Mariners' Church
View of Mariners' Church with Alfred Rush & Sons storefront. Men pose outside storefront with bushel baskets of peaches on sidewalk; sign on church: "Alfred Rush & Sons, wholesale fruit and produce commission." Wagon with melons on side of building; Columbia Buggy Co. adjacent to store. Printed on front: "Alfred Rush & Son's, Commission Merchants, Detroit, Mich." Printed on back: "Alfred Rush & Sons is the most prominent and one of the largest wholesale fruit and produce house in the state of Michigan. They carry a complete line of foreign and domestic fruits and vegetables in and out of season and make a specialty of supplying hotels, cafes, lake steamers and summer resorts. This firm has the distinction of being one of the oldest in this line of business, having been established in 1878. The picture shows part of one of the heaviest shipments of peaches consigned to the Detroit market." Handwritten on back: "Dear Mrs. Butler, I was unable to get Pontchartrain Hotel for Dec. 5 - so called special meeting for Dec. 6th, the only day Hotel has available. Mrs. Rush." Card is postmarked Nov. 27, 1916.
- Resource ID:
- bh000566
- Subject:
- Mariners' Church of Detroit (Detroit, Mich.)
- Anglican church buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Fruit trade--Michigan--Detroit
- Produce trade--Michigan--Detroit
- Wholesale trade--Michigan--Detroit
- Postcards
- Date:
- c.1916
- Format:
- 1 postcard : col. ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Churches-Protestant Episcopal-Mariner's
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.