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- Description:
- Handwritten note on Michigan Central Railroad Company letterhead asking for a free pass in New Hampshire for Nelson Bowen, the favor would be returned. Signed by Thomas Frazer, general ticket agent, M.C.R.R. Dated July 31, 1854
- Date Issued:
- 1854-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Stock Certificate for 100 shares of The Detroit Railway Company, issue number A8. Receipt for stock issue is attached on the verso, and was issued on May 20, 1895 to N.A. Everett of Cleveland, Ohio.
- Date Issued:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Handbill. Printed flyer from the "Office of the Street Car Employes' Association," to all Street Car Men of Detroit, regarding a "Grand Rally" held on Saturday, October 14, 1893. It reads, "Office of the Street Car Employes' Association, 56 and 57 Kanter Building, Detroit Mich., Oct. 14, 1893. GRAND RALLY. TO ALL STREET CAR MEN OF DETROIT, There will be a Meeting of the Street Car Employes of Detroit, at Fraternity Hall, at 12 o'clock Tonight, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1893. This Meeting will be addressed by W.D. Mahon, President; S.Massey, Sec.-Treas. Of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes of America; Also G.DeLisle, of Duluth; Jas. Riley, of Minneapolis. This Meeting is of Vital Importance to each STREET CAR MAN. Let Us Make It a Grand Success Rain or Shine. W.D. MAHON, Pres. L.S. MASSEY, Sec.-Treas."
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- One report entitled "Report on Earnings, Operating Expenses, Service and Rate of Fare - Detroit United Railway." The softcover report has a medium brown cardboard cover with gold-colored text for the title. It contains 77 pages of black printed text on white paper which give discussions, statistics, and costs concerning various aspects of the railway operations. A summary is given at the beginning of the report and recommendations are given in the Appendix section. The report was prepared by Barclay Parsons & Klapp, Consulting Engineers, in April, 1918, for the Board of Street Railway Commissioners of the City of Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Detroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor and Jackson Railway express receipt for a shipment marked "Harvard Hal 60[?]" received from P.S. Banfield in Ann Arbor on February 23, 1904. The receipt is signed by the railway's agent, R.H. Noyes.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Timetable, mounted on linen, for Wabash Railroad trains from Chatham, Ontario on June 4, 1900 printed in black and red. Four eastbound trains are listed, bound for locations including Glencoe, Thamesville, Bothwell, St. Thomas, Aylmer, Simcoe, Cayuga, the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, Buffalo, and New York. Five westbound trains are listen, bound for destinations including Belle River, Detroit, Windsor, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Paul, and Omaha. The Wabash flag is printed at the top of the table, and the names of several Wabash employees both local and executive are listed at the bottom.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Staple-bound booklet advocating for the election of Democrat William Barlum Thompson over Republican George P. Codd in the 1906 mayoral election, based on Codd's support for higher fares for the Detroit United Railway. The booklet contains several political cartoons illustrating its point.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Complimentary Detroit, Lansing, and Northern Railroad pass issued to Adda R. Cavell in 1885. The pass is numbered "2," and is signed by the line's general manager John B. Mulliken. The card is printed in dark green on light green paper with an engraving of the Michigan State Capitol in the upper left. A map of rail routes through Michigan is printed on the verso, however it has been obscured by remnants of a paper to which the card was mounted.
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Railway Passengers Assurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut ticket, which reads, "This ticket insures F.E. Farnsworth of Detroit by occupation shoe dealer in the sum of $3,000, for the term of one day, commencing with the day and hour as hereon canceled, and is subject to all the provisions of the Contract on back hereof." The ticket is canceled, March 21, 1873 at 7 P.M., stamped with the registration number 278, and agency number 285, and is printed with the signature of the company's secretary Charles E. Willard. The verso contains the terms of the policy.
- Date Issued:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Railway Passengers Assurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut ticket, which reads, "This ticket insures F.E. Farnsworth of Detroit by occupation shoe dealer in the sum of $3,000, for the term of two days, commencing with the day and hour as hereon canceled, and is subject to all the provisions of the Contract on back hereof." The ticket is canceled, March 19, 1873 at 7 P.M., stamped with the registration number 321, and agency number 285, and is printed with the signature of the company's secretary Charles E. Willard. The verso contains the terms of the policy.
- Date Issued:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Letterhead from the steamer May Flower of the Michigan Central Railroad Line with three handwritten notes dated Aug 1, 2, and 3, 1854. The first asks for introduction of Nelson Bowen to a Capt. Ledyard.
- Date Issued:
- 1854-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Half-folded time table for the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway No. 22, to take effect on Monday, October 11, 1858. The cover and back page list rules and instructions for employees of the company. The two interior pages list times for trains eastward from Milwaukee to Detroit, and westward for Detroit to Milwaukee. Four times are listed for each route.
- Date Issued:
- 1858-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Chicago and West Michigan Railway and Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad pass issued to J.W. Reading, the superintendent of the Manistee and Grand Rapids Railroad. The pass is signed by the president of the lines, Charles M. Heald. The terms of the pass and the signature of W.J. Reilly are on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- 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 a list of the Executive Committee of the Advance Committee of Organization, and sections on procedure, history, purposes, national convention, the growth of civil aviation, co-operation with the government, national airplane races, and by-laws. Also includes a map of Air Time vs. Rail Time in the U.S. created by William Bushnell Stout, and a map of the courses used for the National Airplane Races held at Selfridge Field in Mt. Clemens.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Sepia toned photograph, mounted on board, showing a section of the Detroit River railroad tunnel floating in the river. Text underneath the photo to the left reads "No 2. October - 1907." Text underneath the photo to the right reads "Section No. 1 - End view from Detroit shore, showing cables, anchor lines, etc."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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:
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting men and boys standing around a bi-plane at the Aero Club of Michigan meet at Grosse Pointe County Club. In the background are a tent, trees, and a parked automobile. Dated June 18-20, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- 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 87 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 #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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Large black and white panoramic photograph printed on cardstock depicting engines numbers 1, 2, 4, and 3 of the Detroit Terminal Railroad all in a row. Henry Ford poses is in the cab of engine #1, James Couzens is in the cab of the engine #2, W.D. Trump is in engine #4, and P.H. Nolan posed in engine #3. Other men in conductor outfits and suits pose along the tracks.
- 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 #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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- 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 85 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 #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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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
