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1. Half-tone postcard showing the interior of the Log Cabin Cafe at 65 Michigan Avenue, operated by Otto Huck

Description:
Half-tone postcard showing the interior of the Log Cabin Cafe at 65 Michigan Avenue, operated by Otto Huck. The walls are decorated with taxidermic animals, and rustic chandeliers made of branches and twigs hang from the ceiling. "Log Cabin Cafe, Otto Huck, Prop. 65 Michigan Ave. Detroit Mich." is printed in the lower left. The verso is divided, and contains a handwritten message in German postmarked March 14, 1912.
Date Issued:
1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Postcard

2. Mounted sepia-toned photographic print depicting several buildings at the intersection of Monroe Street and Farmer Street, taken at street level

Description:
Print. Mounted sepia-toned photographic print depicting several buildings at the intersection of Monroe Street and Farmer Street, taken at street level. From left to right are the Henry Hotel, a four story building, the Office of the Detroit Opera House Orchestra (in the former St. Joseph's Lutheran Church or St. John's German Evangelical Church), a store advertising fruits and oysters, the Furniture Wareroom, a shoe store, and a row of two storied storefronts which includes a bar and Jno B. Musschel's Detroit Marble Works. A horse is hitched in front of the bar, and part of a carriage is visible across the street on the left edge of the frame. The matting is off-white cardstock with a scrollwork frame printed around the photo. "Monroe Ave." is handwritten in the matting's lower left corner, but several letters are torn off. "c.1872" handwritten on verso.
Date Issued:
1872-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Detroit Views

3. Black and white photograph of John Kar, his wife Helen Kar, and two men in hats posed around the bar inside of the John Kar Saloon at 2166 West Jefferson Avenue in Delray

Description:
Black and white photograph of John Kar, his wife Helen Kar, and two men in hats posed around the bar inside of the John Kar Saloon at 2166 West Jefferson Avenue in Delray. "John Kar Saloon, 2166 W. Jefferson, Anderson and Solvay entrance. 1910. Front of Solvay. Mr. Kar and Wife Helen. 3 Children: Edward, John, Irene," is handwritten on the verso.
Date Issued:
1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Business/Stores/Retail

4. Black and white photograph of John Kar, standing behind the bar of the John Kar Saloon at 2166 West Jefferson Avenue in Delray, as identified on the verso

Description:
Black and white photograph of John Kar, standing behind the bar of the John Kar Saloon at 2166 West Jefferson Avenue in Delray, as identified on the verso.
Date Issued:
1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Business/Stores/Retail

5. Black and white photograph of the exterior the John Kar Cafe at 2166 West Jefferson Avenue in Delray

Description:
Black and white photograph of the exterior the John Kar Cafe at 2166 West Jefferson Avenue in Delray. Kar, wearing an apron and bowtie, poses in the doorway beside a small child and a man in a dark vest and hat. Two barbers, presumably Bela Benko and Charles Havasi, pose in front of the steps to their business below street level in the same building. A group of people stand on the sidewalk to the far right of the frame. A young child peers through the bar windows on the building's second floor. "John Kar Saloon 2166 W. Jefferson, Near Anderson front of Saloon 1910. John Kar with apron," is handwritten on the verso.
Date Issued:
1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Business/Stores/Retail

6. Sepia-toned photograph taken of the exterior of the saloon belonging to Charles Abbs at 23 Woodward Avenue, as well as the adjacent building containing another saloon belonging to H.W. Mosier, as taken from the east side of Woodward Avenue, south of Atwater Street

Description:
Sepia-toned photograph taken of the exterior of the saloon belonging to Charles Abbs at 23 Woodward Avenue, as well as the adjacent building containing another saloon belonging to H.W. Mosier, as taken from the east side of Woodward Avenue, south of Atwater Street. Both are decorated for Cadillaqua. Flags and patriotic banners have been hung on the buildings, and a sign reading, "Welcome Cadillaqua Visitors," has been hung from the awning above Mosier's storefront. Part of the J.T. Wing and Company building is visible on the left side of the frame. Several pedestrians are on the sidewalk in front of the businesses. The streets in the foreground are paved with bricks, and contain streetcar rails. "Celebration cadillaqua week." has been typewritten along the top of the photo, and "Father's place of business," has been handwritten in pencil along the bottom edge.
Date Issued:
1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Business/Stores/Retail

7. Half-folded mimeographed typewritten letter written by J.L. Hudson to saloon keeper Charles J. Gomond of St. Clair Heights, dated April 2, 1908

Description:
Half-folded mimeographed typewritten letter written by J.L. Hudson to saloon keeper Charles J. Gomond of St. Clair Heights, dated April 2, 1908. The letter was written in response to an interview Gomond gave to the Detroit News concerning a drive, supported by Hudson, to require saloons to close at midnight on Sundays. In the letter Hudson appeals to Gomond by relating his own positive experience with changing the closing time of his own store from nine o'clock to six, and hopes to secure the corporation of Gomond in the campaign. The copy has been signed by Hudson.
Date Issued:
1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Biographical

8. Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print taken of the exterior of the Geo. H. Gies

Description:
Print. Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print taken of the exterior of the Geo. H. Gies. Orchestrion and Lager Beer Hall. Four men stand along the building's front steps, where two children are sitting. A handwritten on the verso elaborates that this was taken c.1873-7 and is the former St. Joseph's Lutheran Church at Monroe Street and Farmer Street. However, this structure is identified as St. John's German Evangelical Church in Silas Farmer's History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan.
Date Issued:
1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Detroit Views

9. Sepia-toned photograph taken of two men posing outside of the enterance to the saloon belonging to Charles Abbs at 23 Woodward Avenue

Description:
Sepia-toned photograph taken of two men posing outside of the enterance to the saloon belonging to Charles Abbs at 23 Woodward Avenue. One man, presumably Charles Abbs, stands in the doorway, clad in a white shirt and apron. Another man, wearing a suit and derby stands in front of the doorway holding a cigar. "Front of Abbs Saloon 1911," is typewritten on the verso.
Date Issued:
1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Business/Stores/Retail

10. Black and white photograph taken of a mounted photograph of the interior of the Griswold Hotel Bar

Description:
Black and white photograph taken of a mounted photograph of the interior of the Griswold Hotel Bar. The caption, "Griswold Hotel Bar, 1885," is visible at the bottom between two thumb tacks that hold the photo. Two bartenders pose behind the bar, as three other men--a man in a coat and brimmed hat, a man in a uniform with a peaked cap and a pocket watch, and a man in a dark suit--pose at the bar. Signs for Dewars and Anheuser-Busch are posted behind the bar. A coin-operated stereo viewing machine is against the wall in the background.
Date Issued:
1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Business/Stores/Retail