beside opposite ends of a horse-drawn carriage, providing the face of the postcard. The menu is printed in green below. Mailing instructions, and space for addresses and stamps are provided on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Half-folded Easter dinner menu from the Hotel Charlevoix. The menu is printed on blue and white marbled cardstock, and has a purple ribbon through its crease to resemble binding. A blue illustration of a potted plant is on the cover. Dinner offering are listed within at a flat price of $1. H.M. Kellogg is listed as the manager, and the Grinnell Realty Company is listed as the proprietor.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail