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- Railway Passengers Assurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut ticket, which reads, "This ticket insures F.E. Farnsworth of Detroit by occupation shoe dealer in the sum of $3,000, for the term of one day, commencing with the day and hour as hereon canceled, and is subject to all the provisions of the Contract on back hereof." The ticket is canceled, March 21, 1873 at 7 P.M., stamped with the registration number 278, and agency number 285, and is printed with the signature of the company's secretary Charles E. Willard. The verso contains the terms of the policy.
- Date Issued:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Railway Passengers Assurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut ticket, which reads, "This ticket insures F.E. Farnsworth of Detroit by occupation shoe dealer in the sum of $3,000, for the term of two days, commencing with the day and hour as hereon canceled, and is subject to all the provisions of the Contract on back hereof." The ticket is canceled, March 19, 1873 at 7 P.M., stamped with the registration number 321, and agency number 285, and is printed with the signature of the company's secretary Charles E. Willard. The verso contains the terms of the policy.
- Date Issued:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Double-sided handbill containing a message from Governor Hazen S. Pingree, addressed "To the People of the City of Detroit," as a rebuttal to editorials in the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit Journal, the Detroit News, and the Detroit Tribune opposed to his ordinance to reduce streetcar fares from five cents to three cents
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- November 14, 1913 edition of "Electric Railway Service", published by the Publicity Department of Detroit United Lines, containing an article about their streetcar safety campaign, line news briefs, general trivia, and a schedule of upcoming events in Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- 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:
- Six panel parallel folded Detroit and Port Huron Electric Fast Line time table and map. The recto includes times for interurban streetcars between Detroit and Port Huron, effective July 18, 1905, as well as times for cars between Detroit and Mt. Clemens aboard the Shore Line Interurban. The verso is printed with a color map expanding across all six panels, credited to the Calvert Lithographing Company, showing the routes of both lines as well as highlighting cities, hotels, and landmarks along both sides of Lake St. Clair, and the St. Clair River. Streetcar number 102, the "Miantonoman" is pictured in an insert in the map.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Half-folded time table for the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway No. 22, to take effect on Monday, October 11, 1858. The cover and back page list rules and instructions for employees of the company. The two interior pages list times for trains eastward from Milwaukee to Detroit, and westward for Detroit to Milwaukee. Four times are listed for each route.
- Date Issued:
- 1858-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Half-folded schedule booklet for interurban streetcar lines for July, 1910, published by the Electric Railway Guide Company. Times and fares are listed for the Detroit United Railway's Flint Division, Orchard Lake Division, Pontiac Division, and Wyandotte Division; the Rapid Railway System and its Shore Line Division; the Detroit Monroe and Toledo Short Line Railway; the Tecumseh, Windsor, Sandwich and Amherstburg Railway; the Detroit, Jackson and Chicago Railway; the Lake Shore Electric Railway; and the Jackson, Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Division of Michigan United Railways. A red illustration of a interurban streetcar traveling at night with a city in the background is on the cover. Advertisements, most prominently for hotels, are also contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Chicago and West Michigan Railway and Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad pass issued to J.W. Reading, the superintendent of the Manistee and Grand Rapids Railroad. The pass is signed by the president of the lines, Charles M. Heald. The terms of the pass and the signature of W.J. Reilly are on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Double parallel folded Detroit United Lines Flint Division time table, revised May 6, 1919. The time table lists arrival times in Central Standard Time for interurban streetcars between Detroit and Bay City. It also contains information for passengers and brief information about the Sandwich, Windsor, and Amherstburg Railway, and the Windsor and Tecumseh Electric Railway.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
