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- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of a group of nine people sitting and standing around a picnic table at Belle Isle. The group consists of three men, four women, a girl, and a boy. The girl sits on the ground, while the rest sit on benches. The younger women wear hats, and light colored blouses, while the older woman wears a dark dress. Two of the men wear vests over their shirts, the third wears a tie and suspenders with his shirt. Hats and coats are piled in the foreground on the right. Other picnicers and a pavilion surrounded by flowers are among the trees in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of the exterior of the Belle Isle Conservatory as viewed from the gardens to the northwest. Visitors walk beside the rows of plants in the foreground. Handwritten captions in the lower corners read, "Flower House, Belle Isle," and "1923." A computer-printed caption pasted to the bottom of the photo reads, "Detroit, MI; 1923: Tropical Flower House on Belle Isle."
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Black and white photo of the exterior of the police station on Belle Isle. as taken from the west. "#93 Police Station, Belle Isle, 5/6/99," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Police Department
- Description:
- Mounted sepia-toned group portrait photograph of the Commissioners of Parks and Boulevards (from left to right) Benjamin R. Hoyt, William Geist, Edward C. Van Leyen, William C. Maybury, Philip H.A. Balsley, and Myrtle P. Hurlbut posed standing beside a covered horse-drawn carriage on a road, with a portion of a large wooded park in the background. The men are identified by handwritten captions on the board to which the photo is mounted. "Between [...] 1898," is also handwritten on the backing. "Park Commissioners," is handwritten on the verso below a label for the Royal Photograph and Publishing Company, with a branch office at 152 Gratiot Avenue.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a crowd of children at a playground in Palmer Park. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Nov 18, 1907. Wolverine News Co, Detroit, Mich. (Printed in Germany.)
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting Clark Park with a fountain and a woman standing on a path. Handwritten message on recto reads, "Dear Helene, - How would you enjoy being in this spot? I have never been the4re but I understand it is the most beautiful park in the city. I intend to go there some day soon and I will tell you about it. Can you ride horse-back? If so go there in imagination. Postmarked Aug 22, 1905
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the tower and floral clock in Water Works Park, with several people visible on the path and two smokestacks in the background. Printed on verso: I Will Call about _______ Representing G. H. Gates & Co. Postmarked 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting people seated on benches in Water Works Park, with ships and sailboats in the background on the Detroit River. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 22, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Postcard bearing a blue-tinted monochromatic print of a photograph of the Hazen S. Pingree Monument in Grand Circus Park on the recto. The verso is unused and printed with the mark, "Copyright 1904 by the Rotograph Co."
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the streetcar waiting room at the entrance to Palmer Park with people in front, a stone fountain to the left, and rail tracks in the foreground. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jun 9, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
