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- Description:
- February 2, 1856 edition of Ballou's Pictorial, containing a center spread on pages 72 and 73 of a lithograph credited to John Andrew entitled "Battle of Lake Erie - Commodore Perry's Victory." The LAWRENCE, NIAGARA, LITTLE BELT, LADY PROVOST, DETROIT, CHIPPEWAY, QUEEN CHARLOTTE, HUNTER, SCORPION, CALEDONIA, ARIEL, SOMERS, TRIPPER, PORCUPINE, and TIGRESS are all labeled. The LAWRENCE is shown disabled in the center of the image, and Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and his crew row a lifeboat toward the NIAGARA.
- Date Issued:
- 1856-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Page from a ledger, numbered 689, containing two tables, "Winter Stock," and "Summer Stock," listing articles of women's and children's clothing alongside dollar amounts. The page is dated February 8, 1903, and is in brown and red ink on lightweight partially translucent paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Catalog back cover for D.M. Ferry and Company; picture of blue flowers; "Bulbs and Seeds Autumn 1908" at the top and "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." at bottom; Calvert Lithograph Company; catalog listing for farm and garden implements, including several black and white illustrations, and books are on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One sheet, taken from the Michigan Volksblatt in 1903, featuring an article about the Richmond & Backus Co. The article is written in German. The article also features six inset photographs. One photograph, in the center, depicts the Richmond & Backus Co. Building, and five photographs feature the following individuals, clockwise from top left: Theo L. Backus, Chas. F. Backus, John H. Gould, C. Ed. Richmond, and Robert J. Menzies. The article is outlined in a decorative chain link border. Mounted on paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One agreement, dated March 1, 1865, made between Arouet Richmond, Frederick H. A. Backus, and Benjamin Barton Richmond of Detroit. The agreement is handwritten in black ink on both sides of a sheet of white linen paper that has light blue lines. It contains seven sections and indicates that the "Parties do hereby agree to enter into a copartnership under the name and firm of Richmond & Backus to carry on a business as book sellers and book binders in all its various branches in the City of Detroit ..... for a period of (5) five years consecutively from the date these presents." The three parties have signed their names at the end of the agreement in the presence of two witnesses, "James Moreton" and "N. M. Macalister."
- Date Issued:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Halftone print of a photograph of a woman modeling a dark colored coat with a fur collar, cuffs, and trim around the bottom, over a dark dress with a hat with an upturned brim, as well as a cane, heels, and spats. She stands with her back toward the right of the camera. The background consists of a faint image of a forest. The image was sent by the J.L. Hudson Company to Mrs. William H. Johnston of 17 West Bethune Avenue, Detroit as part of a packet of six photos showcasing fashions for the fall of 1918.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One business card signed in black ink, "William Clark, June 27/74 [1874]." This card was contained in the lead box time capsule that was removed from the Old City Hall on May 25, 1961.
- Date Issued:
- 1874-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Card serving as a memento or invitation to the Centennial Anniversary of Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott held at the Russell House on August 15, 1871. The card features a lithographed portrait of Scott, the dates, 1771 and 1871, and the handwritten signatures of Secretary [?] Sean, and President R.W. Williams.
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- J.L. Hudson Company trade card with a color image of two birds--both with yellow breasts, brown wings, and red feathers atop the heads--perched facing each other on a branch, 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:
- One letter, dated April 10, 1869, from the law offices of Gray, Smith & Nims of Muskegon to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit. The letter was handwritten in black ink on white paper that has light blue lines. The letter discussed the settlement of a promissory note from Murray Bros.
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Half-folded dinner menu from the Griswold House, dated Sunday, May 14, 1882. The menu is printed on paper with a color lithograph of a woman reaching for an overhead branch on the front cover, and a girl holding a parasol beneath a sunflower on the back cover. The menu lists a soup, fish, broiled item, roast items, cold dishes, entrees, relishes, vegetables, pastries, and desserts. Van Est and Graves are listed as the proprietors.
