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- Photograph. A mounted sepia-toned gelatin silver print of a float that was part of the Floral Parade celebrating Detroit's bicentennial, held July 26, 1901. The float is mounted on a streetcar truck and decorated to depict a scene from Detroit's history. An illuminated sign on the float's front notes "Navigation." At the front of this float, decorated to look like waves, are a pair of hippocampi drawing a chariot made from a giant shell. Behind this are models of a two-masted sailing ship, representing the Griffon, as well as the steamer, Walk-in-the-Water. The front end of the "Future City on the Straits" float is visibly on the left edge. The parade is moving along a residential street with houses and trees in the background, but the street name is not known.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned gelatin sliver photo of a parade float that was part of the Detroit Bi-Centenary Parade. The float is mounted on a streetcar truck and decorated with two canoes and a log cabin that represents a fur trading post. A sign at the right end of the float notes "The Fur Traders." The parade is moving along a residential street and two wood frame houses can be seen in the background, but the street name is not known. Handwriting on the verso notes "The Coming of the Fur Traders."
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned gelatin silver photo of a parade float that was part of the Detroit Bi-Centenary Parade, in the intersection of Miami Avenue and Wilcox Street. The float consists of a wagon that is being drawn by four horses and decorated as a log cabin trading post. Five figures are standing on the float in front of the trading post with one dressed in colonial attire and the other four dressed as Indians. A sign across the top of the trading post notes "Dry Goods; 1701 - Burnham, Stoepel & Co." Three men are standing beside the horses in the street. A small crowd of spectators can be seen on the right side of the photo. The "Index Printing Co." building is visible in the background of the photo.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned gelatin silver photo of a parade float that was part of the Detroit Bi-Centenary Parade. The float consists of a wagon that is being drawn by two horses and has been decorated with two large art murals. (Presumably, there are similar murals on the opposite side.) There is an opening between the two murals where two men can be seen holding a chess board. Also, two men are standing at the front of the wagon to drive the horses. A sign at the top of the float notes "Vinton Company, Painters and Decorators." The parade is moving along a residential street and several houses and an apartment building are visible in the background. Three spectators are also visible in the distance behind the float.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned gelatin silver photo of a parade float that was part of the Detroit Bi-Centenary Parade near the intersection of Miami Avenue and Wilcox Street. The float consists of a decorated wagon that is being drawn by one horse and which displays rows of china plates and large decorative vases. One man is standing at the front of the wagon to drive the horse and another man is standing on top of the wagon beside a large teapot. A sign on the side of the wagon notes "Jenness & McCurdy." The Index Printing Company building is visible in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- A mounted sepia-toned gelatin silver print of a float that was part of the Floral Parade celebrating Detroit's bicentennial, held July 26, 1901. The float is mounted on streetcar trucks and is decorated to depict a scene from Detroit's history. A sign on the float's front notes "18. The Three Flags." Atop, a float decorated like clouds and bearing three light bulb-filled starbursts, are three flag-bearing women representing France, Britain, and the United States. At the front, behind a shield decorated with four fleurs-de-lis stands a woman wearing a similarly decorated gown, and a crown, and waving the flag of the Bourbon family. The woman representing Britain sits at the center, wearing a crown, and waving, presumably, a Blue Ensign British flag. A woman in a striped dress, wearing a crown and waving an American flag before an eagle-topped shield stands at the rear of the float. A small crowd of spectators are visible in the background behind the float. The parade is moving along a residential street with houses and trees in the background, but the street name is not known.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. A mounted sepia-toned gelatin silver print of a float that was part of the Floral Parade celebrating Detroit's bicentennial, held July 26, 1901. The float is mounted a streetcar truck and decorated to depict a scene from Detroit's history. An illuminated sign on the float's front notes "Fire 0f 1805." A central tower, a miniature two-dimensional skyline, and the city seal encircled by light bulbs rise up from the base of the float, decorated to resemble burning debris. More light bulbs are visible lining the interior of the float. The front of the float depicting "Cass Breaking his Sword" is visible on the far left. The parade is moving along a residential street with houses and trees in the background, but the street name is not known. A wood pile is in the foreground. Not pictured is the person dressed as the Nain Rouge who attended this float, as described in The Bi-Centenary of The Founding of Detroit on page 44.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned gelatin silver photo of a parade float that was part of the Detroit Bi-Centenary Parade. The float consists of a decorated wagon that is being drawn by four horses and shows a tobacco curing barn with 6 people who are dressed as African-American sharecroppers. The barn and its surrounding picket fence are painted white and a sign on the wagon notes "Curing Tobacco in Old Kentucky for Scotten, Dillon Company." One driver is seated at the front of the float. The horses are wearing signs that note "Scotten, Dillon Company." A small crowd of spectators can be seen near the rear of the float. The parade is moving along a residential cobblestone street and several houses are visible in the background, but the street name is not known.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Large black and white photographic print depicting a donkey-drawn cart draped in cloth with a stars-and-stripes pattern, filled with children, and shaded by a large umbrella, which took part in the parade held as part of Detroit's bicentennial celebration in 1901. A man in a hat and robe stands aside the donkey. The donkey wears a saddle blanket decorated with several indiscernible words. A pair of other adults and several other children, including some with bicycles, gather around the wagon, while more adults watch from the porches of two homes in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned gelatin silver photo of a parade float that was part of the Detroit Bi-Centenary Parade. The float consists of a floral-decorated, horse drawn wagon that shows a large swan and a gondola. A gondolier is standing at the gondola stern, a woman is seated in the middle, and another woman is standing at the bow of the gondola. One girl is seated at the front of the float and another girl is seated at the rear. Three African-American men are standing by the horses. A floral sign on the side of the float notes "Breitmeyer," which was most likely John Breitmeyer Sons florists (as listed in the 1901 Detroit City Directory). The parade is moving along a residential street with several spectators, houses, and an apartment building (or hotel) being visible in the background, but the street name is not known. The apartment building (or hotel) has the sign, "The Imperial," over the doorway, but there is no listing for this name in the 1901 or 1902 Detroit City Directories.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
