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- Description:
- Traver-Bird Company spring and summer 1909 catalog of men's clothing containing illustrations of men wearing the store's clothes, as well as care directions. The cover is grey with an illustration of a laurel wreath on the front.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman and Son with illustrations by the Calvert Lithograph Company; front cover has an illustration of six colorful flowers, with "Seed Annual 1913" at top and D. M. Ferry & Co. Seedsmen - Detroit, Mich. at bottom; back cover has pink, blue/pink, purple/pink, and white/blue/black flowers with D. M. Ferry & Co. Seedsmen, Detroit - Mich. and "Seed Annual - 1913" at bottom; inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white pictures and photographs, with two full page color pictures near the front, one color page near middle, and one color page near back; order form missing
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Promotional book from the Detroit Stove Works advertising Jewel Stoves and Ranges. On the book's red front cover is a Jewel Stoves and Ranges logo against a backdrop of a vertically slatted wall. The book's title, "The Jewel Information Book," is written across the top of the front cover. On the back cover is a Jewel Stoves and Ranges logo, featuring the tagline "Largest Stove Plant in the World." Contained within the book are interesting facts and everyday life tips, amidst advertisements for various Jewel Stoves and Ranges.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One Commercial Advertiser poster. The poster is printed in black text on a yellow background and advertises its "26th Annual Award of Premiums." The newspaper indicates that "$25,000 in Cash Premiums to be Awarded to 100,000 Subscribers of the Detroit Commercial Advertiser, Thursday, May 2."
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. A lithograph on the recto depicts three female children in dresses and chef hats carrying plates with Thanksgiving foods on them. On the verso is an advertisement for Garland Stoves and Ranges, framed by images of flowers. The interior contains an advertisement for "Bridal-Garland" model wood burning stoves, alongside an image of a Bridal-Garland stove, claiming they are "the largest and most complete line of Wood Ranges to be found in the United States."
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- L.B. King and Company catalog containing illustrated listings for a white variety of decorative and dinnerware china, as well as candle holders, snuff boxes, pin trays, and art supplies. The catalog is bound in a green paper cover with a linen pattern, and a white and brown illustration of a vase and flowers. L.B. King and Company's address is provided as 103 Woodward Avenue.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Trade card from the Michigan Stove Company advertising Garland Stoves and Ranges. A lithograph on the recto depicts a cherubic child looking down from a grassy mound upon a miniature sailboat made out of a wooden shoe as it floats in a body of water. On the verso is a Garland Stoves and Ranges logo.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One lease agreement, dated 8 February 1865, made between Peter Desnoyers of Detroit, party of the first part and Arouet Richmond, Frederick H. A. Backus, and Benjamin B. Richmond of Detroit, parties of the second part. The agreement is printed in black text on white paper with blank lines that have been completed in handwritten black text. The text indicated that Peter Desnoyers was leasing rooms in a building located at 185 Jefferson Avenue to the parties of the second part for four years for a total amount of $2400.00. All parties have signed their names at the end of the lease agreement in the presence of two witnesses, "Harmon DeGraff" and "N. M. Macalister." Two U.S. Internal Revenue stamps have been affixed to the agreement form in the upper left corner in the amounts of five dollars and one dollar. Both stamps feature a red and white engraved design with a bust of George Washington at the center.
- Date Issued:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company shipping confirmation form sent to P.J. Winn and Company of Fort Union, Virginia on January 16, 1894 stating that a box of garden seeds has been sent care of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to Lynchburg via Bremo Bluff, Virginia. The form states that freight has been paid for the Detroit to Lynchburg leg, but local railroad charges will be the responsibility of the buyer.
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One promissory note, dated November 13, 1869, that was issued by the Richmond & Backus Company. It was printed in black text on white paper. The note terms were handwritten in black ink text and indicated that $350 was to be paid to Charles Moran on November 13, 1870, at the Second National Bank of Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
