Holiday Season in Michigan
This month Michigan Memories is celebrating the holidays and festivals that close out the year.
Capt. Harry Wilson trains helpers at Santa Claus training school
Year: 1938
Source: The Detroit News Photograph Collection, The Virtual Motor City Collection at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University: https://wayne.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/vmc/id/14375/rec/1
Christmas Eve with the family of John Harvey Kellogg
Year: 1906
Source: Bentley Image Bank, John Harvey Kellogg Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl000158/bl000158
Observing Hannukah
Year: 1981
Source: The Detroit News Photograph Collection, The Virtual Motor City Collection at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University: https://wayne.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/vmc/id/17016/rec/1
Millard Pitts, champion of the Higgins Lake Trout and Ice Festival
Year: Unknown
Source: Jack Van Coevering Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-hs18769/hs18769
Light display, J. L. Hudson's store, Woodward Avenue, Detroit
Year: 1961
Source: The Detroit News Photograph Collection, The Virtual Motor City Collection at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University: https://wayne.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/vmc/id/20165/rec/1
Holiday shoppers in downtown Detroit
Possible research questions:
How does this amusement park compare to a modern-day amusement park?
What building materials were commonly used to construct the rides?
Year: 1936
Source: The Detroit News Photograph Collection, The Virtual Motor City Collection at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University: https://wayne.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/vmc/id/34585/rec/1
Danish Christmas party in Detroit
Year: 1938
Source: The Detroit News Photograph Collection, The Virtual Motor City Collection at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University: https://wayne.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/vmc/id/30998/rec/1
Students in snow sculpture competition at the Winter Carnival
Year: c. 1966
Source: News and Information Services, University Photographs, Grand Valley State University Libraries: https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/40393
The Detroit Free Press Christmas March
Description: Sheet music for "The Detroit Free Press Christmas March", by Wm. C. G. Wright, published by the Detroit Free Press. Dedicated to the readers of The Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1893
Source: Detroit Historical Society: http://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/B71723CF-38C3-4AAF-AAA9-870293661777
Christmas Chimes
Description: One sheet music booklet entitled "Christmas Chimes" which includes "Words and Music by Eva Best, Written for the Detroit Free Press." The cover page is printed in black ink on slightly yellowed paper. The two interior pages and the back page show the printed music as well as the words for the title song. Printed text at the bottom of the cover page shows that the music was a "Supplement to the Detroit Free Press."
Year: 1892
Source: Detroit Historical Society: http://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/2E325894-FA5F-40D2-A80F-623044380430
Leaf from "A Book of Services for Christmas, Holy Week"
Description: From a "Book of Services for Christmas, Holy Week”, with musical accompaniment, published at Salamanca in 1570 by Matthias Gastius.
Year: 1570
Source: Pages from the Past collection, Western Michigan University Special Collections, Western Michigan University: https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/detail/wmich~4~4~85~159887
Buildings lit for Christmas in downtown Detroit
Year: 1954
Source: The Detroit News Photograph Collection, The Virtual Motor City Collection at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University: https://wayne.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/vmc/id/28772/rec/1
Christmas tree in downtown Detroit
Year: Unknown
Source: The Detroit News Photograph Collection, The Virtual Motor City Collection at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University: https://wayne.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/vmc/id/30854/rec/1
New Year's menu from the Hotel Wolverine
Year: 1924
Source: Detroit Historical Society: http://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/ED727885-8E94-468A-8910-927489553818
Munsey Ward at Christmas during World War I
Year: 1915
Source: Bentley Image Bank, Frederick A. Coller Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-hs8086/hs8086
New Year's Eve
Year: 1936
Source: The Detroit News Photograph Collection, The Virtual Motor City Collection at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University: https://wayne.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/vmc/id/4050/rec/1
Ten Red Cross Christmas seals
Description: Sheet of ten Red Cross Christmas Seals with a half-folded explanatory sheet. The stamps are printed with an image of Liberty holding a torch and shield, below a pattern of mistletoe and the Red Cross symbol. The sheet explains the stamps are a reward for involvement in the organization's Christmas Roll Call, and contains information on tuberculosis, some geared toward dealing with infected soldiers.
Year: 1918
Source: Medical/Dental/Pharmaceutical Collection, Detroit Historical Society: http://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/955C7BE2-EFF5-4271-B3B9-192103952474