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- Russell House Hotel, Detroit, Michigan, 1880-1895 -
- 1880-1895
- Collections - Artifact
Russell House Hotel, Detroit, Michigan, 1880-1895
- Drawing of Woodward Avenue at Campus Martius, Detroit, Michigan, 1849-1856 -
- 1849-1856
- Collections - Artifact
Drawing of Woodward Avenue at Campus Martius, Detroit, Michigan, 1849-1856
- Russell House Bill of Fare, Detroit, Michigan, Monday, October 12, 1857 -
- October 12, 1857
- Collections - Artifact
Russell House Bill of Fare, Detroit, Michigan, Monday, October 12, 1857
- May F. Hogan, George B. Catlin and James W. Bishop Correspondence and Photographs, November-December 1929 -
- November 1929-December 1929
- Collections - Artifact
May F. Hogan, George B. Catlin and James W. Bishop Correspondence and Photographs, November-December 1929
- Parade on Woodward Avenue during the 1891 G.A.R. Encampment in Detroit, Michigan - The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a Union veterans' organization formed in 1866, held state and national conventions or "encampments" where members could reunite with other Civil War veterans. Encampment attendees paraded through town, gathered at receptions, toured local attractions, and reminisced about shared wartime experiences. The G.A.R. sponsored these meetings for more than 80 years.
- 1891
- Collections - Artifact
Parade on Woodward Avenue during the 1891 G.A.R. Encampment in Detroit, Michigan
The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a Union veterans' organization formed in 1866, held state and national conventions or "encampments" where members could reunite with other Civil War veterans. Encampment attendees paraded through town, gathered at receptions, toured local attractions, and reminisced about shared wartime experiences. The G.A.R. sponsored these meetings for more than 80 years.
- Central Market Building, Russell House Hotel, and Bagley Memorial Fountain, Detroit, Michigan, 1887-1905 -
- 1887-1905
- Collections - Artifact
Central Market Building, Russell House Hotel, and Bagley Memorial Fountain, Detroit, Michigan, 1887-1905
- Detroit's Original City Hall Building, 1860-1872 -
- 1860-1872
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit's Original City Hall Building, 1860-1872
- View of Campus Martius Area of Detroit, Michigan, 1883-1892 - This is an aerial view of Campus Martius, the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system and site of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. The structures resembling tall oil derricks are municipal lighting towers. Fitted with powerful electric arc lamps, these "moonlight towers" illuminated city streets at night. They were replaced by incandescent streetlamps in the 1910s.
- 1883-1892
- Collections - Artifact
View of Campus Martius Area of Detroit, Michigan, 1883-1892
This is an aerial view of Campus Martius, the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system and site of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. The structures resembling tall oil derricks are municipal lighting towers. Fitted with powerful electric arc lamps, these "moonlight towers" illuminated city streets at night. They were replaced by incandescent streetlamps in the 1910s.
- Drawing of Woodward Avenue at Campus Martius, Detroit, Michigan, 1849-1856 -
- 1849-1856
- Collections - Artifact
Drawing of Woodward Avenue at Campus Martius, Detroit, Michigan, 1849-1856
- Parade on Woodward Avenue during the 1891 G.A.R. Encampment in Detroit, Michigan - The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a Union veterans' organization formed in 1866, held state and national conventions or "encampments" where members could reunite with other Civil War veterans. Encampment attendees paraded through town, gathered at receptions, toured local attractions, and reminisced about shared wartime experiences. The G.A.R. sponsored these meetings for more than 80 years.
- 1891
- Collections - Artifact
Parade on Woodward Avenue during the 1891 G.A.R. Encampment in Detroit, Michigan
The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a Union veterans' organization formed in 1866, held state and national conventions or "encampments" where members could reunite with other Civil War veterans. Encampment attendees paraded through town, gathered at receptions, toured local attractions, and reminisced about shared wartime experiences. The G.A.R. sponsored these meetings for more than 80 years.