TitleSchooner Willie Loutit Datec. 1900 SubjectWillie Loutit (Ship) DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the schooner Willie Loutit lying at anchor at Hessel, MI. The three-m... View Details
TitleSawmill on a lake in the Upper Peninsula Date1880-1900 SubjectSawmills DescriptionPhotograph of a sawmill on a lake in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. View Details
TitleSawmill on shore of lake Date1880-1900 SubjectSawmills DescriptionPhotograph of a sawmill on a lake in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. View Details
TitleWilliam Montague Ferry Date1858 SubjectFerry, William Montague, 1796-1867 DescriptionReverend Ferry had been a missionary on Mackinac Island, who in the summer of 1834, made a circuit o... View Details
TitleWorkers gather around sawmill Date1951 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Sawmills DescriptionHacker Sawmill, located on 16 Mile Road between Ryan Road and Mound Road. Motorized sawmill with 4 m... View Details
TitleBasic Cost of Program $2.6 Million Date1969-11-03 SubjectHospital Planning DescriptionNewspaper article. View Details
TitleBreaking Ground for Expansion Datec. 1970 SubjectHospital Planning DescriptionPhoto including caption. View Details
TitleCadillac Motor Car Company final inspection department Date1912 SubjectCadillac automobile--History Description8x10 black and white photograph of men posed around a Cadillac automobile outside of a factory, imag... View Details
TitleCadillac Motor Car Company single cylinder repair department Date1912 SubjectCadillac automobile--History Description8x10 black and white photograph of men posed around a Cadillac automobile outside of a factory, imag... View Details
TitleCadillac Motor Car Company road testing department Date1912 SubjectAutomobiles--Testing Description8x10 black and white photograph of a line of cars being road tested, image inscribed "Road Testing D... View Details
TitleLog being cut, Sterling Township, Michigan Date1951 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Sawmills DescriptionMarvin Hacker guides log along blade, Forrest Pease (1918 - 1987) watches from behind, Chris Hacker ... View Details
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
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
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. 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. 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... View Details
TitleTillie Marotz Datec. 1940 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Marotz Family DescriptionTillie Marotz (1894 - 1989) poses while wearing a necklace, print dress, fur stole, and eyeglasses. View Details
TitleTillie Morotz and Lena Morotz Date1986 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Marotz Family DescriptionTillie Marotz (1894 - 1989) and her sister, Lena Marotz (1901 - 1989) sit on their couch in their ho... View Details
TitleTillie and Lena Marotz in their living room Date1986 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Marotz Family DescriptionTillie Marotz (1894 - 1989) and her sister, Lena Marotz (1900 - 1996) sit on their couch in their Cl... View Details
TitleWilliam Upton and Sarah Upton Datec.1915 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Upton Family DescriptionWilliam Upton (1835 - 1923) and his wife, Sarah Upton (1845 - ?) stand near a large tree on a farm. ... View Details
TitleChris Hacker watches as logs are cut Date1951 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Sawmills DescriptionHacker Sawmill on 16 Mile Road between Ryan Road and Mound Road. Chris Hacker (1888 - 1962) watches,... View Details
TitleHacker Sawmill Date1930-1940 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Sawmills DescriptionUnidentified man and boy sit on large log as it rests on truck. View Details
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... View Details
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