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TitlePackaging of canned goods
Date1939-02-21
SubjectAdvertising
DescriptionAdvertising. Sample case of Randall's canned chicken products. Labels by Artcraft Engraving Company....
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TitleCanned Michigan peaches
Date1958-09
SubjectCanned peaches -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionAdvertising. Photo of canned Michigan Made Peaches. Client: National Food Company (Photographic Nega...
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TitleCook Mercantile Company
Datec. 1890
SubjectCook Mercantile Company
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of a women and two men, along with a horse-drawn wagon, outside of Cook M...
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TitleMartha Huntington Duncan
Date1890
SubjectDuncan, Martha Huntington, 1852-1918
DescriptionMartha Huntington Duncan was the wife of Robert Duncan, Mayor of Grand Haven from 1868-1869. Martha...
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TitleRobert W. Duncan
Date1894
SubjectDuncan, Robert W., 1824-1903
DescriptionDuncan came to Grand Haven in 1851 and opened a law practice. He was representative to the Michigan...
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TitleUnder the Oaks
Date1904
SubjectRepublican Party (Mich.)
DescriptionBook commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Republican party, at Jackson, Mic...
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TitleDedication of Under the Oaks Park
Date1987
SubjectRepublican Party (Mich.)
DescriptionProgram from the dedication of the park. 28 pages.
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TitleLivingstone's History of the Republican Party vol. 2
Date1900
SubjectRepublican Party (U.S.)--History
DescriptionA history of the Republican party from its foundation to the close of the campaign of 1900, includin...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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TitleRobert W. Duncan Home
Date1890
SubjectDuncan, Robert W., 1824-1903
DescriptionLawyer and mayor Robert Duncan and his wife Martha built this home in the 1890s on Lake Avenue in Gr...
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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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TitleGeo. Randall
DateUnknown
SubjectPortraits--Lansing, Mich.
DescriptionPhoto of Geo. Randall, Lansing. Photographed by B. F. Hall.
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TitleSpeech Hearing Center Receives Check From Top Hat Ball
Date1968-05-23
SubjectFundraising
DescriptionNewspaper article and photo showing from left to right: Mrs. Douglas Murdick, candidate from the Acm...
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TitleMenominee Joe and Jerome Dakota paddling near Eagle Island in Wisconsin
Date1896
SubjectCanoes and canoeing
DescriptionMenominee Joe, left, and Jerome Dakota, Indians from the Badwater Indian village, paddled their birc...
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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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