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1. Double parallel folded Detroit United Lines Detroit, Monroe, and Toledo Short Line Railway time table, revised March 31, 1918

Description:
Double parallel folded Detroit United Lines Detroit, Monroe, and Toledo Short Line Railway time table, revised March 31, 1918. The time table lists arrival times in Central Standard Time for interurban streetcars between Detroit and Cleveland. A secondary listing for the Detroit United Railway Wyandotte Division between Detroit and Trenton is included as well. The time table also contains information for passengers and brief information about the Sandwich, Windsor, and Amherstburg Railway, and the Windsor and Tecumseh Electric Railway.
Date Issued:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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2. Rapid Railway System, Detroit and Port Huron Electric Fast Line

Description:
Eight panel parallel folded Detroit and Port Huron Electric Fast Line time table and map. The recto includes times for interurban streetcars between Detroit and Port Huron, effective September 5, 1900, as well as times for cars between Detroit and Mt. Clemens aboard the Shore Line Interurban, and four panels of text describing the lines and its stops. The verso is printed with a color map expanding across all six panels, credited to the Calvert Lithographing Company, showing the routes of both lines as well as highlighting cities, hotels, and landmarks along both sides of Lake St. Clair, and the St. Clair River. Streetcar number 102, the "Miantonoman" is pictured in an insert in the map.
Date Issued:
1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
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3. 3¢ Fares--No. 2

Description:
Double-sided handbill containing a message from Governor Hazen S. Pingree, addressed "To the People of the City of Detroit," as a rebuttal to editorials in the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit Journal, the Detroit News, and the Detroit Tribune opposed to his ordinance to reduce streetcar fares from five cents to three cents
Date Issued:
1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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4. Electric Railway Service, No. 25

Description:
November 14, 1913 edition of "Electric Railway Service", published by the Publicity Department of Detroit United Lines, containing an article about their streetcar safety campaign, line news briefs, general trivia, and a schedule of upcoming events in Detroit.
Date Issued:
1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
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5. Rapid Railway System, Detroit and Port Huron Electric Fast Line

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Six panel parallel folded Detroit and Port Huron Electric Fast Line time table and map. The recto includes times for interurban streetcars between Detroit and Port Huron, effective July 18, 1905, as well as times for cars between Detroit and Mt. Clemens aboard the Shore Line Interurban. The verso is printed with a color map expanding across all six panels, credited to the Calvert Lithographing Company, showing the routes of both lines as well as highlighting cities, hotels, and landmarks along both sides of Lake St. Clair, and the St. Clair River. Streetcar number 102, the "Miantonoman" is pictured in an insert in the map.
Date Issued:
1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
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6. Official Electric Railway Guide, Vol. 10, No. 7

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Half-folded schedule booklet for interurban streetcar lines for July, 1910, published by the Electric Railway Guide Company. Times and fares are listed for the Detroit United Railway's Flint Division, Orchard Lake Division, Pontiac Division, and Wyandotte Division; the Rapid Railway System and its Shore Line Division; the Detroit Monroe and Toledo Short Line Railway; the Tecumseh, Windsor, Sandwich and Amherstburg Railway; the Detroit, Jackson and Chicago Railway; the Lake Shore Electric Railway; and the Jackson, Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Division of Michigan United Railways. A red illustration of a interurban streetcar traveling at night with a city in the background is on the cover. Advertisements, most prominently for hotels, are also contained within.
Date Issued:
1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
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7. Double parallel folded Detroit United Lines Flint Division time table, revised May 6, 1919

Description:
Double parallel folded Detroit United Lines Flint Division time table, revised May 6, 1919. The time table lists arrival times in Central Standard Time for interurban streetcars between Detroit and Bay City. It also contains information for passengers and brief information about the Sandwich, Windsor, and Amherstburg Railway, and the Windsor and Tecumseh Electric Railway.
Date Issued:
1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
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8. Official Electric Railway Guide, Vol. 10, No. 8

Description:
Half-folded schedule booklet for interurban streetcar lines for August, 1910, published by the Electric Railway Guide Company. Times and fares are listed for the Detroit United Railway's Flint Division, Orchard Lake Division, Pontiac Division, and Wyandotte Division; the Rapid Railway System and its Shore Line Division; the Detroit Monroe and Toledo Short Line Railway; the Tecumseh, Windsor, Sandwich and Amherstburg Railway; the Detroit, Jackson and Chicago Railway; the Lake Shore Electric Railway; and the Jackson, Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Division of Michigan United Railways. A green illustration of a interurban streetcar traveling at night with a city in the background is on the cover. Advertisements, most prominently for hotels, are also contained within.
Date Issued:
1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
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9. Detroit Citizens Street Railway Company transfer ticket dated September 8, 1895

