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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