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Public service window display
TitlePublic service window display
Date1945-04-20
SubjectAmerican Cancer Society
DescriptionAdvertising. ""Guard Those You Love"" window display promoting x-ray and surgery in fighting cancer....
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Native American Children
TitleNative American Children
Datec. 1900
SubjectNative American children
DescriptionBlack and white postcard of eleven young Native American boys near a large logpile, Alden, MI, ca. 1...
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Part 01: Life in turn of the twentieth century Poland (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 01: Life in turn of the twentieth century Poland (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectPoland -- Social life and customs -- 1795-1918.
DescriptionStephen A. Majewski, mayor (1926-28), attorney, school board trustee, justice of the peace (1922-26)...
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P.M. [Peter Marks] and wife
TitleP.M. [Peter Marks] and wife
Datec. 1905
SubjectNative Americans
DescriptionBlack and white postcard, c. 1905, Alden area, MI.(front): Left - photo of Peter Marks and wife, l...
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Part 05: Early political development (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 05: Early political development (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectHamtramck (Mich.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
DescriptionMrs. Iris Page Butler, an African-American, known as "Hamtramck's Angel of Mercy," Health Department...
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Part 08: Respect for education (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 08: Respect for education (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectPolish Americans -- Education -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.
DescriptionAnnie Cairns, originally from Scotland, taught English and Family Living at the Hamtramck High Schoo...
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Part 09: Race relations (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 09: Race relations (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectAfrican Americans -- Relations with Polish Americans.
DescriptionAnnie Cairns, originally from Scotland, taught English and Family Living at the Hamtramck High Schoo...
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Part 12: Clubs,social and cultural organizations (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 12: Clubs,social and cultural organizations (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectClubs -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.
DescriptionJoseph A. Lewandowski, mayor (1934-36) and municipal judge, remembers how the early Poles built thei...
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Part 13: Polish Language and Culture (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 13: Polish Language and Culture (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectPolish Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- History -- 20th century.
DescriptionStephen A. Majewski, mayor (1926-28), attorney, school Board trustee, justice of the peace (1922-26)...
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Part 16: K. T. Keller - Chrysler Corporation confrontation (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 16: K. T. Keller - Chrysler Corporation confrontation (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectKeller, Kaufman Thurma, 1885-1966 -- Political and social views.
DescriptionJoseph A. Lewandowski, mayor (1934-36) and municipal judge, shares about his heated confrontation wi...
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Part 23: Narrator
TitlePart 23: Narrator
Date1973
SubjectHamtramck (Mich.) -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
DescriptionSummary comments about the oral history project, "Julia's Prayer: Recollections of Hamtramck, Michig...
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Part 11: Sports (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 11: Sports (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectSchool sports -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.
DescriptionDave Stober, local clothier, civic leader and Peoples State Bank Board member and John Wiencek, life...
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Geo. Randall
TitleGeo. Randall
DateUnknown
SubjectPortraits--Lansing, Mich.
DescriptionPhoto of Geo. Randall, Lansing. Photographed by B. F. Hall.
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Company E of the 34th Michigan Volunteers from Dickinson County
TitleCompany E of the 34th Michigan Volunteers from Dickinson County
Date1898
SubjectSpanish-American War, 1898
DescriptionPhotograph of the men of Company E of the 34th Michigan Volunteers from Dickinson County in 1898, du...
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Italian House
TitleItalian House
Dateca. 1900
SubjectSocial groups
DescriptionPhotograph of a fraternal hall, Italian House, probably located on Iron Mountain's North Side. In an...
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Williams Album 0 : p. 88
TitleWilliams Album 0 : p. 88
Date1935?
SubjectNew York University. Hall of Fame for Great Americans
DescriptionNewspaper and pamphlet clippings (1935?). Page is hand numbered ""88"". -- List of members of the Am...
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Williams Album 0 : p. 66
TitleWilliams Album 0 : p. 66
Date1940
SubjectAmerican Legion
DescriptionNewspaper clippings on various topics (1935-1938, 1940). Page is hand numbered ""66"" -- 1940 - Obit...
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Williams Album 0 : p. 63
TitleWilliams Album 0 : p. 63
Date1943
SubjectIsle Royale (Mich.)
DescriptionNewspaper clippings on various topics (1911-1912, 1935-1937, 1942-1943). Page is hand numbered ""63"...
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Williams Album 0 : p. 62
TitleWilliams Album 0 : p. 62
Date1937
SubjectRoads
DescriptionNewspaper clippings on various topics (1911, 1935-1937). Page is hand numbered ""62"". -- 1935 - Kew...
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Williams Album 0 : p. 59
TitleWilliams Album 0 : p. 59
Date1942
SubjectConcerts
DescriptionNewspaper clippings on various topics (1916, 1935-1936, 1942). Page is hand numberd ""59"". -- Aug. ...
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Williams Album 0 : p. 52
TitleWilliams Album 0 : p. 52
Date1938
SubjectConcerts
DescriptionNewspaper clippings on various topics (1937-1938). Page is hand numbered ""52"". -- 1938 - Legion co...
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Digging up potatoes in Atwood
TitleDigging up potatoes in Atwood
Date1900-1925
SubjectAtwood (Mich.)
DescriptionDigging up potatoes
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Kalamazoo bus station interior
TitleKalamazoo bus station interior
Date1941-01
SubjectAmerican Locker Company -- Chicago (IL)
DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Interior view of Kalamazoo Bus Terminal lobby, 318 W. Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, ...
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Students touring printing company
TitleStudents touring printing company
Date1969-03
SubjectStudents - Kalamazoo County (Mich.)
DescriptionEducation. African American boys from Hurd School viewing printed sheet in front of large printing ...
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Ribbon cutting at American National Bank, Allegan branch
TitleRibbon cutting at American National Bank, Allegan branch
Date1965-01
SubjectBusinessmen
DescriptionEvents. Five unidentified men at grand opening and ribbon cutting of American National Bank branch i...
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