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- Description:
- Program for performance of "Cyrano de Bergerac" starring Richard Mansfield at the Detroit Opera House beginning January 26, 1899; 12 pages; program also contains scene synopses and advertisements; an upcoming performance of "The Meddler," starring Stuart Robson is on the back cover; front cover features a black and white illustration of the facade of the Detroit Opera House; "C. J. Whitney, Proprietor"
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Portion of a patent filing mounted on board, for a furnace for decorating ceramic ware, invented by J.A. Jeffery and filed April 18, 1921. Depicted is a numbered diagram. Dated Sept. 25, 1923. Patent number 1,468,947.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Champion Spark Plug Co.
- Description:
- Colored lithograph published by N. Currier in 1945 titled "Death of Genl Andrew Jackson: President of the United States from 1829 to 1837." The drawing depicts President Jackson lying on his deathbed, with two women and two men standing at his bedside. The man and woman in the center of the image are standing beside the bed looking at President Jackson, while the man depicted on the left side of the drawing is sitting in a chair with a hand covering his face and the woman on the right side is kneeling next to the bed in prayer. The text underneath the lower left border of the drawing reads "Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier." The text underneath the lower right border of the drawing reads "2 Spruce St. N.Y." The text underneath the border of the drawing in the center reads "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1845 by N. Currier in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y." At the bottom of the lithograph is a quote from Andrew Jackson reading "I am in the hand's of a merciful god._ I have full confidence in his goodness and mercy._ The Bible is true._"
- Date Issued:
- 1845-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Government
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Canadian Pacific Railroad Station in Windsor, ON. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 20, 1908. Printed in Germany
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Sheet music for the march "Detroit '99", by J. D. Smithdeal, published by the Smithdeal Music Co., Columbia, S.C. Copyright by W.L. Hatch. Dedicated to The Christian Endeavorers of the World. Music composed for the Christian Endeavor Convention held in Detroit, July 1899.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Music
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the Company Quarters at Fort Wayne. Printed on recto: Stevens, Publisher. Handwritten message on recto reads "The building with the x mark on shows H. Co. building." Postmarked May 13, 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- One schedule card entitled "Lenten Services in St. Paul's [Episcopal] Church, Detroit." The card is printed in black ink on heavy white paper and shows the church service schedule for Tuesday through Friday during Lent. The card is dated "Feb'y 10, 1864" and indicates that "M. C. Lightner" was the Rector.
- Date Issued:
- 1864-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Religion
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "Cove Over to Dover", lyric by Stanley Murphy, music by George Botsford, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. The cover is illustrated by Starmer.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Music
- 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:
- Law diploma awarded to Jacob M. Howard from Williams College in Massachusetts, 1866.
- Date Issued:
- 1866-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
