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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...
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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...
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TitleSilo Filling
Date1920
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Ahrens Farm
DescriptionShows tractor and belt apparatus leading to silo and barn on Ahrens farm.
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TitleMuscovy Ducks on Ahrens roof
Date1935
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Ahrens Farm
Description4 Muscovy ducks line up on roof on lean-to extension on Ahrens home.
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TitleOutdoor Pump on Ahrens Farm
Date1940-1949
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Ahrens Farm
DescriptionOutdoor water pump on Ahrens farm showing farm outbuildings and the backs of 3 young girls in backgr...
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TitleRemi Van den Brouck in a boat
Date1940-1949
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Van den Brouck Farm
DescriptionRemi Van den Brouck (1898 - 1987) sits in a small boat with oars on his flooded farm on Hall Road, e...
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TitleOld straw stack with children
Date1954
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Ahrens Farm
DescriptionJoyce, Terry, and Dennis Pozehl on Ahrens farm standing in front of a huge stack of straw.
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TitleAhrens smokehouse in winter
Date1940-1949
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Ahrens Farm
DescriptionSnow covered scene showing smokehouse, shed, and wheeled milk cart.
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TitleEmin Backus with chicken feed bucket
Date1940-1949
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Backus Farm
DescriptionEmin Backus (1890 - 1969) feeding chickens and ducks on Backus Farm, 7447 17 Mile Rd., west of Van D...
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TitleEmin Backus feeds the chickens
Date1940-1949
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Backus Farm
DescriptionEmin Backus walks among chickens in farmyard, 7447 17 Mile Rd., west of Van Dyke.
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TitleChickens on Backus Farm
Date1940-1949
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Backus Farm
DescriptionTwo dozen chickens in yard on Backus farm, 7447 17 Mile Rd.
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TitleSheep on Holzhauer Farm
Datec.1920
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Holzhauer Farm
DescriptionTwo pet sheep stand in the grass on a summer day. Holzhauer Farm was on Utica Road, north of Kleino ...
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TitleJohn Vogler Farm
Datec.1937
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Vogler Farm
DescriptionJohn Vogler (1901 - 1971) built this house in 1930 after moving from Detroit. Shows garage building ...
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TitleAlbert Landerschier Farm
Datec.1960
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Landerschier Farm
DescriptionAlbert Landerschier (b. 1890?), wife Vernie, and children Norman and Wilma lived in this tan brick h...
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TitleAlfred Landerschier Farmhouse
Datec.1950
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Landerschier Farm
DescriptionAlfred Landerschier (1898-1995), wife Viola, and children Clarence and Donald lived here on southwes...
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TitleAlfred Landerschier Farmhouse, rear
Datec.1950
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Landerschier Farm
DescriptionAlfred Landerschier (1898 - 1995)'s red brick house on southwest corner of 18 1/2 Mile Road and Van ...
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TitleKraft Farm
Datec.1920
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Kraft Farm
DescriptionWilliam Kraft (b. 1852) owned this farm from the late 1800s to around 1920. Louis Kraft (b. 1895), W...
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TitleEvelyn Pruehs and hay hoist
Date1937-7-09
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Pruehs Farm
DescriptionPhoto features motorized hay hoist in Pruehs barn, located on southwest corner of Dodge Park Road an...
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TitleClarence Arft
Datec.1922
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Arft Family
DescriptionStudio portrait of Clarence Arft (1908 - 1972). Clarence wears a suit with a large boutonniere on hi...
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TitleBeck House
Date1980-1989
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Beck Farm
DescriptionBeck House, being used as an office for Master Fence Company. Dodge Park Road, south of Plumbrook Rd...
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TitleFirst Doebler Barn, with windmill
Datec.1898
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Doebler Farm
DescriptionFirst barn on John Doebler farm, on Canal Road. Standing amongst fifty cords of wood are John Doeble...
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TitleGeorge Upton homestead
Datec.1980
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--(George) Upton Farm
DescriptionGeorge Upton house, located on the north side of Clinton River Rd., between Kleino Rd. and Schoenher...
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TitleFirst Baptist Church of Sterling Heights, interior
Date1969-3-01
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--First Baptist Church of Sterling Heights
DescriptionInterior view of First Baptist Church of Sterling Heights, showing altar area and about a dozen rows...
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TitleMelvin Kleino works at the farm
Datec.1915
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Kleino Family
DescriptionMelvin Kleino (1907 - 1993) , as a boy, stands in the farm field holding a pitch fork of hay. He wea...
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TitlePruehs Barn and Silo, from Steven Street
Date1978
SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Farms--Pruehs Farm
DescriptionView taken from a car parked on Steven Street looking across Dodge Park Road at Pruehs barn and silo...
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