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- Description:
- Postcard. A color photograph on cardstock depicting an elevated view of the Y.M.C.A. Building with the tops of trees in Grand Circus Park in the foreground. Printed on verso, "Y.M.C.A. Building, corner Witherell and Adams Avenues, is the largest and most complete of its kind in the world and boasts of a gymnasium second to none in the country. It was erected in 1908 and has cost in the neighborhood of $700,000." Handwritten note on verso. Postmarked Jun 23, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Postcard. A color photograph on cardstock depicting an elevated view of the Y.M.C.A. Building with the tops of trees in Grand Circus Park in the foreground. Printed on verso, "Y.M.C.A. Building, corner Witherell and Adams Avenues, is the largest and most complete of its kind in the world and boasts of a gymnasium second to none in the country. It was erected in 1908 and has cost in the neighborhood of $700,000." Handwritten message on verso. Postmarked Feb 1, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Y.M.C.A. Building from Grand Circus Park. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Oct 4, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- This slightly yellowed paper envelope contained an 11-page letter that was written by George T. Moody who was the President of the Detroit Y.M.C.A. The front of the envelope is entitled in typewritten text, "A Retrospect - Detroit Young Men's Christian Association. January First, Nineteen Hundred One" and is signed "George Taylor Moody."
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Anniversaries
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting the Y.M.C.A. Building on the corner of Grand River Avenue and Griswold Street. Dated Feb 22, 1906.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Instructional book; Cover has the Y.M.C.A. emblem at the top, with "Young Men's Christian Association Detroit, Michigan"; beneath is "Mr. Garr A. Thompson, 6/2/1910, No. 10860"; inside are instructions for health care, including hygiene, diet and exercise, as well as an anthropometric table which has been filled out with various anatomical measurements
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Booklet containing information on the 1879 Y.M.C.A. on the northeast corner of Grand River Avenue and Griswold Street. The booklet is bound in a green paper cover with a oval-shaped cut out in the center behind which is a photo of the building on the first page. Cover also has a border with a flower motif on the right and left sides. Within in the book are descriptions and photos of the association's facilities both athletic and educational, as well as information about joining. An advertisement for Gage and Fischer life insurance is on the back cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Program for the Athletic-Gymnastic Carnival held by the Detroit Young Men's Christian Association on March 16, 1905 at the Light Guard Armory. An art nouveau-style illustration of a woman with long braids wearing a crown and surrounded by roses is on the cover. Within the members of the competing teams, representing Central High, Eastern High, and Detroit University School are listed along with the games officials, and events. The events include a callisthenic drill, 40 yard dashes, 40 yard low hurdles, running high jump, running high dive, 12 lb. shot put, pole vault, parallel bar, horizontal bar, gymnastic contest, and relay potato races. There are also numerous advertisements throughout. The program was printed by the Seidel Printing Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Y.M.C.A. Building from Grand Circus Park. Handwritten note on the verso. Postmarked Jan 25, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the Y.M.C.A. Building on the corner of Grand River Avenue and Griswold Street. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 2, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
