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- Grounds of Henry Ford Hospital and Clara Ford Nurses Home, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1930 - In 1915, Henry Ford funded a new hospital for Detroit. Designed and built in consultation with leading medical experts, Henry Ford Hospital employed salaried doctors and charged low, fixed fees to patients. By Mr. Ford's death in 1947, some 1,600 people were on the hospital's staff and more than $16.5 million had been invested in the facility.
- May 22, 1931
- Collections - Artifact
Grounds of Henry Ford Hospital and Clara Ford Nurses Home, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1930
In 1915, Henry Ford funded a new hospital for Detroit. Designed and built in consultation with leading medical experts, Henry Ford Hospital employed salaried doctors and charged low, fixed fees to patients. By Mr. Ford's death in 1947, some 1,600 people were on the hospital's staff and more than $16.5 million had been invested in the facility.
- Ice Skating at Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1900 - Outdoor ice skating is a popular cold weather activity in the northern United States. Adults and children could rent skates from the Belle Isle Pavilion and skate on adjacent Lake Takoma on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Ice Skating at Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1900
Outdoor ice skating is a popular cold weather activity in the northern United States. Adults and children could rent skates from the Belle Isle Pavilion and skate on adjacent Lake Takoma on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan.
- Brooklyn, Flatbush & Coney Island Railway Schedule for Visiting Brighton Beach, Summer 1879 - Since the 1850s, Coney Island had been a popular summer haven for New Yorkers. Brighton Beach, named after the fashionable English seaside resort, was located at the eastern end of Coney Island. By the 1870s, middle-class Brooklynites could hop on the Brooklyn, Flatbush, and Coney Island Railway and take advantage of this beach's saltwater bathing and gracious accommodations.
- 1879
- Collections - Artifact
Brooklyn, Flatbush & Coney Island Railway Schedule for Visiting Brighton Beach, Summer 1879
Since the 1850s, Coney Island had been a popular summer haven for New Yorkers. Brighton Beach, named after the fashionable English seaside resort, was located at the eastern end of Coney Island. By the 1870s, middle-class Brooklynites could hop on the Brooklyn, Flatbush, and Coney Island Railway and take advantage of this beach's saltwater bathing and gracious accommodations.
- Plate, 1820-1830 -
- 1820-1830
- Collections - Artifact
Plate, 1820-1830
- Lake and Pavilion, Clark Park, Detroit, Michigan -
- 1908
- Collections - Artifact
Lake and Pavilion, Clark Park, Detroit, Michigan
- Pavilion, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan - Belle Isle is the largest municipal island park in the United States. Fredrick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, designed portions of the park. The City of Detroit opened Belle Isle to the public in 1880; over 260,000 people visited the park in the summer of 1882, proving its immediate popularity. It has remained among Michigan's most visited parks.
- circa 1905
- Collections - Artifact
Pavilion, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan
Belle Isle is the largest municipal island park in the United States. Fredrick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, designed portions of the park. The City of Detroit opened Belle Isle to the public in 1880; over 260,000 people visited the park in the summer of 1882, proving its immediate popularity. It has remained among Michigan's most visited parks.