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TitleWedding Altar in Kleino home
Datec.1932
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Kleino Family
DescriptionWedding altar set up inside the Kleino home for the wedding of Marion Kleino and Norman Reindel. Alt...
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TitleWinter sledding
Datec. 1917
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Kleino Family
DescriptionLilly Couser (1883 - 1973) and Kleino children sit on a snow sled with a horse posed in front as if ...
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TitleLouise Arft and Charles Ahrens, wedding portrait
Date1885-5
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Ahrens Family
DescriptionFull length studio portrait of Louise Arft (1866 - 1951) and Charles Ahrens (1857 - 1943). Louise we...
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TitleCharles and Louise Ahrens and family, outdoors
Datec. 1905
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Ahrens Family
DescriptionFamily poses outdoors. A building is behind them in the distance. Taken in winter or early spring. F...
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TitleGeorge Upton House, winter
Datec.1960
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--(George) Upton Farm
DescriptionWinter view of front of house. Snow on ground. House well-maintained. Clinton River Road, west of Sc...
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TitleWorkers gather around sawmill
Date1951
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Sawmills
DescriptionHacker Sawmill, located on 16 Mile Road between Ryan Road and Mound Road. Motorized sawmill with 4 m...
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TitleEddie Nowalski inside his store
Datec. 1945
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Stores
DescriptionEddie Nowalski (1928 - 2002) poses behind the counter of Eddie's Market, located on Mound Road, sout...
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TitleFischer Farm Chicken Coop
Datec. 1920
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Fischer
DescriptionFischer Farm on Plumbrook Road between Van Dyke Road and Dodge Park Road. Shows chicken coop, other ...
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TitleElmer Fischer
Datec. 1930
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Fischer
DescriptionElmer Fischer stands in a fenced barnyard holding onto a farm horse while wearing a casual, military...
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TitleFischer Farm pig pen and milk house
Date1920 - 1930
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Fischer
DescriptionFischer Farm , Plumbrook Road between Van Dyke Road and Dodge Park Road. Fenced pig pen and milk hou...
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TitleGrattop family reunion
Datec. 1920
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Grattop family
Description22 members of the Grattop family (9 men, 8 women, 5 children) and a small poodle-type dog pose outdo...
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TitleLog being cut, Sterling Township, Michigan
Date1951
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Sawmills
DescriptionMarvin Hacker guides log along blade, Forrest Pease (1918 - 1987) watches from behind, Chris Hacker ...
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TitleAlbert and Marvin Hacker guide log into blade, Sterling Twp., Michigan
Date1951
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Sawmills
DescriptionAlbert Hacker (1877 - ?) wears large brimmed hat. Marvin Hacker has back to camera. Other man is uni...
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TitleMarvin Hacker and Ed Werth position a log, Sterling Township, Michigan
Date1951
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Sawmills
DescriptionMarvin Hacker and Ed Werth position a log on the saw at Hacker Sawmill on 16 Mile Road between Ryan ...
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TitleHaff farmhouse
Date1916
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Dwellings
DescriptionHaff farmhouse, built in 1848, under renovation in this photo in 1916. Located on Dequindre Rd., sou...
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TitleHarvest group on Haff Farm
Datec. 1916
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Haff
DescriptionEleven adults and two small children pose in front of a steam threshing machine on a harvest day at ...
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TitleMichael Bower House
DateUnknown
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Bower family
DescriptionThe Michael Bower House, located on the north side of 17 Mile Road, west of Mound Rd.. Rose Bower (H...
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TitleHolzhauer - Hoffman House
Datec. 1920
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Holzhauer Family
DescriptionHolzhauer house on Utica Road west of Kleino Road in summer, showing nursery gardens on both sides o...
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TitleVan den Broucks with truckload of spinach
Datec. 1944
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Van den Brouck Family
DescriptionVan den Brouck siblings, Norm (1926 - 2001), Butch (Clarence?), Harvey (1923 - ?), Donna (1937 - ), ...
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TitleHacker Family Reunion
Datec. 1918
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Hacker family
Description52 people of Hacker family posed in front of Hacker home on 16 Mile Road between Ryan Road and Mound...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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TitleLena Morotz
Datec. 1940
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Marotz Family
DescriptionLena Marotz (1900 - 1990) poses while wearing a flowered dress, necklace, brooch, and eyeglasses.
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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.
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