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- Description:
- Handwritten note on Michigan Central Railroad Company letterhead asking for a free pass in New Hampshire for Nelson Bowen, the favor would be returned. Signed by Thomas Frazer, general ticket agent, M.C.R.R. Dated July 31, 1854
- Date Issued:
- 1854-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- One advertisement card for the passenger steamship, Mayflower, which offered passages between Buffalo and Detroit with rail connections from Albany to Buffalo and from Chicago to Detroit via the Michigan Central Railroad Line. The front of the white paper card is printed in brown text and shows general timetable information for the steamship. The verso is printed in blue text and gives travel distances in miles from Detroit and Buffalo to various cities in Michigan and New York.
- Date Issued:
- 1852-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Letterhead from the steamer May Flower of the Michigan Central Railroad Line with three handwritten notes dated Aug 1, 2, and 3, 1854. The first asks for introduction of Nelson Bowen to a Capt. Ledyard.
- Date Issued:
- 1854-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Free pass for trip from Boston to Lebanon, New Hampshire via the Boston and Lowell Railroad, given to Nelson Bowen, clerk of the Michigan Central Railroad Company, on August 5, 1854.
- Date Issued:
- 1854-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Car Report Envelope used by C.B. Bush and G.R. Casner, superintendent and train master of the Michigan Central Railroad's Jackson Junction. The recto, verso, and parts of the interior of the envelope are stamped with dates ranging from January 25, 1887 to June 15, 1893. "To be used for Car Reports only. R.R.B., Train Master's Office, Jackson Junction," is printed on the front of the envelope. A paper slip with a typewritten caption is attached to the bottom of the envelope, "Car report envelope used in early 1890's--C.B. Bush, Supt. G.R. Casner, Train Master."
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Trade card advertising the Great Western and Michigan Central Railway Line, with a color lithograph on the recto captioned, "The only Route via Niagara Falls & Suspension Bridge." The image shows a train crossing the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge with the falls in the background. "Take the Great Western & Michigan Central R.W. Line" is printed below the image. A map showing railroad lines from Chicago to the east coast, including those of the Michigan Central Railroad, the Great Western Railway, the Erie Railroad, the New York Central Railroad, the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and the North Carolina Railroad, is printed on the verso. The map is captioned, "The Popular Niagara Falls Route between the East & West," and "Do not fail to see Niagara Falls & Travel over the Michigan Central & Gt. Western Railway Line."
- Date Issued:
- 1866-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Brochure booklet giving Michigan Central Railroad routes into Detroit for the Knights of Pythias Biennial Conclave as well as information about the host city; cover has the Knights of Pythias emblem at the top with "Knights of Pythias Biennial Conclave at Detroit August 27 to September 1, 1900" beneath; below that is a picture of an angel holding a plaque that reads "Michigan Central The Niagara Falls Route" and "The Direct Route to Detroit From the East, West, North, and South" next to it. The back cover bears a Missouri Kansas Texas Railway Company stamp.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- A "Disbanded Soldiers Ticket" for the Michigan Central Railroad from Detroit to Paw Paw issued by Charles S. May the captain of Company K of the 2nd Michigan Infantry. "1861" is printed at the bottom.
- Date Issued:
- 1861-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Sheet music for the "Blue Line Galop", composed by Roe Stephens, published by J. Henry Whittemore. Dedicated to J. D. Hayes, esq., general manager of the "Blue Line".
- Date Issued:
- 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Music
- Description:
- Free pass for a round trip ride on the Michigan Central Railroad to Buffalo and back, issued to the company's clerk Nelson Bowen on July 31, 1854. The pass is signed by the superintendent R.N. Rice, and is punched three times along the left edge. The terms of the pass are printed on the verso, along with the handwritten notes, "Good on Great West. Railway, [?]" and "Pass from Schenectady to Buffalo, T.W. Stockton Wood, Aug. 1, 1854."
- Date Issued:
- 1854-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
