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- Description:
- Black and white photo of Detroit Department of Street Railways streetcar number 1000, produced as order 751 by the G.C. Kuhlman Car Company of Cleveland, Ohio, as identified by a sign beneath its front entrance. The car's destination sign is set to "Special," and a carhouse is in the background on the left. "Detroit Dept. of St. Rys. #1000," is stamped on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Staple-bound booklet distributed by the Committee of Citizens of Detroit containing lyrics set to popular songs critical of James Couzens and his plan for a municipally-owned street railway system. The booklet contains the songs "Jim Is Only Blowing Bubbles," "Jim, It Must Be Rare," "We'll Be All Out of Luck But Jim," "I've Got Some Bad News, Honey," "Oh, Jimmy, No Jimme," "We Can't Have This Any More," "The Mayor is Here Again," "Tell Me Why Folks Are Doubtful," "Carry Me Back to the Beginning," "I'll Build a Line," "There's a Long, Long Trail," "Blame All Your Troubles on the D.U.R.," "I'm Always Chasing Issues," "Everybody's Knockin' It," "Mayor Jim Has a Whim," "I'm Dreaming Dreams," "Vote It Down," "It's the Wrong Way," "Our Mayor Would Like a Car Line," "There's a Deal in the Land of Detroit," "Our Mayor Wants Fifteen Millions," "Keep the Home Fires Burning," "It's the Wrong Way to Build a Car Line," "Couzens Has a Plan," "Scots, Wha' Hae Wi' Wallace Bled," "A Neat Little Home of My Own," "Tipperary," "Mr. Mayor, Your Little Plan Won't Do," "What's the use of Dreaming," and "Jim Cousins has a Street Car Scheme." "Detroit May 1920 2020 Forest Ave [?]," is handwritten and "Received Mayor's Executive Secretarial, MAR 20 1992," is stamped on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of an Ball Engine Company Erie steam shovel and a Department of Street Railways pick-up truck being used to dig a ditch along a residential street intersecting with Maryland Street, likely Charlevoix Street or Mack Avenue, for the installation of streetcar tracks. Two watch in the foreground. Behind the truck, a worker stands in the ditch with a shovel. A girl stands on the lawn of one of the homes across the street, beside piles of dirt. Signs on the side of the truck read, "City of Detroit, Dept. of Street Railways, 82 Miles in 1921," and "Dirt Wagon 1921."
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of an Ball Engine Company Erie steam shovel and a Department of Street Railways pick-up truck being used to dig a ditch along a residential street intersecting with Maryland Street, likely Charlevoix Street or Mack Avenue, for the installation of streetcar tracks. A group of men watch in the foreground. Behind the truck, a worker stands in the ditch with a shovel. A girl stands on the lawn of one of the homes across the street, beside piles of dirt. A sign on the side of the truck reads, "City of Detroit, Dept. of Street Railways, 82 Miles in 1921."
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photo of a cropped photo of Detroit United Railway streetcar number 1575, produced as order 481 by the G.C. Kuhlman Car Company of Cleveland, Ohio, as identified by a sign in the foreground. "Detroit United Rys #1575" is stamped on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print mounted on board depicting Mayor James J. Couzens driving the first spike in the first rail laid along Harper Avenue for the Department of Street Railways (Municipal Ownership System).
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
