TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 008-009 Date1976 SubjectBloomfield Blossoms DescriptionBLOOMFIELD REDISCOVERED
The census of 1830 showed about 30 families living within
the Township's 3... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 010-011 Date1976 SubjectArchitecture, Domestic -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Townshp DescriptionTHE RISING, THE IMPORTANT, THE FAMOUS
Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham
run a... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 012-013 Date1976 SubjectArchitecture, Domestic -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township DescriptionTWO GOVERNORS, SENATORS, A CABINET MEMBER
In 1846, the Michigan State Legislature decided to look
... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 014-015 Date1976 SubjectArchitecture, Domestic -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township DescriptionPOLITICAL ACTIVITY ON ALL LEVELS
Charles Erwin Wilson was called C. E. when he was
serving as pres... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 016-017 Date1976 SubjectArchitecture, Domestic -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township DescriptionGIANTS OF INDUSTRY CHOOSE BLOOMFIELD FOR
THEIR HOMES
Up until about 1960, most of the rising and t... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 018-019 Date1976 SubjectArchitecture, Domestic -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township DescriptionPROFESSIONAL PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
ATTRACTED TO BLOOMFIELD
In the 1820s, when the first settlers... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 026-027 Date1976 SubjectArchitects -- United States DescriptionWORLD FAMOUS ARCHITECTS DESIGN
BLOOMFIELD'S HOMES
Many architects renowned allover the world for t... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 028-029 Date1976 SubjectWright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 DescriptionTWO FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSES
Frank Lloyd Wright designed two houses in Bloomfield.
The Melvyn Max... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 030-031 Date1976 SubjectIce storms -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township DescriptionBLOOMFIELD'S CLIMATE, AND
A BICENTENNIAL ICE STORM
The climate of our area, as the climate of all ... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 052-053 Date1976 SubjectFish, Fannie DescriptionAMERICAN INDIAN INHABITANTS
Fannie Fish, in 1888, presented a paper before the
Oakland County Pion... View Details
TitleAda and Bill Glawe plant rhubarb Datec. 1930 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Glawe Farm DescriptionAda Doebler Glawe (1888 - 1987) sits in a planting machine with bushels of rhubarb shoots to plant. ... View Details
TitleFred and Catherine Hacker house Datec. 1895 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Dwellings DescriptionHacker farmhouse, located on northeast corner of 16 Mile Road and Mound Road. May be Fred Hacker (18... View Details
TitleMarotz Family in front of their homestead Datec. 1900-1905 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Marotz Family DescriptionMarotz Family stands in front of their saltbox style home located on Clinton River Rd., in winter. A... View Details
TitleLena Morotz Datec. 1940 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Marotz Family DescriptionLena Marotz (1900 - 1990) poses while wearing a flowered dress, necklace, brooch, and eyeglasses. View Details
TitleTillie Marotz Datec. 1940 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Marotz Family DescriptionTillie Marotz (1894 - 1989) poses while wearing a necklace, print dress, fur stole, and eyeglasses. View Details
TitleTillie Morotz and Lena Morotz Date1986 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Marotz Family DescriptionTillie Marotz (1894 - 1989) and her sister, Lena Marotz (1901 - 1989) sit on their couch in their ho... View Details
TitleTillie and Lena Marotz in their living room Date1986 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Marotz Family DescriptionTillie Marotz (1894 - 1989) and her sister, Lena Marotz (1900 - 1996) sit on their couch in their Cl... View Details
TitleAugust and Wilhelmina Marotz Datec.1945 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Marotz Family DescriptionPortrait (head and shoulders) of August Marotz (1867 - 1950) and his wife Wilhelmina Fischer Marotz ... View Details
TitleOtto Marotz and Nancy (dog) Datec.1975-1980 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Marotz Family DescriptionOtto Marotz (1892 - 1984) sits on a chair outside his home with Nancy, a dalmatian puppy. Marotz far... View Details
TitleLembke Centennial Farm Date1914 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Lembke Farm DescriptionFarm located on Hayes Rd. between Clinton River Road and Stadler Rd., was owned by the Lembke family... View Details
TitleLawrence DeHondt in rhubarb shed Date1985 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--DeHondt Farm DescriptionLawrence DeHondt in rhubarb shed with rhubarb growing all around him, and holding some stalks of cut... View Details
TitleEdwin and Adella Haff Date1913 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Haff Family DescriptionEdwin Haff (1885 - ?) and his wife, Adella Haff (1896? - ?) are seated in a horse drawn covered bugg... View Details
TitleLembke Centennial Farm, aerial view Date1950-1959 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Lembke Farm DescriptionAerial view of Lembke Farm, Hayes Road north of Clinton River Road. Shows house, outbuilding, barn w... View Details
TitleWilliam Upton and Sarah Upton Datec.1915 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Upton Family DescriptionWilliam Upton (1835 - 1923) and his wife, Sarah Upton (1845 - ?) stand near a large tree on a farm. ... View Details
TitleFrank Upton Family Datec.1898 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Upton Family DescriptionFormal portrait of Frank Ellsworth Upton (1865 - ?), daughter Sarah Jeanette Upton (1892 - 1930), an... View Details
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