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- Cass Park, Detroit, Michigan, Artwork by Ivan Swift -
- Collections - Artifact
Cass Park, Detroit, Michigan, Artwork by Ivan Swift
- Lobby, The Detroit News Building, Detroit, Michigan -
- circa 1917
- Collections - Artifact
Lobby, The Detroit News Building, Detroit, Michigan
- Country Club, Grosse Pointe, Detroit, Michigan -
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Country Club, Grosse Pointe, Detroit, Michigan
- Postcard Sent by Charles Steinmetz to Clara Steinmetz, February 28, 1897, "Gruss aus Breslau" - Charles Steinmetz moved to the United States in 1889 and began an influential career in electrical engineering. His sister Clara, a poet and painter, followed sometime around 1897. The siblings remained close, visiting one another and corresponding regularly until Charles' death in 1923. On a business trip in 1897, Charles mailed Clara this postcard with "greetings from Breslau," their German hometown.
- February 28, 1897
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Postcard Sent by Charles Steinmetz to Clara Steinmetz, February 28, 1897, "Gruss aus Breslau"
Charles Steinmetz moved to the United States in 1889 and began an influential career in electrical engineering. His sister Clara, a poet and painter, followed sometime around 1897. The siblings remained close, visiting one another and corresponding regularly until Charles' death in 1923. On a business trip in 1897, Charles mailed Clara this postcard with "greetings from Breslau," their German hometown.
- Postcard, Five Puppies, 1907 - Depictions of dogs and puppies often appeared in art and folk art in the United States. Inexpensive lithograph prints made in the mid-19th century emphasized people's relationship with dogs. Starting in the late 1890s picture postcards included these types of popular illustrations of dogs. Sending colorful postcards through the U.S. mail continued to be widespread well into the 1910s.
- February 13, 1907
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Postcard, Five Puppies, 1907
Depictions of dogs and puppies often appeared in art and folk art in the United States. Inexpensive lithograph prints made in the mid-19th century emphasized people's relationship with dogs. Starting in the late 1890s picture postcards included these types of popular illustrations of dogs. Sending colorful postcards through the U.S. mail continued to be widespread well into the 1910s.
- Postcard, Boy Playing with Puppies, 1908 - Depictions of dogs and puppies often appeared in art and folk art in the United States. Inexpensive lithograph prints made in the mid-19th century emphasized people's relationship with dogs. Starting in the late 1890s picture postcards included these types of popular illustrations of dogs. Sending colorful postcards through the U.S. mail continued to be widespread well into the 1910s.
- April 10, 1908
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, Boy Playing with Puppies, 1908
Depictions of dogs and puppies often appeared in art and folk art in the United States. Inexpensive lithograph prints made in the mid-19th century emphasized people's relationship with dogs. Starting in the late 1890s picture postcards included these types of popular illustrations of dogs. Sending colorful postcards through the U.S. mail continued to be widespread well into the 1910s.
- People Gathered on a Porch Decorated for the Fourth of July, circa 1910 -
- circa 1910
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People Gathered on a Porch Decorated for the Fourth of July, circa 1910
- "Lincoln National Memorial near Hodgenville, KY," 1930-1942 Postcard - By the early 20th century, the real Abraham Lincoln had long since faded from people's memory. A new generation of Americans had come of age who only knew the stories, the myths, the legends. This generation transformed Lincoln the man into Lincoln the hero. This first memorial to Lincoln, enshrining his birthplace in Hodgenville, Kentucky, was dedicated in 1911.
- 1930-1942
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"Lincoln National Memorial near Hodgenville, KY," 1930-1942 Postcard
By the early 20th century, the real Abraham Lincoln had long since faded from people's memory. A new generation of Americans had come of age who only knew the stories, the myths, the legends. This generation transformed Lincoln the man into Lincoln the hero. This first memorial to Lincoln, enshrining his birthplace in Hodgenville, Kentucky, was dedicated in 1911.
- Circular Sawmill in Greenfield Village, circa 1983 -
- circa 1983
- Collections - Artifact
Circular Sawmill in Greenfield Village, circa 1983
- Scrapbook of Elizabeth Parke Memorabilia, 1902-1924 -
- 1902-1924
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Scrapbook of Elizabeth Parke Memorabilia, 1902-1924