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... View Details
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 ... View Details
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... View Details
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... View Details
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... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: Book cover Dateunknown SubjectKirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) DescriptionColor photograph of blooming tree branches and Kirk in the Hills (church) from cover of 'Bloomfield ... View Details
TitlePage 1, 1807-01-21, Middleville Sun Newspaper Date1897-01-21 SubjectMichigan News DescriptionBowne, Caledonia, Freeport, Harris Creek, Wayland, Parmalee, Orangeville, View Details
TitlePart 04: Rapid industrial development/working conditions (RealPlayer version) Date1973 SubjectAutomotive industry -- Michigan -- Hamtramck. DescriptionBeatrice Kobe Adamski, Hamtramck Public Library Director and Michigan Librarian of the Year, shares ... View Details
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... View Details
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... View Details
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... View Details
TitlePart 21: President John F. Kennedy Date1973 SubjectKennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. DescriptionWalter Bielski, Constable, City Councilman, City Treasurer, Secretary to Congressman Thaddeus M. Mac... View Details
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. 020-021 Date1976 SubjectCranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) DescriptionA RENOWNED PUBLISHER AND A DREAM CALLED CRANBROOK
No history of this area could be conceived withou... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 022-023 Date1976 SubjectBenedict Farm (Bloomfield Township, Mich.) DescriptionTHE EARLIEST BLOOMFIELD HOUSE
STILL IN EXISTENCE
This is our Bicentennial year. It's acceptable th... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 024-025 Date1976 SubjectSodon Lake (Oakland County, Mich.) DescriptionBEAUTY AND MYSTERY IN STILL WATERS
Sodon Lake between Long Lake and Lone Pine Roads
near Franklin lo... 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. 048-049 Date1976 SubjectLake Maumee DescriptionOLD LAKE MAUMEE COVERED BLOOMFIELD
IN PREHISTORIC TIMES
The geological formation of Michigan and p... View Details
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