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copy of a lease agreement, dated 8 December 1870, made between Arouet Richmond, Benjamin B. Richmond, and Frederick H. A. Backus of Detroit, parties of the first part and Adolph Freund, Gustavus Kast, and Frederick Ruehle of Detroit, parties of the second part. The agreement is printed in black text on both sides of a bi-fold 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 185 Jefferson Avenue, to the parties of the second part for two years for a total amount of $2000.00. All parties have signed their names at the end of the lease agreement in the presence of two witnesses, "N. North Nay" and "Frank A. Gaylord."
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 July 19, 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, Yours of the 11th came duly at hand and noted. Everything is going on all right + business is commencing to pick up considerably. Received a letter from Miss [Rocaf?] a few days ago - she writes that Mr. Stone has had the degree of D.D. conferred upon him + that his church in honor of the raise gave him a purse of gold, to pay his expenses [-] Mr. Stone to England but Ms Stone was not able to go. He sailed about July first - Mr. Stone and Miss [Rocaf?] are in Montreal + Violet is in the county - We have had no warm weather to speak of - only a day or two. The nights are so cool that often one has to wear an overcoat. For the next few days suppose the city will be crowded as it is the week of Races at the Detroit Park, which is situated only a short distance above the Works. Today the Avenue is crowded with carriages + the cars are packed full. [-----] are at McLellan's shopping + do there intend to remain all summer. Have they decided on a site for the new Library Building? Please remember me to all enquiring friends. Hoping to hear from you again soon + that you are well. I remain your affec. son, Ralph
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company catalog; front cover has a picture of yellow and white flowers, with "Bulbs and Seeds Autumn 1898" at top and "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." at bottom; back cover has a picture of a yellow and white flowers that is different from the front cover, with "Bulbs and Seeds Autumn 1898" at top and "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." at bottom; inside are descriptions of various plants with prices; black and white pictures and photographs; Calvert Lithograph Company. Detroit
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- E.J. Dossin Company invoice for $36.16 of merchandise sold to J.T. Wing and Company on June 1, 1923. The invoice is stamped "paid," with the date, June 13, 1923. The invoice features a letterhead with the Dossin logo, and a list of their relishes and other products.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Advertisement for "Cigars - Great Reduction!" offered by the Detroit News Company, 7 West Fort Street, Detroit. The advertisement is printed in black text on slightly yellowed paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copyright registration, "No. 6353 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:
- Menu for a Bankers Club of Detroit banquet held at the Russell House on April 3, 1902. The menu consists of a two leafs of beige paper bound with blue ribbon between two beige pieces of cardstock. The cover is printed with a blue engraving of a woman in a flowing robe and a Phrygian cap holding a torch and quill while leaning on a block containing the embossed gold crest of the Bankers Club of Detroit. The menu and a program of pieces of be performed by the Russell House Orchestra under the direction of L. Alberti are contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 A. Richmond [of Richmond & Backus Company] paid $242.56 for state and county taxes on property located at "W [west] 24 ft., Lot 3, Blk 1" and also "Richmond and Backus Personal." 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:
- Advertisement from the Detroit Stove Works promoting their "Social Parlor" model heating stoves. On the recto is an illustration, credited to A. Picard of Troy, New York, of a Social Parlor stove and text advertising that it is "Improved with Front Diving Flue" and explaining the difference between Front Diving Flues and Back Diving Flues.
