Color postcard from circa 1925-1930 showing the view south down Washington Boulevard from Grand Circus Park in Detroit, Michigan. On the left is the David Whitney Building, built in 1915 and designed by Daniel Burnham. The red building on the right...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Grand Circus Park (Detroit, Mich.); David Whitney Building (Detroit, Mich.); Statler Hotel (Detroit, Mich.); Book-Cadillac Hotel (Detroit, Mich.); Washington Boulevard (Detroit, Mich.); Burnham, Daniel Hudson,...
Color postcard showing a street scene on South Division Avenue, including the Cody and Livingston Hotels in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Grand Rapids (Mich.); Kent County (Mich.); Division Avenue (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Livingston Hotel (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Cody Hotel (Grand Rapids, Mich.); hotels; street scenes; stores; postcards
1861-1863 Diary transcript of James W. Hoffman. In this diary, he discusses joining his regiment, riding on the railroad, soldier life, picket duty, dress parades, illnesses, riding a steamboat, his horse, skirmishes, visiting locals, African...
American Civil War; Hoffman, James W.; James W. Hoffman; 3rd Michigan Cavalry; Third Michigan Cavalry; enlistment; railroad; soldier life; picket duty; dress parade; illness; health; steamer; horse; skirmish; civilians; African Americans; slavery;...
Outside landscape of hotel (no name) 2 story, wagons loaded with goods, buggies, men in top hats. Fair condition, emulsion cracked, tarnished, black velvet backing, mat rectangular gilt. Case is paper covered wood, one side gone, hinge weak,...
Black and white postcard from circa 1904-1907 showing a street scene on Washington Avenue in Lansing, Michigan. The first building on the left is the Hotel Butler, built in 1872.
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Washington Avenue (Lansing, Mich.); Hotel Butler (Lansing, Mich.); hotels; street scenes; stores; storefronts; carriages and coaches; postcards
Black and white print of Grand Ledge, Michigan, circa 1870-1880, showing the Rose & Harrison Planing Mill and Denison House (hotel) along the Grand River and the iron Bridge Street bridge.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; mills; hotels; cityscapes; bridges; Bridge Street (Grand Ledge, Mich.); logging industry;
Color postcard from approximately 1907 showing a view of Washington Avenue, looking north, in downtown Lansing, Michigan. The State Capitol is visible in the background, and the six story Hotel Downey is at the end of the block. The hotel was built...
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Washington Avenue (Lansing, Mich.); Michigan State Capitol (Lansing, Mich.); Hotel Downey (Lansing, Mich.); streetcars; street scenes; hotels; capitol buildings; stores; automobiles; storefronts; postcards
lack and white postcard from approximately 1907 showing a view of Washington Avenue, looking north, in downtown Lansing, Michigan. The State Capitol is visible in the background, and the six story Hotel Downey is at the end of the block. The hotel...
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Lansing City Hall (Lansing, Mich.); Washington Avenue (Lansing, Mich.); Michigan State Capitol (Lansing, Mich.); Hotel Downey (Lansing, Mich.); street scenes; hotels; streetcars; capitol buildings; city...
Black and white postcard from approximately 1916 of the Grand Ledge House Hotel (demolished in 1933) in Grand Ledge, Michigan.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand Ledge House Hotel (Grand Ledge, Mich.); hotels; buildings; street scenes; crowds; people; automobiles;
Black and white photograph from circa 1885-1895 showing the grounds of the Island House Hotel on Second Island. The second owner of the islands, S. M. Hewings purchased the resort islands in 1877, and built the Island House Hotel on Second Island....
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; Seven Islands Resort (Grand Ledge, Mich.); Island House Hotel (Grand Ledge, Mich.); hotels; resorts; steamboats; boats; rivers; people; recreation; tourism;
Color postcard from circa 1907-1908 showing the entrance to Canal Park (also known as Government Park), with the Japanese "Torri" in the foreground and Park Hotel in the background in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan.
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.); Chippewa County (Mich.); Canal Park (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.); Park Hotel (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.); hotels; parks; monuments; postcards
Color postcard from 1934 showing the Lansing, Michigan skyline, looking west down Michigan Avenue towards the capitol. On the left is the Boji Tower (originally the Olds Tower, then known as Michigan National Bank Building), as well as the...
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Michigan State Capitol (Lansing, Mich.); Olds Hotel (Lansing, Mich.); George W. Romney Building (Lansing, Mich.); Boji Tower (Lansing, Mich.); Hotel Wentworth (Lansing, Mich.); Michigan Avenue (Lansing,...
Color postcard from 1928 of the Hotel Ojibway in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. Built in 1927, the hotel was one of the premier hotels in the area, and for a time was the national headquarters for hay feaver sufferers (the CaChoo Club). The postcard...
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.); Chippewa County (Mich.); Hotel Ojibway (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.); hotels; buildings; postcards
Color postcard from 1920 showing the entrance to Canal Park (also known as Government Park), with the Japanese "Torri" in the foreground and Park Hotel in the background in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The postcard is part of the "Souvenir of the...
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.); Chippewa County (Mich.); Canal Park (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.); Park Hotel (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.); hotels; parks; monuments; postcards
Color postcard from circa 1907-1909 showing a street scene on Washington Avenue in Lansing, Michigan. The beige building on the left is the Hotel Butler, built in 1872.
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Washington Avenue (Lansing, Mich.); Hotel Butler (Lansing, Mich.); hotels; street scenes; stores; postcards
Black and white postcard from circa 1900-1901 with a photograph of Hotel Dresden on Saginaw Street in Flint, Michigan. The arch was one of several erected in 1899 to provide street lighting.
Flint (Mich.); Genesee County (Mich.); Saginaw Street (Flint, Mich.); Hotel Dresden (Flint, Mich.); street scenes; hotels; Flint arches; carriages and coaches; postcards; street lighting