Description:
Detroit Citizens Street Railway Company transfer ticket dated September 8, 1895. The ticket is printed on yellow paper, includes a map of routes and has been punched in the center of the car, as well as in the 11 o'clock space along the right edge.
Date Issued:
1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
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10. Car #3123

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3123 with a destination sign reading, "Stewart". Image from page 53 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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11. Car #3102

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3102 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, House". In the background is the Highland Park Ford Plant. Image from page 42 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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12. Sepia-toned photo taken from a second story window overlooking two men working on streetcar wires in the center of an intersection from atop an elevated platform on a horse-drawn wagon, numbered 1

Description:
Sepia-toned photo taken from a second story window overlooking two men working on streetcar wires in the center of an intersection from atop an elevated platform on a horse-drawn wagon, numbered 1. A man in a boater hat watches from the bottom of the frame. A sign for a "cafe" and awning are in the foreground in the lower left corner. Posters are pasted along the fence around a construction site on the opposite corner.
Date Issued:
1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
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13. Cropped sepia-toned photo of Detroit United Railway streetcar number 892, produced as order 1730 by the Cincinnati Car Company, as identified by a sign beneath it

Description:
Cropped sepia-toned photo of Detroit United Railway streetcar number 892, produced as order 1730 by the Cincinnati Car Company, as identified by a sign beneath it. "Detroit United Rys. #891" is stamped on the verso.
Date Issued:
1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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14. 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

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
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15. Black and white photographic print depicting a Myrtle Street streetcar

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting a Myrtle Street streetcar. Three employees stand outside the parked streetcar, and a woman and girl are seated inside. Mounted on board.
Date Issued:
1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
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16. Rear End - Motor Car

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting the steel frame of a Detroit United Railway streetcar. Behind it is a brick building. Image from page 73 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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17. Car No. 3045

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3045 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, House". Image from page 14 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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18. Car #1623 Overhaul

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #1623 marked for overhaul at repair shop. Destination sign reads, "Grand Belt, Special". Image from page 83 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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19. Car No. 3040

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3040 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward". In the background is a brick building. Image from page 11 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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20. Car No. 3118

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3118 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, Through". Image from page 50 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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21. Car No. 3077

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3077 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, House". In the background is a brick building. Image from page 30 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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22. Standard Arch Bar Trail Truck

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway arch bar trail truck in repair shop. Image from page 87 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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23. Car No. 3065

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3065 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, Through". In the background is the Highland Park Ford Plant. Image from page 24 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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24. Car #3080

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3080 with a destination sign reading, "Grand Belt, W. Jefferson". Image from page 31 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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25. Black and white photo of a row of four Detroit United Railway streetcars stopped along a snowy street

Description:
Black and white photo of a row of four Detroit United Railway streetcars stopped along a snowy street. Interurban car number 7293 is in the front. A man poses on its steps, and several other men, including two in conductor uniforms, pose beside the second car. "Detroit United Ry. #7293, etc. 1908," is stamped on the verso.
Date Issued:
1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
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26. Car #1544 - Overhaul

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #1544 marked for overhaul at repair shop. Image from page 82 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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27. Blurry black and white photo of a northbound Detroit United Railway Woodward Avenue streetcar approaching, taken from the center of Woodward, north of Forest Avenue, facing south

Description:
Blurry black and white photo of a northbound Detroit United Railway Woodward Avenue streetcar approaching, taken from the center of Woodward, north of Forest Avenue, facing south. The car has a sign on its eclipse fender however it is illegible. Horse-drawn wagons and carriages, as well as pedestrians are also in the street. The DeHoney Dance Academy stands on the right in the background. Woodward is paved with bricks.
Date Issued:
1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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28. Car #3044

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3044 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, Through". In the background is the Highland Park Ford Plant. Image from page 13 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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29. Black and white photo of Detroit United Railway streetcar number 1026, the private sight-seeing car "Yolande."

