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- Color lithograph advertising the Detroit Free Press from 1883. The lithograph advertises a subscription to the Detroit Free Press at $1.00 per year. It features an illustration of "The Lime-Kiln Club," based on a column by Charles Bertrand Lewis, who went by the pseudonym M. Quad. The illustration depicts a caricature of Lewis' fictitious African-American society holding a meeting in "Paradise Hall." The meeting is being led by "Bro. Gardner," and the minutes are being taken by "Way-Down Beebe," the club's secretary. Visible along the walls of the room are "Bar Traps," a museum, the club's Rules and Regulations, and a library. Text underneath the bottom right corner of the lithograph reads "H. Bencke, Lith. N.Y." The lithograph is printed on paper, which is mounted on board.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- African American History
- Description:
- One sheet, mounted on linen, containing page 3 the Sunday, December 1, 1907 edition of the Detroit Free Press. The article featured on this print is "Then and Now in Detroit," focusing on the history of the Majestic Corner, at the corner of Woodward and Michigan Avenues. The sheet features halftone views of the Majestic Corner in 1862, 1875, and 1907. The text of the accompanying article is as follows: "It is not a long hark back to the time when the corner now occupied by the Majestic building, the first of Detroit's skyscrapers to go above twelve stories, was covered with modest, even humble structure. The old frame building that stood at the corner of Woodward and Michigan avenues for many years is still well remembered by many of the present generation, likewise the stores on either side that were torn down to make way for the majestic. Comparatively few, however, recall the appearance of the corner during the stirring days of the Civil war, when public meetings were held on the Campus Martius, and when the whole city was aflame with patriotism. At that time electric lights were unknown, trolley cars had not been dreamed of, and a five or six-story building had no difficulty in qualifying as a skyscraper. The present city hall had not even been considered, and where are now populous residence districts was then farm land, far less accessible than are towns within a radius of twenty-five miles of Detroit today. Time works great changes, as is evidenced by the accompanying pictures, showing the Majestic corner at three different periods during Detroit's history. And it is more than possible that fifty years hence the advancement will be sufficient to make the present corner look as antiquated to Detroiters of that day as does the picture taken during the early 60's to the present generation."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Color lithograph advertising the Detroit Free Press from 1883. The lithograph advertises a subscription to the Detroit Free Press at $1.00 per year. It features an illustration of "The Lime-Kiln Club," based on a column by Charles Bertrand Lewis, who went by the pseudonym M. Quad. The illustration depicts a caricature of Lewis' fictitious African-American society holding a meeting in "Paradise Hall." The meeting is being led by "Bro. Gardner," and the minutes are being taken by "Way-Down Beebe," the club's secretary. Visible along the walls of the room are "Bar Traps," a museum, the club's Rules and Regulations, and a library. Text underneath the bottom right corner of the lithograph reads "H. Bencke, Lith. N.Y." The lithograph is printed on paper, which is mounted on board.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One sheet, mounted on linen, containing page 3 the Sunday, December 1, 1907 edition of the Detroit Free Press. The article featured on this print is "Then and Now in Detroit," focusing on the history of the Majestic Corner, at the corner of Woodward and Michigan Avenues. The sheet features halftone views of the Majestic Corner in 1862, 1875, and 1907. The text of the accompanying article is as follows: "It is not a long hark back to the time when the corner now occupied by the Majestic building, the first of Detroit's skyscrapers to go above twelve stories, was covered with modest, even humble structure. The old frame building that stood at the corner of Woodward and Michigan avenues for many years is still well remembered by many of the present generation, likewise the stores on either side that were torn down to make way for the majestic. Comparatively few, however, recall the appearance of the corner during the stirring days of the Civil war, when public meetings were held on the Campus Martius, and when the whole city was aflame with patriotism. At that time electric lights were unknown, trolley cars had not been dreamed of, and a five or six-story building had no difficulty in qualifying as a skyscraper. The present city hall had not even been considered, and where are now populous residence districts was then farm land, far less accessible than are towns within a radius of twenty-five miles of Detroit today. Time works great changes, as is evidenced by the accompanying pictures, showing the Majestic corner at three different periods during Detroit's history. And it is more than possible that fifty years hence the advancement will be sufficient to make the present corner look as antiquated to Detroiters of that day as does the picture taken during the early 60's to the present generation."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
