Howell, Mich. street scene

verso: Things reached a fever pitch in 1915 as the Wolverine Paved Way was nearing completion. A brick road from Detroit to Lansing would be finished and the town's main street would finally be paved. In this photograph autos had started from Lansing and picked up others in all the small towns on the way to Howell for the big celebration. As you can see, they didn't worry about parking. They stopped their cars in the street and left them. Before Prohibition, Howell was known as the fun city of Southern Michigan, and there is said to have been 13 bars in the main four blocks of town. All the travelling men made it a point to stay over in Howell whenever possible. It was said that you could not fall down on the main street of town without falling into the doorway of a bar. This probably explains the empty cars after a long dusty trip. Notice, too, that about half the cars are still right hand drive.

View of Detroit Observatory grounds from southeast, including Student Observatory, March 31, 1888

(attributed to Allen Lysander Colton)

Route location study. F.A.I. 75. Detroit-Toledo Expressway to Rouge River. [Report to] Michigan State Highway Dept.,

On cover: The Seaway freeway.

The Detroit Observatory of the University of Michigan

Richard Bull, architect. Known at various times as Detroit Observatory, Campus Observatory, Old Observatory. Original image in color

Ann Arbor, Mich. Lower Town and Mills

Original is albumen print

Ann Arbor, Michigan

View from the west. Original is a color print. Publication information: Detroit: R.: Burger & Co., [185?]

Hill's Opera House, Ann Arbor, Mich. : the Strakosch concert

Front page of four-page program which contains complete list of performers, works performed, and advertisement for Weber pianos

Ann Arbor, Mich., 1890

Bird's eye view from the southwest. Publication information: Milwaukee, Wis. : C. J. Pauli, [1890]

Hangsterfer Block in 1862 or 1867 at 316 South State St., Ann Arbor, Mich.

Former site of Kresge's. Source: Ray Hutzel

Wahoo Base Ball Club of Dexter, Mich vs. Ann Arbor BB Club

On verso: Back row, left to right: 1. Irving Keal R.F. 2. Geo. Hostler C. 3. Ed Appleton 3B 4. Geo. Smith 2B 5. Byron Tyler 1st B 6. Geo. Presley CF 7. Eugene Beal SS 8. Henry Ewing P 9. Ed Hoyt LF. Matted oval 7x5 1/4 photoprint.