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- Description:
- Lithograph of an engraving of the Michigan State Capitol building, circa 1873. The lithograph depicts the front of the building and some of the landscape around it, along with several people walking along the pathway to the building. Text underneath the lower right corner of the image indicates that the lithograph was printed by The Calvert Lithography Company in Detroit. Text underneath the image lists the building commissioners, including John J. Bagley, Governor of Michigan, E.O. Grosvenor, James Shearer, and Alex Chapoton. To the right of the list of building commissioners is text reading "E.E. Myers, Architect. N. Osburn & Co., Contractors. A.L. Bours, Secretary." The lithograph is printed on paper which is mounted on board.
- Date Issued:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Piece of paper signed by Governor John J. Bagley, dated 1875. The verso is signed by of W.K. Jaeger, Baltimore, M.D.
- Date Issued:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Invitation printed on white paper with an embossed "B" at the top and below the printed message, "Governor and Mrs. Bagley present their compliments and request the pleasure of your company at their reception on Wednesday evening, August fifth, 1874."
- Date Issued:
- 1874-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- One certificate issued as a Resolution by the Board of Councilmen of the City of Detroit to honor the late Governor John J. Bagley whose estate was "Presenting to the City of Detroit a Free Public Drinking Fountain of Ice Water for the People." The Resolution was passed on June 17, 1887, by Councilmen Beggs, Champion, Conahan, McCarthy, McLaughlin, Moran, Petz, Streeter, Tuite, Pridgeon, and President Pro Tem, Hon. Thomas Berry. The Board of Aldermen approved a concurring resolution on June 21, 1887. The certificate was signed at the bottom by M. H. Chamberlain, Mayor, and Wm. T. Dust, City Clerk, on August 18, 1887. An embossed paper seal was affixed to the certificate near the lower left corner. The certificate has drawings of flowers, a waterfall, and stream with cattle along the perimeter. The artist's signature, "J. Owen, 1887," is shown in the lower left corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Government
- Description:
- Mounted photograph of Governor Charles M. Croswell posed with former governors Alpheus Felch, John J. Bagley, David H. Jerome, Henry P. Baldwin, and Austin Blair on the steps of the new Michigan State Capitol in Lansing on the day of its dedication, January 1, 1879. "The Governors and Ex-Governors of Michigan, Jan. 1st 1879, Mead & Jennings, Artists," has been printed along the bottom of the image, as though it were written on the ground. The names and dates of service have been handwritten on the matting adjacent to each governor.
- Date Issued:
- 1879-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Handwritten Letter to John J. Bagley from Thomas Nast, dated June 1st, 1885, regarding a portrait Nast did of Bagley: Morristown, N.J. June 1st, 1885 Mr. John H. Bagley Dear Sir, I sent with the etchings for you, a duplicate set for your mother. At least, I meant to, or have I made a mistake? Your letter which I have just received after an absence of two weeks, has reminded me, that I have not heard from hers, and so I write to ask. Yours very truly Th: Nast."
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- One sheet, containing pages 361 and 362, from the July 27, 1878 supplement to Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The sheet contains an article, "The City of the Straits: Rambles About a Thrifty Western Metropolis," containing information about the City of Detroit, including features about the May-Flower Tobacco Works, Pingree & Smith, Walker, McGraw & Co., and D.M. Ferry & Co. Also featured, on page 362, are several etchings of various Detroit scenes, including Jefferson Avenue, The Opera House, a street drinking fountain, and the Perry cannon in front of the city hall. Other etchings, on page 361, include an etching of the steamer "'Far West' patrolling the Tongue River in search of hostile Indians," the Colonel Edward Richardson, and P.T. Barnum's special advertising coach.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Lithograph of an engraving of the Michigan State Capitol building, circa 1873. The lithograph depicts the front of the building and some of the landscape around it, along with several people walking along the pathway to the building. Text underneath the lower right corner of the image indicates that the lithograph was printed by The Calvert Lithography Company in Detroit. Text underneath the image lists the building commissioners, including John J. Bagley, Governor of Michigan, E.O. Grosvenor, James Shearer, and Alex Chapoton. To the right of the list of building commissioners is text reading "E.E. Myers, Architect. N. Osburn & Co., Contractors. A.L. Bours, Secretary." The lithograph is printed on paper which is mounted on board.
- Date Issued:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Invitation printed on white paper with an embossed "B" at the top and below the printed message, "Governor and Mrs. Bagley present their compliments and request the pleasure of your company at their reception on Wednesday evening, August fifth, 1874."
- Date Issued:
- 1874-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One certificate issued as a Resolution by the Board of Councilmen of the City of Detroit to honor the late Governor John J. Bagley whose estate was "Presenting to the City of Detroit a Free Public Drinking Fountain of Ice Water for the People." The Resolution was passed on June 17, 1887, by Councilmen Beggs, Champion, Conahan, McCarthy, McLaughlin, Moran, Petz, Streeter, Tuite, Pridgeon, and President Pro Tem, Hon. Thomas Berry. The Board of Aldermen approved a concurring resolution on June 21, 1887. The certificate was signed at the bottom by M. H. Chamberlain, Mayor, and Wm. T. Dust, City Clerk, on August 18, 1887. An embossed paper seal was affixed to the certificate near the lower left corner. The certificate has drawings of flowers, a waterfall, and stream with cattle along the perimeter. The artist's signature, "J. Owen, 1887," is shown in the lower left corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