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Catalog containing illustrations of styles of women's wear offered through Elite Custom Ladies Tailors, located at 40 Broadway Street, for the fall and winter of 1907 and 1908. Nine illustrations of women in outfits, and two of just skirts are contained within. The catalog is staple-bound in a tan paper cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 March 6th, 1887. 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, Yours of the 26th came duly at hand + as usually was glad to hear from you. No I have not written Andrew Gibson for a long time but shall very soon, have kept writing it off in order to get a picture to send him that he wanted. It doesn't seem to me the XII Club Ball could have been up to any of its preceding ones - am sorry that are not Keeping them up to standards. I suppose before I get an answer to this letter election will be over + we shall know which party is victorious. I noticed the illusion[sic] to "Gentle Annie" in the "Press" but did not know what it meant. Am glad you explained. Brackett is a "chump." They are trying to get Prohibition in Mich. + will vote on it in a special election this spring but don't think they will carry it. The "Press" seems to be doing the "Age" up in great shape. Notice in the Press of 1st, under "News of the Creek" that the Michigan Club of Detroit has soured on [James G.] Blaine because he was not here to the Banquet on Febr 22nd - While everyone was sorry Mr. Blaine could not be here, he gave couple reasons for not coming - the Mich. Club is one of the most, if not the most powerful Republican organization, outside of the Lincoln Club in Chicago, in the West it is solid for Blaine - I would like to see Blaine + [Russell Alexander] Alger (gov. RA) (of Detroit) nominated. Please tell Emery that the Club has not soured on Blaine. The weather is very disagreeable, has been raining all day + yesterday it snowed - Write first chance am quite busy at present. With regards to all friends. Your affec. son, Ralph Emery
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Half-folded Russell House dinner menu, dated Tuesday, October 28, 1902, printed on mustard-colored paper. The hotel's crest is printed on the cover in red. In addition to dinner options the menu also contains a program of selections to be performed by the Russell House Orchestra under the direction of L. Alberti, as well as a list of "Amusements Tonight" at nearby theaters. "Cardinal," featuring E.S. Willard is listed at the Detroit Opera House. The minstrel show of Primrose and Dockstader is at the Lyceum Theatre. Florence Bindley and Vaudeville is available at the Avenue Theatre.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Halftone print of a photograph of a woman modeling a dark colored coat with a fur collar, over a dark dress with a broad-brimmed hat. She stands with her back toward the right of the camera looking into a mirror. The image was sent by the J.L. Hudson Company to Mrs. William H. Johnston of 17 West Bethune Avenue, Detroit as part of a packet of six photos showcasing fashions for the fall of 1918.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Ledger sheet from the Cleveland, Ohio office of the J.L. Hudson Company containing a statement of receipts and expenditures for August 14, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- J.L. Hudson trade card advertising the company's move from the Detroit Opera House building, to their new location at 141, 143, and 145 Woodward Avenue. The recto is printed with an image of a woman in a white gown with orange dots, a girdle belt, and an armlet arranging flowers in a vase atop a pedestal. "J.L. Hudson, Clothier, Detroit Opera House Building," is printed along the top. The verso is printed with the text, "On or about April 1st we will remove to our new stores, 141, 143 &145 Woodward Ave. where we shall be pleased to receive our Friends and Customers. J.L. Hudson." "Selma Beer," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. A lithograph, attributed to "Chas. Shields Sons 20 & 22 Gold St N.Y," depicts a man in wealthy gentleman's clothing, holding a long-barreled gun, looking quizzically down at a dead pig while the pig's owner, a farmer holding a pitchfork, points his hand down at the pig and angrily says something to the gentleman. On the verso is an early Garland Stoves and Ranges logo with a stamp below it that reads "Sold by Toepel Bros, 180 Gratiot Ave".
