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- Description:
- One sheet, containing pages 19 and 20, from the August 10, 1889 supplement to Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Page 19 contains five etchings, representing "Progress in Therapeutics-The Great Establishment of Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit.- From sketches by C. Upham." The captions for the five etchings are as follows: 1. New York Office. 2. Gelatine Capsule Works. 3. Another New York Office. 4. General View of the Establishment. 5. General View of the Company's Office. Page 20 contains the continuation of an article, "Detroit, Michigan: Facts About a Busy City," from page 17 of the same Frank Leslie's Supplement. Page 20 features sections about "Hotel Wayne," "Griffin Car Wheel Company," and "Baugh Steam Forge Foundry." It also features four etchings representing the "Works of the Griffin Car Wheel Company, Detroit." The captions for the four etchings are as follows: 1. View of the Works. 2. General View of the Wheel Foundry. 3. Method of Handling the Molted Iron. 4. Depositing the Wheels in the Pits.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- One sheet, mounted on paper, from the Michigan Volksblatt from 1903, featuring a halftone print of the Detroit Water Works Park Tower, which was located at East Jefferson Avenue and Cadillac Boulevard. The image shows the tower, or standpipe, with a water works facility to the left. In the foreground is a pond surrounded by trees. The image is outlined by a decorative chain link border.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- One sheet, containing pages 151-154 of the October 23, 1886 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Pages 152-153 features a composite of illustrations titled "Michigan. - Views In and About the City of Detroit and the City of Windsor, Canada." from sketches by C. Upham. The views featured include as follows: View of Detroit from Windsor ; "Ole Bone" Man ; City Hall ; Water Works and Stand Pipe ; Griswold Street ; Market House ; Grand Circus Park ; Custom House at Windsor Detecting a Smuggler ; View of Windsor ; Jars with Spawn Undergoing the Hatching Process ; Filling the Jars with Spawn ; White Fish Hatchery ; Interior of the Hatchery.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white print of a lithograph depicting a view of Detroit from the Detroit River in 1794, taken from page 367 of Silas Farmer's The History of Detroit and Michigan. In the 1889 book, the citadel, then-present Wayne Street, Ste. Anne's Catholic Church, the old council house, the brig GENERAL GAGE, and Griswold Street are labeled below from left to right. In addition to the GAGE, a pair of smaller sailboats and a canoe are in the foreground. "S. Farmer" is printed in the lower left, and a blacked out signature is printed in the lower right. "Insert from Collot map, 1796" and "From the original painting in Paris" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Print containing three engravings, taken from the booklet, Souvenir of Detroit & Exposition, depicting buildings in Detroit. The Newberry and McMillan Building is at the top left. The State Savings Bank is at the top right. The Campau Building is at the bottom left. The Detroit Free Press building is at the bottom right. And the Wayne County Savings Bank on Congress Street is in the center. Each frame is drawn as a sheet of paper with curling edges, and vines curve around and over several of them.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white engraving of Campus Martius with a view to the northwest and City Hall depicted prominently on the left of the image, from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 27, 1878, pg. 363. Many horse drawn carriages and pedestrians can be seen along Woodward and Fort Streets. A sign in the background of the image reads "Weber Furniture Company's Warerooms. Manufacturers & Dealers in Furniture Billiard Tables & Pianos. H Greening Co. Drygoods & Carpets." The verso depicts several other Detroit related engravings, such as a harvesting scene on D.M. Ferry & Co.'s farm, The People's Savings Bank, the Russell House, and W.B. Wesson, President of the Wayne County Savings Bank and Safe Deposit Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photograph copy of the north side of east bound Cadillac Square between Bates and Woodward Avenue. Adjacent to the avenue are several businesses, Lafer Brothers Groceries, Marx Market Company, and the Central Meat Market. Automobiles are parked along the thoroughfare; pedestrians are visible walking the sidewalks and crossing the street. Faintly written on the right side of the recto, "Cadillac Sq. 1913." Also, typed on the verso, "Cadillac Square, north side between Bates and Woodward, about 1910."
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photo taken in Clarkston, facing south on Main Street at Washington Street. A grocery store and the Masonic Temple stand on the east side of the street, while a dry goods store and a mechanic stand on the west side. A sign posted on a utility pole advertises the Holly Chautauqua on August 8th through the 12th. Horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians are in view. "Clarkstone, Mich. 1915," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting a view along W Kirby Street, with a blanket of snow. Dated Dec 27, 1920.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photo taken along a street in Waterford. A post office stands on the right side of the street, and a building with a second story wrap-around balcony is on the left. "Walter" is painted on a post in the foreground on the left. "Waterford, Mich. 1915," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
