News of [Civil] war announced by Dr. Tappan. Sunday -1861

On mount: Courthouse Square-Ann Arbor. On verso: Sunday April 15, 1861. News of the war. Meeting called at Court House square by Dr. Tappan. News that [Fort] Sumter was fired upon. Property of Ellen B. Bach

Views of Michigan University Ann Arbor

North Wing completed in 1841; renamed Mason Hall in 1843 in honor of Stevens J. Mason, first governor of Michigan. South Wing (also called South College) built in 1849. Both wings demolished in 1950. Handwritten on mount: Lecture rooms. Mich. University

The Observatory, U of M. Ann Arbor, Mich.

The Students' Observatory was erected in 1878. It was located to the south of the Detroit Observatory.

Law Building. Univ. of Mich.

Jordan & Anderson, architects. Built 1863. Northwest corner of Diagonal on corner of State and North University. Served as Law School for sixty years; contained chapel until 1873 and library until 1883. Addition built in 1893 included tower. People on steps.

-1871- Alpena, Mich.

Shows aftermath of large fire