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog; front and back cover has a picture of four flowers, a yellow one "Mrs. Moon", a dark pink "Psyche", a light pink "Fairy Queen" and a purple "Philippe de Commines", with "Bulbs & Seeds Autumn 1917" at top, and "D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich." at bottom; inside are descriptions of various plants and flowers along with prices; black and white pictures; order form still attached, along with an attached page with new prices stating that due to seed shortages prices have increased
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One print entitled "Bank Officers Detroit, Michigan, 1896." The print shows 65 oval-shaped, head and shoulders photographic images of notable bankers in the city. The name is shown for each image and also, in most cases, the job title. Small printed text at the center lower edge shows "Copyright, 1896, By J. H. Bowles, 94 Reade St., N.Y." The names of the bankers are as follows (left to right) 1st row: A. A. Parker, Gilbert Hart, Alex. H. Adams, Albert Ives, Edward Kanter, Clement M. Davidson, David Preston, Henry P. Baldwin, John S. Gray, Hugh McMillian, Collins B. Hubbard, Alex. Chapoton, Jr.; 2nd row: W. H. Brace, James McGregor, F. D. Eatherly, Morris L. Williams, D. M. Ferry, S. Dow Elwood, Alex. McPherson, George Anderson, Edward H. Butler, S. M. Cutcheon, G. B. Sartwell; 3rd row: A. Ives, Jr., Butler Ives, George W. Edwards, Thomas McGraw, Emory Wendell, Alex. H. Dey, George Peck, L. E. Clark, Hamilton Dey, W. C. Colburn, A. E. F. White; 4th row: Louis Blitz, Charles F. Collins, Herbert L. O'Brien, R. H. Fyfe, George H. Russell, Sidney D. Miller, R. S. Mason, Frederick B. Sibley, H. L. Kanter, John M. Dwyer; 5th row: J. C. Hart, Joseph B. Moore, J. B. Padberg, John T. Shaw, Martin S. Smith, M. W. O'Brien, F. W. Hayes, Charles Emerson, George E. Lawson, E. C. Bowman, Charles E. Kanter; 6th row: L. C. Sherwood, H. P. Borgman, Enoch Smith, G. S. Robinson, Julius H. Haass, William T. DeGraff, Austin E. Wing, Duncan Stewart, Jr., George B. Caldwell, Edwin F. Mack, Charles A. Warren.
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Typewritten letter from D.M. Ferry and Company to Mr. C.F. Schafer of Mt. Pulaski, Illinois informing him that they are sold out of both Early Amber and Early Orange Sugar Cane Seeds, dated April 29, 1901, and printed on company letterhead featuring an engraving of D.M. Ferry and Company Seed Warehouses A and B.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Menu and program booklet for Christmas dinner at the Wayne Hotel on Wednesday, December 25, 1907. The cover is wrapped in a sheet of onionskin paper, printed with "Merry Christmas 1907." The cover underneath bears an illustration of Santa Claus steering his sleight on the land across a snowy landscape, above an insert showing a child standing beside a fireplace. Within, the songs and dances to be performed are listed, along with a dinner menu.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Illustrated souvenir booklet from the opening of the Detroit Savings Bank Building, written by George B. Catlin. Includes photos of all the branch banking houses.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman and Son, with illustrations from the Calvert Lithograph Company; front and back covers are identical with a illustrations of an ear of corn, with the caption "Charlevoix, The best golden sweet corn yet introduced;" inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white illustrations and photographs, with two full page color pictures near the front, one color picture in the middle and one color picture near the back; order form still attached
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Jewett and Sherman Company invoice for $703.80 for Queen Mustard Dressing sold to the E.J. Dossin Company on June 21, 1923, and shipped from Milwaukee to Detroit via the Universal Steamship Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Photograph. Black and white photo of Farrand, Williams & Co. "Approximate Price List." The photograph shows pages 22-23 from their catalog which probably dates from the 1870's.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Bill of sale from the Fletcher Hardware Co. to the Michigan Cigar Co. in the amount of $17.50, dated April 6, 1912. The bill is printed in black text and blue typescript on slightly yellowed paper and is stamped, "PAID."
