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Standard Oil Station, 217 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan, 1932
This is a photograph of the Standard Oil Station at 217 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan, 1932.
The service station was located at the intersection of South Court Street and East Grand River Avenue. Visible in the background are the buildings lining the west side of North State Street. It is a winter scene.
In 1937, Bob White (1918 -1997) bought the service station and it became known as Bob White's Standard Service Station. It operated as that same Standard Station until 1981.
Read The Livingston County Press March 11, 1981 Article (In Library Use Only) -
State Street, Howell, Michigan - 1935
State Street, Howell, Michigan - 1935
Building signs from left to right: Howell Recreation, Willards ?, Saly Ude Frocks, Consumers Power Co., Ben J. ? Plumbing ?
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Steam Engine, Sawmill, Livingston County, Michigan
This is a photograph of a steam engine powered sawmill, sawing lumber at a location believed to be in Livingston County, Michigan. The exact location and date are unknown. -
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Stone School located in Marion Township, Livingston County, Michigan - 1917
Stone School was a rural school in Marion Township. Later covered with brick. -
Stone School, Livingston County, Michigan
Stone School, Livingston County, Michigan
Hiram Smith standing in front of school his father transferred him to when he was 13.
Hiram Smith wrote "Clyde (older brother) could read most of the first reader and count to 100, but I only knew some of my ABC's and could only count to 10. The handmade wooden desks were large; along the walls were benches where we would sit when waiting to recite our lessons. The teacher's desk was in front; when we got in trouble we would have to sit under her desk. A wood shed was attached to the main room, where we boys would eat our lunches on stormy days. In back, the play yard was divided by a wooden fence, one side for boys, one for girls. The stove was ...where we would dry out our socks....My father was elected school director a few years later and the district board purchased new desks with ink wells. It was fun to draw a funny face on your ink bottle and bob it up and down in the hole to entertain the kids behind you. At first we had to furnish our own books, but later the district bought books from Ginn and Co. ...Father made sure we did not miss school; when storms were bad or snow drifts were high, he would take us in the sleigh and even take down fences to get through. Many kids were kept at home during spring planting and fall harvest, but not us. Our parents insisted that we get our schooling."
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Stone School, located in Marion Township, Livingston County, Michigan -1917
Marion Township made of stone, located on the corner of Lange and Pingree Roads Rural School - 1917 -
Storefront Unknown, Howell, Michigan - 1984
This photograph is of storefront window with the promotional phrase, "Make Howell Your Habit", Howell, Michigan, and was taken as part of documentation for the R/UDAT Study, 1984. The address and name of the store is unknown.
In 1983, the Howell Area Chamber of Commerce applied for a R/UDAT (Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team) study, an American Institute of Architects program that brought a team of professionals to the city for a four-day period to study Howell's downtown, its ability to compete for regional shopping, and to make recommendations for improvements to re-vitalize the city. The team, in 1984, during the study took photographs, interviewed people, held forums, and in the end provided an outline of strategies.
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Storefront, Hartland, Michigan
This is a photograph of a storefront, Hartland, Michigan.
The name of the store, names of the persons and the date are unknown. -
Storefronts Pinckney Michigan
These photographs show storefronts in the village of Pinckney, Michigan. The year is unknown. Shown are the Pinckney Branch of the McPherson State Bank, the Bell Telephone Office, Kennedy's General Store and the Basement Department Store.
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