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- One softcover booklet entitled "Summer Days on the Route of Star-Cole Red and White Star Lines' Steamers." The booklet has a dark brown cover with embossed title text and contains 89 pages of black printed text on white paper. It shows the timetable, route map, and fares for the Star-Cole steamships from Toledo to Port Huron and return. Steamships on these routes included the SS Greyhound, SS Darius Cole, SS City of Toledo, and SS Idlewild. Many short articles give descriptions of points of interest and activities. Black and white photographic images and advertisements are shown with the text. The booklet was published by the Thomas Smith Press of Detroit and was dated 1898.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet about Byzantine architecture and its application at the First Congregational Church. Includes black & white photos and a list of contractors. Published by Young People's Society Christian Endeavor, Detroit. Printed by Wilton-Smith Co., Detroit
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One booklet entitled "Grand Laundry Methods - Being an Appreciation of the Grand Laundry of Detroit, Mich.," by Elbert Hubbard. This softcover booklet is 26 pages long and was printed by the Roycroft Press of East Aurora, New York. The front cover has a trellis design of green leaves and purple grapes that frame a scene of a woman and child. The title is printed in green text. Pages have deckle edges.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet. Annual Report of the Public Lighting Plant For the Year Ending June 30, 1920, a 29 page booklet prepared by the City Clerk, the Honorable Richard Lindsay. Within are passages and tables detailing the operations of the Public Lighting Plant.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Description:
- The Directory Journal, v. XXV, August, 1923, no. 2, with the feature article entitled, "R. L Polk Makes His Last Trip," pp. 22-27. The journal cover shows a black and white picture of Ralph Lane Polk. Interior pages are printed in black text on white paper and include several black and white pictures.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet, "The Park for Detroit: Being a Preliminary Consideration of Certain Prime Conditions of Economy for the Belle Isle Scheme, Designed to Further Determinative Discussion of the Lasting Interests of the City in the Matter, with a View to a Settled Policy; with a Suggestion of the Distinctive Character of a Park Adapted to the Local Circumstances, and an Outline of the Leading Features of a Suitable Permanent Plan of Operations" by Frederick Law Olmstead. The front cover features black text indicating the title, followed by a quote from William Morris reading "With this intent in view, I may, I think, hope to move you, I do not say to agree with all I urge upon you, yet, at least, to think the matter worth thinking about." Text at the bottom of the cover reads "Richmond, Backus & Co., Publishers, Detroit, 1883. The booklet consists of a preface, followed by two parts containing a total of 19 sections concerning various proposals for Belle Isle.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet, published by the Michigan Historical Commission, documenting the unveiling of a Lewis Cass memorial tablet on Mackinac Island, on August 28, 1915. The booklet is bound in a green paper cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Seventeen page promotional booklet for Scott's Emulsion, containing seven color lithographs of maps, scenes, and products of South America and the Caribbean spread throughout unrelated pages of text concerning the history of medicine and the various ailments that Scott's Emulsion can remedy. The cover depicts a young boy holding book and pointing to South America on a globe, while saying, "There's where you came from," top a parrot perched on his shoulder. "Copyright 1906 by American Lithographic Co. N.Y." is printed on the lower left corner of the cover. The verso includes a space below the words, "Scott's Emulsion Sold By," for a merchant's stamp, however this area is blank.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Softcover advertising booklet entitled, "Canaries, Cage Birds and Pet Animals," by Royce & Passmore, "Manufacturers and Dealers in Bird, Dog and Poultry Supplies." The 30-page booklet is printed in black ink on slightly yellowed paper and has information about animal care, related books, and various medicinal products.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
