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- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the finish line at The Vanderbilt Cup Race on Hempstead Plains, Long Island, New York. A blurred car and a grandstand filled with spectators are in view.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo taken to document the pavement at John R Street and Farnsworth Street. A man sits in an early automobile, stopped alongside the curb, where four girls and a boy wait. A dark wooden shed with double doors across the sidewalk behind them. In the background, on the right, two women stand beside an open window. A manhole is in the street in the foreground. "July 20th, 1903. Schwartz casr[?], John R. + Farnsworth there had not been any change in the pavement. F.S.Q." is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting two couples kissing in an open automobile. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked January 17, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph of a man in an early runabout-style car parked on the west side of Woodward Avenue at Atwater Street. A sign reading "Sheriff 1912" is hung from one of the car's roof supports. H.D. Edwards and Company's building stands in the background. Other signs posted on the building advertise "Sail Makers and Rigging[...]" and "Awnings, Tents" in reference to the J.C. Gloss Company and the Detroit Awning and Tent Company, who also shared that building.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Mounted autographed sepia-toned bust portrait photograph of Charles B. King in profike wearing suit, round-collared shirt, tie, and glasses. The photo is signed by King with the enscription, "For Alfred O. Dunk 1920." A typewritten label caption on the matting reads "Charles B. King Built and Operated the First Automobile on the Streets of Detroit 1894 (Oliver E. Barthel was the first passenger)."
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Small sepia-toned photographic print captioned on verso as "Van Dyke Ave. looking north, April 25th, 1918." An early automobile is parked to the right, and several more are visible in the distance. Two and three-story homes are on either side of the street. Several pedestrians walk along the sidewalk in the distance. The trees are still bare.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photograph of three children, presumably those of Joseph Patrick O'Dwyer, sitting in two cars parked side by side. One child sits in the car on the left at the wheel. Two children sit in the car on the right. A bench swing sits in the yard just behind the two cars. "1904" is printed in the lower left corner of the image.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting a portrait of a man sitting at a desk. He is identified as Mr. Chamberlain. Dated October 19, 1923.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo taken to document the pavement at John R Street and Farnsworth Street. A man sits in an early automobile, stopped alongside the curb, where four girls and a boy wait. A dark wooden shed with double doors across the sidewalk behind them. In the background, on the right, two women stand beside an open window. A manhole is in the street in the foreground. "July 20th, 1903. Schwartz casr[?], John R. + Farnsworth there had not been any change in the pavement. F.S.Q." is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photo of Henry B. Joy (second from left), and three other men posing in front of a Packard testing car in in San Francisco on June 22, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society