The Book of Detroiters;.Albert Nelson Marquis A. N. Marquis, 1908 - 445 Seiten |
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... city . The question often arises , when mention is made of some person : Who is he and what does he do ? In the fewest words possible , this book aims to answer those questions and , in addition , to present the main facts in the ...
... city . The question often arises , when mention is made of some person : Who is he and what does he do ? In the fewest words possible , this book aims to answer those questions and , in addition , to present the main facts in the ...
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... city has been yet farther advanced by the enterprising character of its people . Detroit is recognized as one of the advanced municipalities of the Republic and the extent of the future development of such a city , it is not within the ...
... city has been yet farther advanced by the enterprising character of its people . Detroit is recognized as one of the advanced municipalities of the Republic and the extent of the future development of such a city , it is not within the ...
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Albert Nelson Marquis. THE CITY OF DETROIT By WILLIAM STOCKING Detroit comes by fair inheritance to the title of a beautiful city . Its founder , Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac , who , with about one hundred fol- lowers , first pulled his ...
Albert Nelson Marquis. THE CITY OF DETROIT By WILLIAM STOCKING Detroit comes by fair inheritance to the title of a beautiful city . Its founder , Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac , who , with about one hundred fol- lowers , first pulled his ...
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... city limits , the lower end being the center of the principal retail district , and the rest of it the location of some of the finest residence sections . Part of the plan remains , also , in the Campus Martius and Cadillac Square , one ...
... city limits , the lower end being the center of the principal retail district , and the rest of it the location of some of the finest residence sections . Part of the plan remains , also , in the Campus Martius and Cadillac Square , one ...
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... city charters , the first in 1805 , the second in 1824 , the third in 1827 , the fourth in 1857 and the fifth in 1883 . In spite of its first city charter its corporate name was the " Town of De- troit " till 1815. Then it was the " City ...
... city charters , the first in 1805 , the second in 1824 , the third in 1827 , the fourth in 1857 and the fifth in 1883 . In spite of its first city charter its corporate name was the " Town of De- troit " till 1815. Then it was the " City ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Academy agent Automobiling Began active career Began practice Board of Commerce Boat born career as clerk Chicago College of Medicine Country degree of A. B. dence Detroit Bar Association Detroit College Detroit Golf director educated in Detroit educated in public engaged engineer Episcopalian Fellowcraft fishing George graduating Hammond Bldg Jefferson John July June Knight Templar Knights of Columbus Knights of Pythias lawyer lumber Majestic Bldg manager manufacturers married at Detroit Mary Mason 32 Member American Member Board Member Detroit Board Member Knights Member Masonic order Member Michigan member of firm Member Wayne County Office organized Outdoor sports practiced in Detroit Presbyterian president Detroit public and high public schools real estate Recreations removed to Detroit Republican Resi Residence Saginaw Savings Bank schools of Detroit secretary and treasurer Sept Shriner superintendent troit University of Michigan unmarried vice president wholesale William Woodward
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Seite 362 - Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, American Society for Metals and American Society for Testing Materials.
Seite 30 - AMBERG, Emil, physician; born, Santa Fe, NM, May 1, 1868; son of Jacob and Minna (Loewenbein) Amberg; graduate Realgymnasium, Elberfeld, Germany, 1887, Gymnasium in Arnsberg, 1888, University of Heidelberg, 1894, also passed state examination for license to practice in Germany; was interne in the eye department of the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Jan. 1, 1896-Apr. 1, 1897; post-graduate courses in Berlin and Vienna.
Seite 16 - ... 300 or more hands each. Of these fortyeight employed over 1,000 and five over 10,000. Detroit's manufacturing industries are not, as in some cities, collected in a single congested and unwholesome district. They throng the river front and adjacent streets from Woodward Avenue to Belle Isle bridge. They make a sizable manufacturing city by itself of the Milwaukee Junction district, and one almost equally large about West Detroit Junction. They occupy a number of separate blocks in the down-town...
Seite 15 - ... dwindled to about 50,000,000 pounds. The down-river district in Wayne county largely supplies the country's demand, and furnishes some for export. As Detroit has assumed great prominence in brass manufacture, so it was among the first in the field in the making and manipulation of the new metal, aluminum. It is the leading city in the country in the manufacture of malleable iron. Its new iron and steel products cover a wide range. In the making of computing machines it not only has the largest...
Seite 9 - ... builds a thick roof with its large leaves and heavy clusters, weighing down the top of the tree which receives it, and often stifling it with its embrace.
Seite 16 - This separation of industries over large areas gives great advantage of profit, convenience and accessibility. It prevents the crowding of freight into one section. It prevents the raising of factory sites to a prohibitive or speculative price. It gives opportunity to intersperse the factory districts with cottage districts so that wage earners may live reasonably near their work.
Seite 188 - US consul, Jerusalem, 1886-91. Took such a stand against expulsion of Jews from Palestine by Turks that his position was upheld by several European powers and exclusion laws were modified. Known for his researches In archaeology and botany and h!s procurement and publication of photograph fuc-simlles of texts of early Christian MSS.
Seite 95 - Daniel J., lawyer; b. Detroit, Aug. 20, 1852; ed. Fordham, NY; studied law; has management of the Campau estate, a large inheritance left by his father; collector of customs, Detroit, 1886-90; now. Mich. mem. Dem. Nat. Com.; controlling owner The Chicago Horseman, devoted to breeding and turf news; prominently connected with the trotting turf.
Seite 189 - Society, etc; member-at-large for America, 1876, to Congress of Americanists, at Luxemburg. Author: Marked for Life (poems), 1863; The Wild Flowers and Gardens of Jerusalem and Palestine, 1894; Hassan—a Fellah (a Romance of Palestine), 1898; Vericourt Westhrop and Issue, 1903; also many scientific and other papers.
Seite 465 - In 1896 he was associate counsel for the United States before the Joint High Commission to determine the Behring Sea claims...