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- Color postcard depicting the Skating Pavilion on Belle Isle, with two canoes on Lake Takoma in the foreground. Printed on verso: Pavilion, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich. The Pavilion is the stopping place for canoes. Refreshments are served here at reasonable rates. During the Winter, Pavilion Lake is kept free from snow and is used by thousands for skating purposes. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 6, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Conservatory on Belle Isle. Printed on verso: Horticultural Building, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich. The Horticultural Building is one of the most enchanting spots on belle Isle. It is filled with tropical and other plants of all descriptions. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jan 15, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Casino on Belle Isle, with paths extending in to the foreground. Printed on verso: Casino, Belle Isle. Belle Isle is in the Detroit River between Detroit and Windsor, Canada. The Island contains 702 acres and is entirely covered with one of the most beautiful parks in the United States, having some 21 miles of Macadam Roads; a magnificent Casino; Pavilions; Boat Houses; Aquarium; Horticultural Hall and Zoological Gardens. The island was purchased by Detroit in 1879, and has since then expended $1,600,000 in beautifying it. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 21, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet containing the Ninth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Parks and Boulevards to the Common Council of the City of Detroit from July 1, 1897 to June 30, 1898. The report contains information concerning the physical and financial states of various Detroit parks, including Belle Isle, Clark Park, Palmer Park, and Grand Circus Park, in addition to photographs and illustrations of scenes from various parks. This particular copy contains an insert affixed to the title page reading "To David Parsons: Compliments of... Edw. C. Van Lewyen. Commissioner."
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a tour bus parked in front of the Aquarium on Belle Isle, with the Conservatory in the background. Printed on verso: Sight Seeing Car at Aquarium, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich. Immense Sigh Seeing Cars stop at all place of Interest. The card shows one of these cars stopping at Aquarium to give passengers a chance to see this interesting sight. The Aquarium on Belle Isle is one of the finest in the country. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 5, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "Detroit Town is a Good Old Town", words and music by Thomas R. Kew, published by the Kew Music Co. The cover is illustrated with "visions of beautiful Detroit": the downtown riverfront and a Belle Isle scene.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Bath House on Belle Isle, with a few people standing in front. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 27, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an elevated view along Central Avenue on Belle Isle. The street is crowded with pedestrians and in the foreground is a round flowerbed. Printed on verso: Central Avenue, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich. Belle Isle Park contains about 700 acres and has cost Detroit including bridge leading to it about $2,000,000. It has beautiful lawns and Floral displays, also many miles of driveways and canals. It has a Zoo, Horticultural Building and Aquarium. Refreshments are served at both Casino and Pavillion. It was bought from the Chippewa and Ottawa Indians for eight Barrels of rum, three rolls of tobacco, six pounds of vermillion and a belt of wampum, by Lieutenant Mc Dougall in 1769. In 1879, 110 years afterward it was sold to Detroit for $200,000. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked May 26, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the interior of the Aquarium on Belle Isle filled with visitors and lined with tanks of fish. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photo of the bear pen at the Belle Isle Zoo. Two men stand with the bikes in front of the pen, while another group of figures are gathered near the corner of the pen. Signs posted on the pen's bars caution, "Dangerous. Keep Outside Guard Fence." "#94 Bear Pen Belle Isle, 5/6/99," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
