Color postcard from circa 1905-1911 showing a night scene on Saginaw Street in Flint, Michigan. The arches were installed in 1899 by the city to provide street lighting.
Flint (Mich.); Genesee County (Mich.); Saginaw Street (Flint, Mich.); night scenes; Flint arches; streetcars; carriages and coaches; postcards; street lighting
Color postcard from circa 1907-1911 titled "Mershon's Rose Hedge." The hedge belonged to William Butts Mershon, a prominent businessman, ornithologist and civic leader in Saginaw, Michigan. He served as mayor of Saginaw from 1894-1895.
Color postcard from circa 1907-1911 of the original Detroit Institute of Arts (then Museum of Art) buiding in Detroit, Michigan. The building opened to the public in 1888, and was designed by James Balfour of Ontario, winner of a design competition.
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Detroit Institute of Arts; buildings; museums; postcards
Color postcard from circa 1907-1911 showing a bird's eye view of Gratiot Avenue, looking north east from just east of Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The red building on the left is the J. L. Hudson department store building (designed by the...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Gratiot Avenue (Detroit, Mich.); J. L. Hudson Building (Detroit, Mich.); Crowley, Milner and Co. (Detroit, Mich.); J. L Hudson Company (Detroit, Mich.); Smith, Hinchman and Grylls; department stores; stores;...
Color postcard from circa 1907-1911 showing Capitol Park and a southerly view of Griswold Street in Detroit, Michigan. The Chamber of Commerce Building (1895) is on the left.
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Chamber of Commerce Building (Detroit, Mich.); Griswold Street (Detroit, Mich.); Capitol Park (Detroit, Mich.); parks; fountains; street scenes; streetcars; cityscapes; postcards
Black and white postcard from circa 1907-1911 showing Capitol Avenue, looking north from Michigan Avenue, in Lansing, Michigan. The old post office is in the foreground, complete with watchtower, with the old city hall behind it.
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); United States Post Office (Lansing, Mich.); Capitol Avenue (Lansing, Mich.); Lansing City Hall (Lansing, Mich.); city halls; post offices; street scenes; streetcars; buildings; postcards
Color postcard from circa 1907-1911 showing Ottawa Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan, looking towards Monroe Street.
Grand Rapids (Mich.); Kent County (Mich.); Ottawa Street (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Monroe Avenue (Grand Rapids, Mich.); street scenes; streetcars; people; streetcars; postcards
Black and white postcard from circa 1907-1911 showing Michigan Avenue, looking west from Washington Avenue towards the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan. The Prudden Building is on the left (destroyed by fire in 1920).
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Michigan Avenue (Lansing, Mich.); Michigan State Capitol (Lansing, Mich.); Prudden Building (Lansing, Mich.); buildings; street scenes; streetcars; carriages and coaches; capitol buildings; automobiles;...
Black and white postcard from circa 1907-1911 showing Lansing City Hall (on the left, built in 1896), the post office building and the YMCA building in Lansing, Michigan.
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Lansing City Hall (Lansing, Mich.); United States Post Office (Lansing, Mich.); YMCA Building (Lansing, Mich.); YMCA Buildings; city halls; post offices; buildings; postcards
Color postcard from circa 1907-1911 showing the Lansing City Hall (on the left, built 1896) and the post office (on the right) in downtown Lansing, Michigan. The post office would become the City Hall Annex in later years.
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); United States Post Office (Lansing, Mich.); Lansing City Hall (Lansing, Mich.); city halls; post offices; buildings; postcards
Color postcard from circa 1907-1911 of Reeds Lake and buildings along its waterfront in East Grand Rapids, Michigan. A suburb of Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids was originally settled by the Reed family, giving Reeds Lake its name. The lake was a...
Grand Rapids (Mich.); Kent County (Mich.); East Grand Rapids (Mich.); Reeds Lake (Grand Rapids, Mich.); waterfronts; buildings; lakes; postcards;
Color postcard from circa 1907-1911 indicating a street scene of the intersection between Monroe and S. Division Streets in Grand Rapids, Michigan. With name changes of streets, this view is possibly of what is now Monroe Center Street SW and...
Grand Rapids (Mich.); Kent County (Mich.); Monroe Avenue (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Division Avenue (Grand Rapids, Mich.); street scenes; people; women; children; men; carriages and coaches; postcards