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One catalog entitled "People's Outfitting Co., Vol. 10, 1911." The catalog has a flexible black leather cover with the title embossed in gold-colored lettering. It contains 252 pages of printed text and drawings of various home furnishings that were available for sale by mail. Typical listings included chairs, tables, beds, dressers, rugs, pianos, and stoves. Prices, an example order form, and ordering directions are also shown. An index page is shown near the center of the catalog. Carpet and rug patterns are shown in color.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Bill (carbon copy) from O'Brien & Company for items sold to C. L. Brumme in the amount of $4.00, dated August 26, 1916. The form is printed in red text on slightly yellowed paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- 1889 D.M. Ferry and Company catalog; front cover has a picture of a women spreading seeds on the wind and 1889 next to her, with "Universal Almanac and Catalogue of Garden Seeds, D. M. Ferry & Co. Seed Merchants, Detroit, Mich." on cover in black; back cover has a picture, credited to John B. Thomas, of men hoeing cabbages at the bottom, with "P. F. Lentz, Dealer in D.M. Ferry & Co.'s Garden and Field Seeds. Confectionery, Cigars and Tobacco Slatington - - - - Pa.;" inside are descriptions of various plants with prices; black and white illustrations; O. S. Gulley, Bornman and Company, Printers
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company receipt for $6.00 for rutabaga and onion seeds purchased by J.H. Vandecar of North Branch, Michigan on March 27, 1880. An engraved D.M. Ferry and Company header, listing the address of the office and stores as 189, 199, 201, 203, and 205 Woodward Avenue, and the location of the seed farms as "Grand River Ave. Beyond City Limits," is credited to the Calvert Lithograph Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1880-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One advertisement flyer for "Children's Fancy Lounges," being sold by "James D. Silsbee, General Wholesale Furniture Agent for Leading Manufacturing Houses, Travels in Michigan and Ohio." The advertisement flyer is printed in black ink on yellowed paper and includes a price list for 1885.
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Small ribbon-bound menu and program booklet from the 1916 New Year dinner at the Oriental Cafe. The cover is printed with a gold, red, and green embossed image of a bell enshrouded with ribbons and holly. George G. Poy is listed on the cover as the manager. The interior pages are printed in red and black on green paper. A list of songs, and dances to be performed, under the direction of Archie Dayne, are listed on the first page. A list of dishes comprised of varieties of chopy suey and chow mien, as well as a special dinner menu are listed on the following pages.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Lithograph, attributed to the Calvert Lithograph Company, from the Detroit Stove works advertising Jewel Stoves and Ranges. Text, in top to bottom order, on the lithograph reads "Established 1884; Detroit Stove Works; Manufacturers of Jewel Stoves and Ranges; 1882; Office and Salesrooms; 32 & 34 Woodward Avenue; Detroit, Mich." Images include a jeweled crown, stylized letters with inlaid jewels, a red banner, and multiple other banners containing the lithograph's text.
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 cherubic child playing pan pipes on a grassy mound while birds gather around. On the verso is a Garland Stoves and Ranges logo.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company confirmation receipt; "Received of E. P. Locke Seventeen + .31/100 Dollars, on account seeds sold to date," on October 9, 1883; a chart on the verso records the prices of seeds sold and returned.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Page from a ledger, numbered 690, containing information about investments and stocks for the B. Siegel Company, and F. Siegel and Brothers, dated April 28, 1904. The statement is signed by the accountant. The page is in brown ink on lightweight partially translucent paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One letter, dated February 10, 1870, from the Banking House of John Johnston & Co. of Port Huron to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit. The letter was handwritten in black ink on white paper that has black letterhead text at the top.
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- 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
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One trade card. The card is printed in black ink on heavy tan paper and shows an engraved drawing of a bed frame as well as a price list. The verso shows the handwritten names, "John Martin" and "M. Howard." This card was contained in the lead box time capsule that was removed from the Old City Hall on May 25, 1961.
- Date Issued:
- 1874-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company receipt for $196.85 for containers of assorted seeds purchased by F. Tudaree on November 22, 1882. An engraving of the Ferry Warehouse from the Calvert Lithograph Company is printed at the upper left, along with a list of company executives. The company offices are listed at 20922 Croghan Street.
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail