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 ... 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
TitleCommerce United Methodist Church Date1986 SubjectCommerce (Mich. : Township) -- Church buildings DescriptionBooklet commemorating the dedication of the Commerce United Methodist Church as an official State of... View Details
TitleBaseball Game Outside Barry's Dance Hall, Cedar Island Lake Datec.1930 SubjectCommerce (Mich. : Township) -- History DescriptionBlack and white photograph showing baseball game in progress outside Barry's Dance Hall at Cedar Isl... View Details
TitleResidence of Alonzo Sibley, Commerce Township Date1877 SubjectCommerce (Mich. : Township) -- History DescriptionBlack-and-white Illustration depicting the residence of Alonzo Sibley, Commerce Township, Michigan. View Details
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... View Details
TitleResidence of Albert Bowen, Commerce Township Date1877 SubjectCommerce (Mich. : Township) -- History DescriptionBlack-and-white illustration depicting the residence of Albert Bowen, Commerce Township, Michigan. View Details
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... View Details
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... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 120-121 Date1976 SubjectReal estate development -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township -- History DescriptionFARMS, PLATTED AND SUBDIVIDED,
BECOME LOTS, BECOME "HOME"
A section of the little book published i... View Details
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... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 148-149 Date1976 SubjectChurches -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township -- History DescriptionTHE STAUNCHLY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY
OF "PIETY HILL"
The name "Piety Hill," bestowed on Birmingham in... View Details
TitleCommerce Lake House, c. 1900 Datec.1900 SubjectCommerce (Mich. : Township) -- History DescriptionBlack and white photograph of Commerce Lake House, Commerce Township, Michigan, c. 1900 View Details
TitleCommerce Lake Fishermen, c. 1920 Datec.1920 SubjectCommerce (Mich. : Township) -- History DescriptionBlack and white photograph of fishermen with their catch from Commerce Lake, Michigan, c. 1920 View Details
TitleCommerce Roller Mills, c. 1900 Datec.1900 SubjectCommerce (Mich. : Township) -- History DescriptionBlack and white photograph of Commerce Roller Mills, Commerce Township, Michigan, c. 1900 View Details
TitleCommerce Baseball Team, c. 1910 Datec.1910 SubjectCommerce (Mich. : Township) -- History DescriptionBlack and white photograph of Commerce Nine (baseball team), Commerce Township, Michigan, c. 1910. View Details
TitleCommerce Roller Mills, c. 1900 (2) Datec.1900 SubjectCommerce (Mich. : Township) -- History DescriptionBlack and white photograph of Commerce Roller Mills, Commerce Township, Michigan, c. 1910. View Details
TitleCommerce Roller Mills, c. 1920 Datec.1920 SubjectCommerce (Mich. : Township) -- History DescriptionBlack and white photograph of Commerce Roller Mills, Commerce Township, Michigan, c. 1920. View Details
TitlePart 05: Early political development (Windows Media 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
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 34-35 Date1976 SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History DescriptionTHE PHILOSOPHY WHICH HAS KEPT
BLOOMFIELD RESIDENTIAL
"The people who moved to Bloomfield in the last... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 58-59 Date1976 SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History DescriptionSHOUTS OF JOY
In the early part of the fall of 1818, two groups of men
from Detroit decided to see f... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 60-61 Date1976 SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History DescriptionTHE FIRST WHITE SETTLERS COME TO BLOOMFIELD
Countless articles have been written about the families ... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 62-63 Date1976 SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History DescriptionHEIGH-HO FOR A LONG SLEIGH RIDE
If it seems strange that the early settlers arrived in the
middle of... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 64-65 Date1976 SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History DescriptionTHE LOG HOUSE
The first thing the settler had to do was build shelter for his
family. This meant fel... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 66-67 Date1976 SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History DescriptionINSIDE THE LOG HOUSE,
A CHEERFUL FIRE, A HAPPY FAMILY
We owe most of our glimpses into life in early... View Details
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