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- Description:
- Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company advertisement printed on cardstock, possibly intended as an ink blotter. Depicts a group of frogs singing Christmas carols into the microphone of a radio transmitter in a small shed, while another frog in a coat and a gnome stand outside. Several passenger steamers are in the snow in the distance. An insert depicts a family listening to the radio in a living room decorated for Christmas. An insert of a buffalo and a wreath around the D&C logo are also pictured. Text at lower left reads: Detroit. Michigan December 25, 1923 To Ticket Agents, Connecting Lines and Shippers: "Tune in" on our best wishes to you for a Merry Christmas and a bright and prosperous New Year. Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company General Offices: Detroit, Mich. A. A. Schantz, Pres. & Gen. Mgr. James T. McMillan, Vice-Pres. R.G. Stoddard, Gen. Pass. Agt.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company passenger steamer CITY OF DETROIT III at a dock. Dated 6/17/1919
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- 68 page parallel folded booklet describes fleet, fares, routes, and points of interest. Contains photographs, drawings, maps, and deck plans. Illustrated cover depicts frogs dancing on shore as the CITY OF DETROIT III passes.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing of the proposed passenger steamship, "City of Detroit." The conceptual drawing shows a port side view of the sidewheel steamship while underway as a small airplane flies overhead in the upper right corner. The drawing is signed by its designer, "Frank E. Kirby, 1910," in the lower right corner. A typewritten label in the lower right corner shows "Str. City of Detroit III, 'City of Detroit' - Picture, No. H 48."
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled "Hull No. 187, Upper Deck Joiner Plans" that shows a plan view of the interior space layout of the proposed passenger steamship, City of Detroit III. The title block in the lower right corner shows that the drawing (no. 28) was prepared by the "American Ship Building Co." It was drawn at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot and is dated May 6, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing of a proposed passenger steamship, "Detroit & Buffalo." The conceptual drawing shows a port side view of the sidewheel steamship while underway as a D&C seaplane flies overhead in the upper right corner. The drawing is signed by its designer, "Frank E. Kirby, 1922," in the lower right corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Cover of a booklet or part of a brochure listing the schedule listing the 1913 Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company steamer schedule. The recto lists the schedule for the CITY OF DETROIT II, CITY OF ST. IGNACE, WESTERN STATES, and EASTERN STATES of the Detroit and Cleveland Division, the CITY OF DETROIT III and CITY OF CLEVELAND III of the Detroit and Buffalo Division, the CITY OF THE STRAITS and STATE OF NEW YORK of the Cleveland and Toledo Line, and the CITY OF ALPENA II, CITY OF MACKINAC II, and CITY OF DETROIT II of the Mackinac Division. The verso bears a map showing the routes of the D&C line.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Two-sided Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company poster. The recto advertises a "Summer Programme of Grand Excursions from Detroit to Port Huron, Toledo, Lakeside, and St. Clair City, on the floating palace steamer CITY OF DETROIT." An engraving of the CITY OF DETROIT passing the NORTHWEST is also featured. A map showing the regular daily and excursion routes of the D&C line, done by Edward Moliter of the Calvert Lithograph Company of Detroit is on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1881-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled "Plan of Gallery - Deck, Str. City of Cleveland, No. 71." The drawing shows a plan view of the interior layout of one of the decks of the proposed steamship. The title block at the top center area of the sheet shows that the plan was prepared by the Detroit Dry Dock Company at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot and is dated August, 1885. (The ship was later renamed. It was the SS City of St. Ignace from 1907 to 1927 and was the SS Keystone from 1927 to 1932.)
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- 68 page parallel folded booklet describing fleet, fares, routes, and points of interest. Contains photographs, drawings, maps, and deck plans. Illustrated cover depicts the CITY OF DETROIT III sailing away from a sun rise or sun set, as another passenger steamer travels in the distance.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
