TitleKarr Log Cabin Datec.1905 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Dwellings DescriptionKarr log cabin, located on 19 Mile Rd. at Goldberg. Home of Frederick Karr (1835-1905) and Frederick... View Details
TitleChristopher Kleino Datec.1890 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Kleino Family DescriptionChristopher Kleino (1831 - ?) studio portrait. Shows him from the chest up, older man with white hai... View Details
TitleChoir group Datec. 1950 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--St. Paul Lutheran Church DescriptionGroup of 9 women and 2 men (all unidentified) pose outdoors next to St. Paul Lutheran Church, wearin... View Details
TitleFox Farmhouse Datec.1930 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Fox Farm DescriptionFox Farmhouse with attached shed building with automobile parked inside. A woman poses in front wear... View Details
TitleBackus Family portrait DateUnknown SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Backus Family DescriptionBackus family studio portrait, father, mother and 6 children. The Backus family owned a car wash on ... View Details
TitleBackus Auto Wash employees wipe down car Datec. 1965 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Businesses DescriptionCar emerges from car wash located on 17 Mile Road west of Van Dyke Road. Three men stand on either s... View Details
TitleCar going through Backus Auto Wash Datec. 1965 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Businesses DescriptionInterior of Backus Auto Wash, 17 Mile Road, west of Van Dyke Road, with car advancing through washin... View Details
TitleFrederick and Fredericka Karr Datec.1890 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Doebler Family DescriptionFrederick Karr (1835-1905) and Fredericka Zimmerman Doebler Karr (1832-1910). After Fredericka's fir... View Details
TitleJohn and Violet Vogler and family Date1940 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Vogler Family DescriptionVogler Family stands in front of their automobile. Violet (1902 - 1980) and John (1901 - 1971) stand... View Details
TitleRemi Van den Brouck on flooded carrot field Date1940-1949 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Van den Brouck Farm DescriptionRemi Van den Brouck (1898 - 1987) sits in a small boat with oars floating on his flooded carrot fiel... View Details
TitleEntrance to Holzhauer Farm Datec.1925 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Holzhauer Farm DescriptionFred Holzhauer (b. 1870) stands at gated entrance to driveway of farm. House in background. Fred and... View Details
TitleHolzhauer house and flower garden Date1920-1929 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Holzhauer Farm DescriptionView of Holzhauer house and garden in summer, with trellises in the background. House has sunporch a... View Details
TitleJohn B. Wright House Datec.1910 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Wright Farm DescriptionJohn B. Wright (1834 - 1904) lived here on Clinton River Road, north of 19 Mile Road, with his wife ... View Details
TitleLitter Carrier, Pruehs Farm Date1932-9-09 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Pruehs Farm DescriptionA motorized litter carrier at the Pruehs Farm, located on the southwest corner of Dodge Park Road an... View Details
TitleAppleton Fodder Cutter Date1932-9-09 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Pruehs Farm DescriptionAppleton No. 10 Fodder Cutter apparatus run by electric motor, shown installed inside of barn at Pru... View Details
TitleBucket Type Grain Elevator Date1932-9-07 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Pruehs Farm DescriptionInterior of barn on Pruehs Farm, located on Dodge Park Road at 16 Mile Road. Shows wooden grain elev... View Details
TitleGehl Mill on Pruehs Farm Date1932-9-07 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Pruehs Farm DescriptionInterior of wooden farm building showing Gehl Mill #713 (machine with leather belt and hopper) and b... View Details
TitleErnest Pruehs Farm Date1931-12-05 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Pruehs Farm DescriptionAs seen from Dodge Park Road (unpaved) Pruehs wood frame farmhouse, barn, double silos, numerous out... View Details
TitlePruehs Family members use circular saw Date1938-3-28 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Pruehs Farm DescriptionTwo men guide a piece of lumber through an 18 View Details
TitleLoading Pruehs silo with corn Date1935-9-16 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Pruehs Farm DescriptionWagon full of corn stalks is being loaded into silo on Pruehs Farm located on southwest corner of Do... View Details
TitlePruehs Kitchen Date1932-9-07 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Pruehs Farm DescriptionInterior of Pruehs kitchen shows sink, electric stove and oven, electric fan, lights, electric clock... View Details
TitlePruehs Centennial Farm Certificate Datec.1973 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Pruehs Farm DescriptionCertificate from Michigan Historical Commission proclaiming Ernest Pruehs Farm to be a centennial fa... View Details
TitleRuth Ahrens Sochowski with chicks and hen Date1938 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Ahrens Family DescriptionRuth Ahrens (Sochowski) (1920-2002) outside her house showing a bushel basket full of chicks, with h... View Details
TitleAhrens Farmhouse 1918 Date1918 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Ahrens Family DescriptionFarmhouse located on the south side of Clinton River Rd., just west of Hayes Rd. Four people stand i... View Details
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