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- Description:
- One poster titled "The Evolution of the Street Car in Detroit from Horse Car to Present Time - 1921." The poster includes 36 black and white photographic images of Detroit street cars which show the style changes from horse-drawn cars up to the electric motor driven cars.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- One brochure entitled "Detroit United Lines - Rides by Trolley, Fast Electric Service Between the Principal Cities of Michigan." The folded brochure shows general information and timetables on one side and shows a map of southeast Michigan on the other side. The multicolor map is entitled "Detroit United Lines and Interurban Connections, 1913" and shows the interurban line locations from Detroit. The map was printed by the Calvert Lithograph Company of Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- One stock certificate from the "Fort Street and Elmwood Railway Co." The certificate form is printed in black ink on thin vellum paper and has a decorative border and text. It shows an engraved image of a horse-drawn railway car at the center. Handwritten text on the left side and on the form indicates that certificate "No. 18" was issued in the amount of "20 shares" to "Nathaniel Prouty" and is dated May 26, 1869. A rectangular 25-cent "United State Internal Revenue" stamp is affixed on the left side of the certificate. Additional text on the verso indicates that the certificate was transferred to "Stephen B. Grummand" on February 8, 1875.
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Eight-panel accordion-folded brochure from the Detroit United Railway containing a schedule, rates, a map of further routes connected from Toledo, and information on sites along their lines on the recto, and a large color stylized illustrated map of the company's routes, spanning from Detroit to Toledo, Jackson, Flint, and Port Huron, produced by the Calvert Lithograph Company on the verso. The brochure's cover is red with in insert illustration of a trolley car within a scene of a car traveling along tracks beside a lake and the woods.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
