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Bloomfield Blossoms: p. 32
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 ...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  Book cover
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 ...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 008-009
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 008-009
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Blossoms
DescriptionBLOOMFIELD REDISCOVERED The census of 1830 showed about 30 families living within the Township's 3...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 010-011
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...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 012-013
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 ...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 014-015
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...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 016-017
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...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 020-021
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...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 022-023
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...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 024-025
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...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 026-027
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 026-027
Date1976
SubjectArchitects -- United States
DescriptionWORLD FAMOUS ARCHITECTS DESIGN BLOOMFIELD'S HOMES Many architects renowned allover the world for t...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 030-031
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 ...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 048-049
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 048-049
Date1976
SubjectLake Maumee
DescriptionOLD LAKE MAUMEE COVERED BLOOMFIELD IN PREHISTORIC TIMES The geological formation of Michigan and p...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 050-051
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 050-051
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Hills Mastodon
DescriptionCHARLIE COME HOME This year, as we're celebrating our 200th birthday as a Nation, it's been sugges...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 052-053
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 052-053
Date1976
SubjectFish, Fannie
DescriptionAMERICAN INDIAN INHABITANTS Fannie Fish, in 1888, presented a paper before the Oakland County Pion...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 084-085
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 084-085
Date1976
SubjectGenealogy -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township
DescriptionTHE INTERTWINING OF CENTENNIAL FAMILIES If we trace just four of our many Centennial families we i...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 086-087
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 086-087
Date1976
SubjectPhillip Durkee Farm (Bloomfield Township, Mich.)
DescriptionTHE CASE FAMILY-DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF TWO EARLY PIONEERS Nathaniel Case bought his land on the nor...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 088-089
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 088-089
Date1976
SubjectVaughan-Vernor House (Bloomfield Township, Mich.)
DescriptionANOTHER FOUNDING FAMILY - VAUGHANS AND WICKHAMS John and Polly Vaughan bought land from the govern...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 090-091
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 090-091
Date1976
SubjectStone houses -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township
DescriptionA STONEMASON NAMED PURDY BUILT HOUSES FOR FOUNDING FAMILIES Dating the stone houses, five of which...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 100-101
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 100-101
Date1976
SubjectSchools -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township -- History
DescriptionEARLY SCHOOLS The first school in Bloomfield was a private one. It was begun in 1822 in a log hous...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 116-117
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 116-117
Date1976
SubjectReal estate development -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township -- History
DescriptionFARMS GIVE WAY TO SUBDIVISIONS Wherever you live in Bloomfield Township or Bloomfield Hills or Bir...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 118-119
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 118-119
Date1976
SubjectReal estate development -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township -- History
DescriptionMORE FARMS AND MORE SUBDIVISIONS Names familiar to old residents and their children disappear from...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 122-123
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 122-123
Date1976
SubjectBagley, Amasa
DescriptionTHE BAGLEY TAVERN--IT RANG WITH GOOD TIMES Amasa Bagley was a very early Michigan pioneer, coming ...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 124-125
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 124-125
Date1976
SubjectReal estate development -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township -- History
DescriptionFROM INTERURBIA TO SUBURBIA VIA COLONEL GEORGE The Interurban electric cars came up Woodward Avenu...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 126-127
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 126-127
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Hills Country Club (Michigan) -- History
DescriptionBLOOMFILD HILLS' CLUBS The first golf and country club in the area north of Detroit was Bloomfield...
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