TitleWooden building on edge of lake Date1880-1900 SubjectWooden-frame buildings DescriptionPhotograph of a wooden building on the edge of a lake in the Upper Peninsula. View Details
TitleIndustrial building on shore of lake Date1880-1900 SubjectIndustrial buildings DescriptionPhotograph of an industrial building on a lake in the Upper Peninsula. View Details
TitleWooden bridge Date1880-1900 SubjectBridges, Wooden DescriptionPhotograph of a wooden bridge with industrial building in the background. View Details
TitleLog barn Date1880-1900 SubjectBarns DescriptionPhotograph of a wooden barn in a farm-like setting. View Details
TitleSawmill building Date1880-1900 SubjectLumbering DescriptionPhotograph of a lumbering building. View Details
TitleMen outdoors with woodstove Date1880-1900 SubjectStoves, Wood DescriptionPhotograph of men smoking pipes and cooking over an outdoor wood stove near a wooden building. View Details
TitleWooden building on shore of lake Date1880-1900 SubjectShorelines DescriptionPhotograph of a wooden building on the shore of a lake in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. View Details
TitleKuhlman building in the winter Date1880-1900 SubjectIndustrial buildings DescriptionPhotograph of an industrial building during the winter. ""Go to Kuhlman for shoes rubbers hats caps ... View Details
TitleRuined stone building Date1880-1900 SubjectStone buildings DescriptionPhotograph of a ruined stone building in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. View Details
TitleDr. Bardwell in one of Flint's first automobiles Date1901 SubjectDoctor: Hiram Bardwell DescriptionB&W photo of Dr.Hiram Bardwell of Flint in his kit car he assembled in his barn. The car kit was fro... View Details
TitleFlushing Road:East of New Calvary Cemetery DateAug 4, 1901 SubjectRoad-Flushing DescriptionB&W photo of Flushing road east of the New Calvary Cemetery.
Fred Tiedman is standing in corner of ... View Details
TitleFlint's Goldon Jubiliee Parade Date1905 SubjectStreet-S. Saginaw DescriptionB&W photo of the Golden Jubilee Parade on June 7,1905 on Saginaw Street. Two Buicks covered with flo... View Details
TitleJean Baptiste Parrisien Date1900 SubjectParrisien, Jean Baptiste, 1812-1912 DescriptionJean Baptiste Parrisien, 1812-1912, a voyageur, arrived in Grand Haven with Louis Campau and Richard... View Details
TitleRobert Stuart Date1835 SubjectStuart, Robert, 1785-1848 DescriptionIn 1810, along with John Jacob Astor, Robert Stuart organized the Pacific Fur Company. Stuart suppl... View Details
TitleEdward Payson Ferry Date1877 SubjectFerry, Edward Payson, 1837-1917 DescriptionEdward Ferry was the son of William Montague and Amanda White Ferry. He engaged in lumbering, acqui... View Details
TitlePierre C. Duvernay Date1834 SubjectDuvernay, Pierre C., 1790-1862 DescriptionDuvernay, a French-Canadian, accompanied Ferry on his journey from Detroit to Grand Haven. They arr... View Details
TitleInterview with Michigan Supreme Court Justice George Edwards Date1991 SubjectMichigan Supreme Court DescriptionInterview conducted by Roger F. Lane for the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society. Justice Edw... View Details
TitleNew Municipal Building of Walled Lake, Michigan Date1967 SubjectWalled Lake (Mich.) -- Buildings DescriptionBroadsheet published in conjunction with opening of new municipal building in Walled Lake, Michigan,... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 32 Date1976 SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History DescriptionSUPERVISOR HOMER CASE TALKS
ABOUT HIS TOWNSHIP
"It's rather a pleasure to reminisce over the twenty ... View Details
TitleChevrolet Avenue, 3:30 pm, Flint, Mich. Date1938-1940 SubjectAutomobile factories--Michigan--Flint--History Description6.25x9.5 black and white photograph of workers walking outside of a Chevrolet factory. View Details
TitleFlint Wagon Works which became a Chevrolet factory Date1912 SubjectAutomobile factories--Michigan--Flint--History Description8x10 black and white photograph of the Flint Wagon Works which became a Chevrolet factory. View Details
TitleTrip through the Liberty Motor Car Company factory Date1916 SubjectAutomobile factories--Michigan--Detroit--History Description7.75x10.25 scrapbook page with two black and white sepia-toned photographs mounted on it, one 3.5x4.... View Details
TitleLiberty Motor Car Company assembly line Date1916 SubjectAutomobile factories--Michigan--Detroit--History Description3.75x5.75 black and white sepia-toned photograph mounted on a scrapbook page showing the assembly li... View Details
TitleLiberty Motor Car Company back yard Date1916 SubjectAutomobile factories--Michigan--Detroit--History Description3.75x5.75 black and white sepia-toned photograph mounted on a scrapbook page showing the back yard o... View Details
TitleLiberty Motor Car Company block test interior Date1916 SubjectAutomobile factories--Michigan--Detroit--History Description3.75x5.75 black and white sepia-toned photograph mounted on a scrapbook page showing the interior of... View Details
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