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- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting a two story house in Palmer Park with a wooden fence in the foreground. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 29, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Telegram from the Western Union Telegraph Company, Port Huron, Michigan, dated May 15, 1886, to J. F. Whittemore, Vessel Agent, Bay City, Michigan. The telegram form is printed in black text on yellowed paper and has a message that is handwritten in ink that reads "Barge Hale in Turners town; Expect her in tomorrow afternoon." The verso has printed text that shows telegraph company policies.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Typewritten letter from Dexter M. Ferry to the Detroit Safe Company thanking them for the durability of four large fire-proof safes which protected their contents from a fire, lasting five or six days, which claimed the D.M. Ferry and Company seed warehouse. The letter is dated January 8, 1886, and is printed on D.M. Ferry and Company letterhead, listing company executives, and printed by the Calvert Lithograph Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Bank Note. Bank note from The Grand River Bank in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Note face value is $1.00 and is dated October 2, 1837.
- Date Issued:
- 1837-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Currency/Medallions
- Description:
- Part of a series of anti-Prohibition trade cards which bear comical color lithographic prints and rhymes in support of alcohol, provided "compliments of George H. Gies, 16 Monroe Avenue, Detroit, Mich.," a wine and liquor vendor, and printed by the Compton Lithograph Company of St. Louis. This card depicts a woman in a bonnet holding a glass of beer while nursing a baby. "Against Prohibition No. 2, Lager's amber Fluid mild, / Gives health and strength to wife and child." is printed below.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the inside of Navin Field from the stands along the third base line, with baseball players on the field. Printed on verso: Navin Park, Detroit, Mich. The Detroit American League Club Homes is located at Trumbull and Michigan avenue and covers an entire block. To reach Park take Trumbull or Michigan cars going west. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jan 2, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Hazen S. Pingree's military discharge papers from his service in the 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery unit during the Civil War. The form reads: To all whom it may Concern: Know ye, That Hazen S. Pingree a Private of Captain Joseph M. Kendalls Company, F, First Regiment of Mass. Heavy Artillery Volunteers, who was enrolled on the 2nd day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty two to serve three years or during the war, is hereby Discharged from the service of the United States this 13th day of March 1864, at Arlington Va. by reason of re-enlistment as a veteran volunteer. (No objection to his being re-enlisted is know to exist.*) Said Hazen S. Pingree was born in Denmark in the state of Maine, is Twenty two years of age, Five feet Ten inches high, Light complexion, Blue eyes, Light hair, and by occupation, when enrolled, a Bootmaker. Given at Arlington Va, this 14th day of March 1864. An oath of identity is on the verso, with Hazen S. Pingree's name filled in at the top.
- Date Issued:
- 1864-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Program from the graduating exercises of the Central High School Class of June 1910. Held on June 23 at the Central High School Auditorium. Included an address by Professor Charles Zueblin, L.L.D.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Education
- Description:
- Trade card from the Detroit Stove Works advertising Jewel Stoves and Ranges. A lithograph on the recto depicts a child sitting on a tree branch feeding cherries to three birds. Written in French at the bottom of the card is "Comment Aimez-Vous Les Cerises!," which translates to "How Do You Like The Cherries!" in English. Stamped on the back is text reading "Compliments of Stone & Hemingway; Who always have in stock a full line of 'The Famous Jewel Stoves'; None Better Made!; Sheridan, Michigan."
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the hall in the Log Cabin in Palmer Park, with rooms gated off and stairs at the far end. Postmarked Feb 12, 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
