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- Description:
- Monochromatic postcard depicting an elevated view along Central Avenue on Belle Isle. The street is crowded with pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles. In the foreground is a round flowerbed. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Mar 26, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Conservatory on Belle Isle, with many people in front. Printed on verso: Horticultural Building, Belle Isle. - Detroit's principal recreation spot is an island in the Detroit river connecting with the city by a bridge, 8 feet less than half a mile in length. It comprises 702 acres, is over two miles long and boasts over 20 miles of fine macadam roadway. A fine zoo, aquarium, horticultural building, swimming and skating pavilions, casino and boat livery are in connection. The City has expended over $1,500,000 on it since its purchase in 1879. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Oct 1, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Field House on Belle Isle. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Sep 4, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Conservatory on Belle Isle, with the Aquarium in the background. A group of people stand by the steps. Printed on verso: Horticultural Bldg. and Aquarium, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jan 30, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman and Son of Detroit with illustrations from the Calvert Lithograph Company; front cover has an illustration of a the Belle Isle Conservatory as viewed from over a patch of flowers in the foreground, a caption reads "Horticultural Building, Belle Isle Park, Detroit.", with "Seed Annual 1908" and D. M. Ferry & Co. Seedsmen - Detroit, Mich. at top; On the back cover "Seed Annual 1908, D. M. Ferry & Co. Seedsmen, Detroit, Mich." is printed above an illustration of a bridge over one of Belle Isle's streams with the Detroit Boat Club standing in the background, captioned as "Scene in Belle Isle Park, Detroit;" inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white illustrations and photographs, with three full page color pictures spaced throughout; order form attached
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a cow standing in front of a building on Belle Isle. Printed on verso: The Scared Cow of India is one of the very many interesting specie of animals to be found in the Belle Isle Zoo. From time immemorial the Hindoos of India have worshiped the Sacred Cow. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 28, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the Casino on Belle Isle, with a flag flying from the clock tower. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Apr 11, 1906.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Friedrich Schiller monument by Herman N. Matzen on Belle Isle. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Cedar Mound to the left and a bridge over a canal to the right, with flowers in the foreground. Printed on verso: Belle Isle, Detroit's island park, is located in the Detroit River near the heart of the city. Here there are more than 985 acres of grandeur blended into one magnificent panorama of recreation and amusement. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Oct 14, 1918.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a road on Belle Isle, with several people along one side and a steamship on the Detroit River in the background. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 11, 1908. A. C. Dietsche, Detroit, Mich. and Frankfort, Germany
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
