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- Description:
- Print. Black and white photographic print depicting a moonlight tower's arc lamp illuminated at night on 12th Street (as indicated on verso). Snow covers the ground, and two and three storied houses are visible on both sides of the street.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photographic print taken from an elevated position above Jefferson Avenue, facing northwest looking down Griswold Street. Signs are posted along the street of businesses which include Baird and West Brokers, Importers, and Manufacturers Agents, Van Leyen and Hensler Photo-Etching, Designing, and Wood Engraving, and a Postal Telegraph Office. The electric Myrtle streetcar is visible in the center of the photo, sharing the street with pedestrians and horse carriages. A moonlight tower rises above the intersection with East Larned Street.
- Date Issued:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting City Hall and Hammond Building, with a moonlight tower, pedestrians, and an automobile in the foreground. A.C. Dietsche, Detroit, Mich. and Frankfort Germany. Postmarked 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet (2 copies). The Eleventh Annual Report of the Public Lighting Commission of the City of Detroit, Michigan, an 86 page booklet. Within are charts, and graphs detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Commission for the fiscal year spanning from July 1, 1905 to June 30, 1906. Also included are photographic plates depicting the Public Lighting Commissioners, streetlights, tunnels, and facilities of the Public Lighting Commission.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting City Hall and the Hammond Building front Campus Martius, with a moonlight tower in front. Published by Wolverine News Co., Detroit, Mich.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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. The photo was taken from an elevated position across Campus Martius, looking southwest, down Fort Street. Horse-drawn streetcars and their tracks are visible along both Woodward and Fort. City Hall and the base of the moonlight tower in front of it are visible on the right. At the left is the Hammond Building, draped in banners and indicated with a blue "X," and the Bagley Memorial Fountain. "Left side Detroit City Hall - (Mother's bank marked X.)" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print containing three engravings, taken from the booklet, Souvenir of Detroit & Exposition, depicting sites in downtown Detroit. The top is captioned "Jefferson Avenue south from Woodward." A streetcar, perpendicular to the tracks is in the center of the road. "James Nall, Carpets" is printed on a building on right side of the street. Set into this image is one of the Chamber of Congress within a frame drawn to resemble a piece of paper hung with nails. The bottom image is captioned, "Griswold Street from Jefferson Avenue." The Campau Block on the west side of Griswold and the Newberry and McMillan Building on the east side are both labeled. A moonlight tower and the spire of City Hall are both visible in the background. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages are in the street.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white street view photograph from a glass plate negative of the northeast corner of Woodward and Palmer, as noted on the verso. Street car rails are visible in the thoroughfare in the foreground of the image. An automobile is traveling down Woodward, others are parked adjacent to the curb. A commercial building neighbors Woodward, includes the businesses of Smith Drug Company, R.S. Wendell Meat Market, and Auto Tire Repair. A moonlight tower is affixed to the corner of Woodward and Palmer.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet (2 copies). The Fourth Annual Report of the Public Lighting Commission of the City of Detroit, Michigan, a 70 page booklet. Within are charts, and graphs detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899. Also included are photographic plates depicting a the exterior of the office and station buildings, generator room, a boiler room, details of streetlight fixtures, a moonlight tower, a crane light, a center suspension light, a post light, and plans of the public lighting station.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet. The Fifth Annual Report of the Public Lighting Commission of the City of Detroit, Michigan, a 49 page booklet. Within are charts, and graphs detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Commission for the fiscal year spanning from July 1, 1899 to June 30, 1900. Also included are photographic plates depicting the Public Lighting Commissioners, streetlights, and facilities of the Public Lighting Commission.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
