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- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black & white photographic print depicting Michigan Central Station as seen from railroad tracks looking northwest.
- Date Issued:
- 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting sign inside Michigan Central Station that reads, "Canada Customs and Immigration".
- Date Issued:
- 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Stock Certificate. Ten shares of Wyandotte & Detroit River Railway stock, issue number seven, issued May 12, 1892, cancelled November 30, 1898. An etching of the Wyandotte and Detroit River Railway is visible at the center of the certificate.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers membership card issued to J.W. Reading on July 20, 1888, for the group's Grand River Valley Division No. 286, signed by Chief Engineer O.P. Coleman, and First Assistant Engineer J.A. Sawford. The verso is filled out, listing Reading as having fifteen years of experience as a locomotive engineer and being in active service for the Grand River Valley Railroad.
- Date Issued:
- 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Informational pamphlet for the 2nd National Aero Congress held in the Board of Commerce Building, October 12-14, 1922. Compiled by the Advance Committee of Organization, National Aeronautic Association. Includes instructions to incoming visitors and the caucus and committee meetings, and a list of the Executive Committee of the Advance Committee of Organization. On the back cover is a map of hotels, public buildings, and depots and docks in downtown Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Stock Certificate. One share of Detroit Citizens Street Railway Company stock, number 12; issued September 16, 1891. Stock was cancelled, September 24, 1891.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Car Report Envelope used by C.B. Bush and G.R. Casner, superintendent and train master of the Michigan Central Railroad's Jackson Junction. The recto, verso, and parts of the interior of the envelope are stamped with dates ranging from January 25, 1887 to June 15, 1893. "To be used for Car Reports only. R.R.B., Train Master's Office, Jackson Junction," is printed on the front of the envelope. A paper slip with a typewritten caption is attached to the bottom of the envelope, "Car report envelope used in early 1890's--C.B. Bush, Supt. G.R. Casner, Train Master."
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Chart of fares from the Detroit and Michigan Railway dated July 8, 1858. The prices for fares between Grand Rapids and 28 other stations ranging to Detroit to Ada are handwritten. The prices vary by distance and range from $4.80 for Detroit to $0.35 for Ada. At the bottom of the table, it is addressed to a conductor by the name of M. Miller, and is signed by W. K. Muir, the railway's general superintendent.
- Date Issued:
- 1858-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Five Dollar note issued by the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad Bank, dated August 1, 1853, hand-numbered 1671, and signed by the company's president Addison Comstock and another person with an illegible signature representing Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear, and Company. An engraving of Franklin Pierce is in the center of the note. At each of the upper corners, a seated woman supports an oval shaped field containing the number 5. The woman on the left holds a sickle and sits next to a sheaf of wheat. The woman on the right sits atop a barrel, and the masts of a sailing ship are visible over her shoulder in the distance. The verso is blank except for a pair of backwards red number 5's.
- Date Issued:
- 1853-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting a Detroit United Railway truck in repair shop. Image from page 91 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3115 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, House". Image from page 49 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Mounted sepia-toned photograph depicting a group of men, several brandishing crowbars, rushing across a street, presumably during the Great Trolley Riot of 1891. A man in the foreground steps onto the streetcar tracks while holding a crowbar in both hands. "Strike breakers rush the crowd," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3051 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, House". Image from page 17 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3050 with a destination sign reading, "Grand Belt, W. Jefferson". A poster advertises the Michigan State Fair. Image from page 16 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway truck in repair shop. Image from page 89 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photo of the Detroit Citizens' Street Railway streetcar number 325, assigned to the Jefferson Avenue line, with passengers and conductors posed on board. The car's destination sign reads, "Grosse Pointe." "Detroit Citizens Ry. #325 1891," is stamped on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white print of a photo of Detroit United Railway streetcar number 1260 rounding a bend in the tracks beside the Trumbull carhouse. Car number 710 is on an adjacent set of tracks in the background. Both cars' destination signs read "Trumbull." Several other cars are in the entrance of the carhouse, beside several large spools of cable.. The traffic island in the foreground is landscaped with two round gardens. A "keep off the grass" sign is also on its lawn. "Trumbull Car Barns Detroit, Mich. Pesha Photo" is printed along the bottom of the image. "Detroit United Rys. #710-126-, Trumbull car barns 1914," is stamped on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3074 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, House". In the background is the Highland Park Ford Plant. Image from page 28 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting a neon sign pointing toward a coffee shop and cocktail lounge inside Michigan Central Station.
- Date Issued:
- 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of the interior of Pullman Company's Model B, an experimental streetcar designed by John Hession, Jr. based on specifications from Dr. Clarence F. Hirshfeld of the Electric Railway Presidents' Conference Committee, taken facing the rear. Upholstered seating, cranks to open and close the windows, and overhead advertisements for Ivory Soap and the National Tea Company are visible within. A man in a boater hat is reflected in the mirror over the car's central door. Brick industrial buildings are visible in the background through the car's windows. "P.39036, L. 6445, 7-31-34, JP.V.V." is printed in the lower right corner. "Built by Pullman Car & Mfg. Corp., Chicago," is embossed in the bottom center of the photo.
- Date Issued:
- 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3089 with a destination sign reading, "Victor". Image from page 36 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3061 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, House". In the background is a brick building. 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white print of a photo of Detroit United Railway streetcar number 101, the private sight-seeing car "Yolande," on Woodward Avenue, south of Woodbridge Street. The conductor and passengers are visible through its windows. In the background, four men stand by a cart in front of Joseph H. Lume's restaurant, saloon, and bowling alley on the east side of Woodward. The sign for C.E. Trombly, stovist, is partially visible beyond the top of the car.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3100 with a destination sign reading, "Hamilton, House". 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photograph showing men in suits standing and seated at six round tables. Text at lower left reads "Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Finance Dept. Work Simplification & Basic Accounting Classes Hotel Fort Shelby - Detroit February 2, 1954 Acme Commercial Photo."
- Date Issued:
- 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar trailer #5117 with a destination sign reading, "Jefferson, House". 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3047 with a destination sign reading, "Hamilton, House". Image from page 15 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3064 with a destination sign reading, "Jefferson, House". Image from page 23 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white print of a photo of the right side, and a portion of the front of Detroit United Railway construction car number 1800.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3072 with a destination sign reading, "Woodward, House". Image from page 27 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting electrical equipment in a Detroit United Railway repair shop. Image from page 94 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black & white photographic print depicting a freight car labeled "Cotton Belt" with Michigan Central Station in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting Detroit United Railway streetcar #3056 with a destination sign reading, "Hamilton". In the background is a brick building. Image from page 19 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
- Collection:
- Transportation
