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- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting the Casino in Palmer Park from across the Lake, with a few people on a path. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Dec 29, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- This slightly yellowed paper envelope contained a 2-page letter that was written by Dr. Samuel S. Stephenson, M.D. The front of the envelope is addressed in handwriting to "Mayor Maybury, City Hall" and is entitled, "The Future of Biopathy," along the right edge. The letter also has the note, "For the strong box," and signature, "Dr. Stevenson" [Stephenson].
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Anniversaries
- Description:
- Page from a ledger, numbered 693, containing the header, "Bought of F. Siegel and Bros." above a list months, February of 1900 through January 1901, and two columns of corresponding dollar amounts. The page is in brown and red ink on lightweight partially translucent paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Ribbon-bound program booklet for a dinner in honor of the Legislature, Supreme Court and Railroad Officials given by Governor Hazen S. Pingree, on December 18, 1900 at the State Capitol in Lansing. The cover is printed with images of the Mohawk and Hudson Railway's John Bull, and the Pere Marquette Railroad's Vestibule Limited. The program contains the menu, a list of musical selections to be performed, and an orange seal of the State of Michigan with a blue satin ribbon adhered to the first page. The program was printed by the Winder Printing Company of Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TIONESTA near the shore on the Detroit River. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Apr 12, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Program for performance of "Cyrano de Bergerac" starring Francis Wilson at the Detroit Opera House beginning January 8, 1900; contains cast list, scene synopses, musical program, and house staff list; front cover is red, white, and black; features large crest with "Detroit Opera House" at center and two Classically dressed men on either side playing musical instruments
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Merrill Fountain in front of the Detroit Opera House. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked March 3, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Five pencil drawings (Sheet 13 of 20) showing plan, profile, and cross-section views of various components of the "Biautogo" motorcycle along with design notes. The three drawings on the left are signed "JSB [James Scripps Booth], 1911." The drawing in the middle is signed "Jan. 6, 1912, JSB," and the drawing on the right is signed "JSB, 1912."
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Automotive: Industrial
- Description:
- Firemen's Fund Association membership certificate, printed by the Detroit Lithographic Office, and issued to Mark A. Gascoigne on Feburary 23, 1867. The document bears the signatures of President John Hyland, Treasurer James A. Elliott, and Secretary John Kendall, beside a green adhesive embossed Firemen's Fund Association seal. Illustrations of a firefighter speaking into a bugle, as two other firefighters hold a hose, as well as of a team of firefighters riding in an early self-propelled steam-driven fire engine are on the left side of the certificate. The certificate is mounted on linen.
- Date Issued:
- 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Menu booklet from an dinner honoring Truman Handy Newberry on the occasion of his leaving Detroit to assume his duties in Washington D.C. as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, held at the Detroit Club on Thursday, October 19, 1905. The menu is bound with cord inside of a cardstock cover printed with the initials T.H.N., beneath crossed American and Assistant Secretary of the Navy flags.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
