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Transcription of the diary of Ferdinand S. Petway. The diary covers January 19, 1864- November 7, 1864. In the diary, Petway fervently speaks on the Confederate Army,his opinions on the southern society should the Union win, his negative opinions of Union citizens, slavery, the Battle of Franklin, Tenn, Sherman, Grant, Lincoln, the Presidential Election of 1864, and Henry Ward Beecher. Date of transcription unknown.
Russelville, Alabama, Franklin (Tenn.)
Black and white photograph from 1917 of men posing in front of and on the frozen Washington Boulevard fountain in Detroit, Michigan. Back of photograph reads: "The Fountain of Ice on the Washington Blvd. at Michigan Ave."
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from 1917 of men posing in the Merrill Fountain (dry for the winter) in front of the old Detroit Opera House on Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from circa 1895-1905 showing Detroit Edison workers (or perhaps the earlier Edison Illuminating Company workers) erecting a pole for electrical lines in Detroit, Michigan.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from circa 1915-1920 of Madison Street, looking north from Randolph Street in Detroit, Michigan. On the right is the Detroit Athletic Club. Established in 1887, the DAC waned at the turn of the 20th Century, only to be revived by a group of prominent businessmen in 1912-1913. Albert Kahn was hired to build the new clubhouse, which opened in 1915 to much fanfare.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from 1917 of men posing in the Merrill Fountain (dry for the winter) in front of the old Detroit Opera House on Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from approximately 1926 taken from the Bob-Lo docks along the Detroit River, looking north up Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The First National Building is in the background, built in 1922 by Albert Kahn.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from 1917 of men posing in front of the William C. Maybury Monument on the east side of Woodward Avenue in Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Michigan. The statue was built in 1912 by Adolph Alexander Weinman.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Color postcard from circa 1907-1916 showing the view up Woodward Avenue, looking north from Congress Street, in Detroit, Michigan. The Majestic Building (1896 - Daniel Burnham) stands in the center of the frame, on the north side of Campus Martius.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from circa 1928-1930 of the parking attendants assisting drivers in the underground garage in the Fisher Building in Detroit, Michigan.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from 1938 of a man standing on a ferry, viewing the Detroit River and Detroit, Michigan skyline. Buildings visible include the Greater Penobscot Building, the Guardian Building, the Buhl Building, the Book-Cadillac Hotel, and the Ford Building. The image also contains several ferries, which were used to shuttle passengers across the river to Canada and to island resorts/amusement parks such as Tashmoo Park and Bob-Lo Park.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white copy print of a photograph from approximately 1897 showing Detroit City Hall and the Majestic Building on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Streetcars, people, carriages and coaches, along with a road sweeper, complete the scene on the streets.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from 1917 of men posing in front of the Hazen S. Pingree statue on the west side of Woodward Avenue in Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Michigan. The Kales Building stands in the background.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from circa 1891-1900 of the intersection of Woodward Avenue and State Street in Detroit, Michigan. The corner store, with the interesting cupola, is Sanders Confectionary, opened in 1875 at this location (although expanded in 1891).
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from circa 1890-1900 of an Edison Illuminating Company high line crew on Brush Street in Detroit, Michigan. The company would eventually become Detroit Edison.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white stereograph from approximately 1866 showing merchants and laborers seated on barrels outside a store on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white copy print of a circa 1890-1900 photograph of the northeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Griswold Stree in Detroit, Michigan. On the left is the corner of the Garrick Theatre, at the time named Whitney's Grand Opera House (as indicated by the sign advertising Sadie Hasson in "A Kentucky Girl"). That theater is where Harry Houdini played his final performance, before dying of peritontis a week later at Detroit Grace Hospital.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from 1951 showing Warren Avenue E, just north of the Chrysler plant, looking east to Connor Street in Detroit, Michigan. The men walking appear to be automotive workers leaving or going to work at the Chrysler plant.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from 1900 of Woodward Avenue at Michigan Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. On the left is the Majestic Building, housing the C. A. Shafer department store.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph by The Detroit News of a large crowd gathered on Woodward Avenue, just north of Campus Martius, in Detroit, Michigan circa 1930-1945.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from circa 1870-1880 of workers unloading cargo from ships at the Detroit, Michigan docks.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from circa 1901-1910 of Detroit Department of Public Works street cleaners and their wagons standing on Cass Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph of the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone of the Eaton County Courthouse on July 4, 1883 in Charlotte, Michigan.
Eaton County (Mich.)
Black and white copy print of a photograph from approximately 1899 of a steam-tractor-pulled mobile photographic studio in Charlotte, Mich.
Eaton County (Mich.)
