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Catalog Number 2012.020.181
Object Name Postcard
Title The Largest Stove in The World. Michigan Stove Co., Detroit, Mich.
Scope & Content Color postcard depicting the large Garland Stove with the Michigan Stove Co. in the background. The stove reads "Garland Stoves and Ranges, The World's Best".
Printed on verso: The Largest Stove in the World, Michigan Stove Co., Detroit, Mich. This Garland Stove is the largest in the world and is located on the grounds of the Michigan Stove Company. Directly underneath this for years stood the stump of a tree that marked the place where Chief Pontiac met his death in one of the bloodiest battles ever fought in this section of the country.
Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 9, 1917. [This was the location of "Pontiac's Tree," for years a Detroit landmark - in reality, Pontiac was killed in what is now Illinois. JLS]
Date 1917
Collection Postcard
Search Terms Factories
Michigan Stove Company
World's Largest Stove