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- Description:
- Postcard. Color postcard depicting a street-level view of the 6-story stone G.A.R. building from the corner of Grand River and Cass Avenues. Visible are an American flag flying atop the building, two pedestrians and buildings in the background along Adams Avenue. Postmarked July 1910. Handwritten note on verso reads: "This is a glorious day, the first cool one in a long time. We are bound for Belle Isle with our fire crackers."
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Newspaper; The Detroit Times Birthday Supplement and Grand Army Souvenir, published in 1891 and sold at a cost of 50 cents. The illustrated cover shows an American flag, several Civil War generals, the seal of the state of Michigan, and several men gathered around a camp fire. A quote printed on the cover at the bottom left reads "The only national debt we can never pay, is the debt of gratitude we owe our gallant volunteers, whose heroism, devotion, and self-sacrifice made freedom and self-government a reality, and preserved to use and our children an undivided country." The table of contents, listed on the first page, is as follows: Greeting (Cuts of Veazey, Alger, Dickinson, Pingree and Duffield) - 1 Beauty (two illustrations) - 2 The Sheik - 3 Moods - 7 A Letter to My Great Grandchild - 8 Apple Blossoms - 9 After Reading Keats - 9 Faint-Hearted (half-tone) - 10 A Dream of Venice (illustrated) - 11 A Rose Tryst - 11 Romance of Yorke Mackintosh - 12 The Man with the Musket - 13 The Visit (half-tone) - 14 Eccentricities of Genius - 14 Swipsey's Lady - 16 The Spirit of Song - 17 Bashfulness (half-tone) - 17 Verse - 18 Spottsylvania - A Union Victory - A Confederate Triumph - 19 Off for the Fishing Grounds (half-tone) - 20 This item is a duplicate of 1960.197.005
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Newspaper; The Detroit Times Birthday Supplement and Grand Army Souvenir, published in 1891 and sold at a cost of 50 cents. The illustrated cover shows an American flag, several Civil War generals, the seal of the state of Michigan, and several men gathered around a camp fire. A quote printed on the cover at the bottom left reads "The only national debt we can never pay, is the debt of gratitude we owe our gallant volunteers, whose heroism, devotion, and self-sacrifice made freedom and self-government a reality, and preserved to use and our children an undivided country." The table of contents, listed on the first page, is as follows: Greeting (Cuts of Veazey, Alger, Dickinson, Pingree and Duffield) - 1 Beauty (two illustrations) - 2 The Sheik - 3 Moods - 7 A Letter to My Great Grandchild - 8 Apple Blossoms - 9 After Reading Keats - 9 Faint-Hearted (half-tone) - 10 A Dream of Venice (illustrated) - 11 A Rose Tryst - 11 Romance of Yorke Mackintosh - 12 The Man with the Musket - 13 The Visit (half-tone) - 14 Eccentricities of Genius - 14 Swipsey's Lady - 16 The Spirit of Song - 17 Bashfulness (half-tone) - 17 Verse - 18 Spottsylvania - A Union Victory - A Confederate Triumph - 19 Off for the Fishing Grounds (half-tone) - 20
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photograph, mounted and matted with board, showing portrait images of 114 members of Detroit Post 384 of the Department of Michigan Grand Army of the Republic in June, 1891. The portrait photographs are arranged in 19 columns each showing 6 members. The names of the members are listed underneath the photograph.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Certificate, mounted on linen, appointing Russell A. Alger to the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1889. The certificate is stamped with the seal of the Grand Army of the Republic on the lower left. The text of the certificate is as follows: "To whom it may concern Greeting: This Certifies that at the Twenty Third Annual National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held at Milwaukee Wisconsin on the Twenty-Eighth day of August 1889 Comrade R.A. Alger of Detroit Michigan was elected Commander-in-Chief of the National Encampment, to serve as such for one year from said date and until his successor is duly installed and he is hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon and perform the duties of said office in accordance with the Rules & Regulations of the Grand Army of the Republic. Dates at the Headquarters of the National Encampment G.A.R. at Milwaukee Wis. on the 28th day of August 1889. Eugene F. Weigel Adjutant General. Wm. Warner Commander in Chief."
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting a tree and boulder with a plaque in front of the Casino on Belle Isle. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked May 12, 191[?].
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo mounted on a black cabinet card with gold trim bearing an image taken during the 1891 National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Detroit. In this photo, taken facing south on Woodward Avenue toward Congress Street, an arch decorated with a "Welcome" banner and American flags has been erected. Pedestrians, horse carriages, and horse-drawn streetcars are visible in the streets. On both sides of Woodward, signs for Mabley and Company are posted. The obelisk-topped arch at Jefferson and Woodward is visible in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photograph, mounted on board, showing the members of Detroit Post 384 of the Department of Michigan Grand Army of the Republic in June, 1891. The names of the members are printed underneath the photograph. Text under the photograph's bottom right corner reads "A.G. McMichael, Photo."
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Resolution, on cardboard, from the Boston Shoe Associates to the Detroit Post No. 384 of the Grand Army of the Republic. The text of the resolution is as follows: "At the Annual Meeting of the Boston Shoe Associates held on February twenty-third, nineteen hundred and five, the following resolutions were unanimously passed:- Resolved: That the Boston Shoe Associates hereby tender their sincere thanks to Detroit Post No. 384, Department of Michigan, G.A.R. for the handsome testimonial sent by them and assure them that they will prize it highly and preserve it most carefully as a token of the friendship of the Post. Resolved: That this resolution be placed on the records of this Association and that the Secretary be instructed to send a copy of said resolution to the Post. Elisha James Jr. President J. Albert Blake Vice-President C. Frank Hunting Treasurer Attest: Robert Mills Secretary."
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Certificate appointing Charles G. Hampton of Detroit as Aide-de-Camp in the Grand Army of the Republic, dated October 8th, 1883 and signed by Robert Burns Beath, Commander in Chief, in Philadelphia. The certificate is affixed with the gold seal of the Grand Army of the Republic on the bottom left.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