Description:
Black and white photo of Detroit United Railway streetcar number 1026, the private sight-seeing car "Yolande." The motorman looks out the car's window toward the camera. Passengers are visible within.
Date Issued:
1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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30. Car No. 3110

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3110 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, House". Image from page 46 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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31. St. Louis #47 Truck

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting a Detroit United Railway truck in repair shop. Image from page 85 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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32. Car #5121

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar trailer #5121 with a destination sign reading, "Grand Belt". Image from page 65 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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33. G.E. #203 Motor Armature

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting a motor armature in a Detroit United Railway repair shop. Image from page 92 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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34. Black and white print of a photo of seventeen men, including a conductor and motorman posed in front of Detroit United Railway interurban streetcar number 7529 stopped in the middle of the Fort Street River Rouge Bridge

Description:
Black and white print of a photo of seventeen men, including a conductor and motorman posed in front of Detroit United Railway interurban streetcar number 7529 stopped in the middle of the Fort Street River Rouge Bridge. Arches supporting the streetcar lines span the top of the draw bridge. "March 9 23," is printed in the lower right corner of the image.
Date Issued:
1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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35. Car #5106

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar trailer #5106. Image from page 58 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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36. Car No. 3099

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3099. Image from page 41 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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37. Black and white print of a photo of Detroit United Railway interurban streetcars, including number 7130, lined up beside a dirt road to server as transportation to the 1914 Almont Fair

Description:
Black and white print of a photo of Detroit United Railway interurban streetcars, including number 7130, lined up beside a dirt road to server as transportation to the 1914 Almont Fair. A banner that reads, "Take Trolley Cars Here For Fair Grounds," is hung above the road. Horse drawn carriages and pedestrians are visible along the road. "Detroit United Rys. #7130, etc. Almont fair, 1914," is stamped on the verso.
Date Issued:
1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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38. Standard Arch Bar Trail Truck

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway arch bar trail truck in repair shop. Image from page 88 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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39. Fort Wayne and Elmwood Railway Company stock certificate number 216 for five shares issued to Henry Cohen on September 13, 1871

Description:
Fort Wayne and Elmwood Railway Company stock certificate number 216 for five shares issued to Henry Cohen on September 13, 1871. The certificate was printed by the Calvert Lithographing Company and includes an illustration of a horse-drawn streetcar traveling along a street, and the seal of the State of Michigan. The certificate is signed by the company's president Frederick Buhl, and its secretary James S. Stridiron. The certificate also has vertical handwriting signed by Stridiron canceling the stock dated December 10, 1873. The form includes a form filed in with the stock's details along the left side, and a form filled in with information about the stock's transfer to E.L. Hineman on the verso.
Date Issued:
1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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40. Half-tone black and white photo of Detroit Citizens Railway streetcar number 547

Description:
Half-tone black and white photo of Detroit Citizens Railway streetcar number 547. "St. Ry. Journal," is printed near the lower left corner of the image, indicating it was probably taken from an issue of Street Railway Journal. "Detroit Citizens Ry. #547 1895" is stamped on the verso.
Date Issued:
1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
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41. Front End - Motor Car

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting the steel frame of a Detroit United Railway streetcar. Image from page 70 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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42. Car #5102

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar trailer #5102. Image from page 56 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
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43. Car #3124

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3124 with a destination sign reading, "House". Image from page 53 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
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44. Cropped black and white photo of Detroit United Railway streetcar number 1205, produced as order 403 by the G.C. Kuhlman Car Company of Cleveland, Ohio, as identified by a sign beside its tracks

Description:
Cropped black and white photo of Detroit United Railway streetcar number 1205, produced as order 403 by the G.C. Kuhlman Car Company of Cleveland, Ohio, as identified by a sign beside its tracks. "Detroit United Rys. 1205," is stamped on the verso.
Date Issued:
1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
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45. Brill 27FI Truck

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway truck in repair shop. Image from page 90 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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46. Car No. 3057

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3057 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, House". Image from page 20 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Detroit Historical Society
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47. Car No. 3093

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3093 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, Through". In the background is the Highland Park Ford Plant. Image from page 38 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
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48. Car No. 5116

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar trailer #5116 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, Log Cabin". Image from page 63 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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49. Car #3062

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3062 with a destination sign reading, "Hamilton". In the background is the Highland Park Ford Plant. Image from page 22 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
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50. Car #5105

Description:
Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar trailer #5105. Image from page 57 of D.U.R. Photographs to Accompany Report of C.H. Fessenden, Sept. 3, 1921.
Date Issued:
1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
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