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- Description:
- One booklet entitled "Specification of Materials and Labor Required for the Construction and Completion of a Garage and Greenhouse for Mr. C. G. Edgar Located at 188 Iroquois Avenue, Detroit." The architectural specifications (Job 675, Set No. 5) are bound in a booklet that has a heavy brown paper cover and two brass fasteners on the left side. The first page has typewritten text that shows general project information and indicates that the specifications and accompanying drawings were prepared by "Albert Kahn, Architect, Ernest Wilby, Associate, #58-60 Lafayette Blvd, Detroit." The following 41 typewritten pages give brief descriptions of all of the materials and construction requirements for the project.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Architecture
- Description:
- Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the Legislature of the State of Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1847-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Education
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting many swimmers at the beach on Belle Isle, with a pier extended into the Detroit River. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jun 8, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Promotional book from the Detroit Stove Works advertising Jewel Stoves and Ranges. On the book's red front cover is a Jewel Stoves and Ranges logo against a backdrop of a vertically slatted wall. The book's title, "The Jewel Information Book," is written across the top of the front cover. On the back cover is a Jewel Stoves and Ranges logo, featuring the tagline "Largest Stove Plant in the World." Contained within the book are interesting facts and everyday life tips, amidst advertisements for various Jewel Stoves and Ranges.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a bridge and flower bed at the Lily Pond on Belle Isle. Printed on verso: Lily Pond and Phlox Bed in Bloom, Belle Isle. Belle Isle is in the Detroit River, between Detroit and Windsor, Canada. The Island contains 702 acres and is entirely covered with one of the most beautiful parks in the United States, having some 21 miles of Macadam Roads; a magnificent Casino; Pavilions; Boat Houses; Aquarium; Horticultural Hall and Zoological Gardens. The Island was purchased by Detroit in 1879 and has since then expended $1,600,000 in beautifying it. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 22, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Book, "Book of Instruction Ford All Metal Monoplane," copyright Ford Motor Company, 1929. The book includes instructions for the Ford Tri-Motor. The book is bound in a black leather cover with white text on blue backing. A front end image of a Ford Tri-Motor is shown in the center of the cover, with text below reading "Stout Air Services, Inc." The table of contents for the book lists eight parts as follows: Part I Suggestions on Operation Page 10 Description and Specifications Page 14 Part II Shipment of Aircraft Page 24 Erection Procedure Page 27 Part III Service Instructions Page 38 Part IV Fuel and Oil System Page 64 Part V Electrical System Page 78 Part VI Instruments Page 86 Part VII Propellers Page 98 Part VIII Inspection Page 104 Special Bolts Page 110 Service Tools and Equipment Page 111
- Date Issued:
- 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Stout, William Bushnell
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "When You're Away", words by Seymour Brown and Joe Young, music by Bert Grant, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. Cover illustration by Starmer.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Music
- Description:
- One Commercial Advertiser poster. The poster is printed in black text on a yellow background and advertises its "26th Annual Award of Premiums." The newspaper indicates that "$25,000 in Cash Premiums to be Awarded to 100,000 Subscribers of the Detroit Commercial Advertiser, Thursday, May 2."
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. A lithograph on the recto depicts three female children in dresses and chef hats carrying plates with Thanksgiving foods on them. On the verso is an advertisement for Garland Stoves and Ranges, framed by images of flowers. The interior contains an advertisement for "Bridal-Garland" model wood burning stoves, alongside an image of a Bridal-Garland stove, claiming they are "the largest and most complete line of Wood Ranges to be found in the United States."
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting businesses along the north side of Jefferson Avenue at Griswold Street, with pedestrians and streetcars in front. A sign reads "The House of Pure Food Liquors, Distiller to Consumer". Embossed on the card is the message "Home of the Elks, July 11-17, 1910" and an image of an elk above a clock. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
