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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting W Jefferson Avenue in Trenton, facing north. Commercial buildings line the street, and a sign reads "Pardridge & Blackwell." Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 13, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- 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
- Description:
- Oversize postcard depicting a black and white image inside an oval of a view along Jefferson Avenue. Postmarked Aug 23, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- 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. A triumphal arch topped with an obelisk is in the process of being erected on the corner of Woodward Avenue and Jefferson Avenue, as viewed facing south. The framework beneath its lower right corner is visible. The structure is decorated with Civil War scenes, including the battle between the ironclads, the Monitor and Merrimack, as well as cavalry scene. Eagles and stars are posted on each corner of the structure, and it is draped with garlands. A horse-drawn streetcar passes beneath it, and many horse buggies and wagons are stopped near it. On the right are a moonlight tower, and the building housing Hanshaw and Cohen, Signs and Clarke and Readon, Printers.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of a group of members of the Grand Army of the Republic lined up along a sidewalk on Memorial Day. A group of children are near the intersection on the right. A Jefferson Avenue streetcar passes in the background. On the verso written in pencil, "Veterans of G.A.R. lined up so that Shilders[?] children could pin roses on coats. Memorial Day 1910. May 30th 1910."
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- Black and white photo of the Detroit Citizens' Street Railway streetcar number 325, assigned to the Jefferson Avenue line, with passengers and conductors posed on board. The car's destination sign reads, "Grosse Pointe." "Detroit Citizens Ry. #325 1891," is stamped on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print on slightly beige paper depicting the 1898 Spanish-American War Parade as viewed on Jefferson Avenue near Wayne Street, facing east. A formation of uniformed soldiers marches west along Jefferson. In the foreground are people, horse-drawn wagons, and carriages stopped to watch. A Pittmans and Dean Company ice delivery wagon is amongst them. Flags are draped from the buildings along Jefferson. H.S. Robinson and Company, Frohlich Edward Glass Company, Cowyer and Ward Millinery, and A.H. Krum and Company are all visible. A partially visible man in the foreground along the left edge raises his arm, perhaps in a salute.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Sepia-toned albumen photo of eleven firefighters of Ladder Company No.1 who are shown in front of the old Fire Department Headquarters building at Wayne (now Washington Blvd.) and Larned Streets. A newspaper article is glued to the mounting cardboard to the right of the photo and is entitled at the top, "Old Fire Department Building Being Razed." A label beneath the photo shows "The Old Makes Way For The New." Also a handwritten note in pencil in the lower right corner shows "Taken 1893, Ladder 1." Handwriting on the verso notes "No. 1 - Hook and Ladder Truck and Company. 3 Horse Team. This picture must be handled with care - belongs to Capt. of No. 1 and is prized of course. Return to Burns in A1 order." Another note shows "Right to Left: 1. Capt. McGraw, 2. Morrison, 3. Sullivan, 4. Creegan, 5. Obrien, 6. ---------, 7. C. Klein?, 8. Joe Clements, 9. Jack Alexander; Stub McCumber-driver." The fireman who is seated at the tiller at the rear of the ladder truck is not identified.
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting businesses along the north side of Jefferson Avenue at Woodward Avenue, with a parked automobile and streetcar in the foreground. A sign reads "Tuttle & Clark Mf's. Turf Goods". Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Dec, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting a northward view along Woodward Avenue from Jefferson Avenue. The Avenue Theatre is on the immediate right. Further along Woodward, a sign advertising a tailor is visible. Streetcars, horse carriages, pedestrians, and cyclists are in the street. In the distant background, a portion of a moonlight tower can be seen.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views