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  • Event at Livingston County Courthouse, 200 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan

    This is a photograph of an unknown event on the lawn of the Livingston County Courthouse, 200 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan. The date is unknown but estimated to be in the 1940's.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N026_u.jpg

    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.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N027_u.jpg

    This photograph was included in the Howell Bicentennial History Book and was identified as the Harry Maycock famly. It was taken about 1917 "when Donald the oldest son, was home on furlough from Camp Custer. Don later served in France during the war. Soon after his return, he married Sarah Batchelor at Oceola Township and moved to Howell where he opened a tire and battery shop in the building now occupied by the Standard Office Supply. Don was a Howell businessman for many years before his death in 1959".
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N028C_u.jpg

    This photograph was grouped with the ones depicting the 1942 Scrap Drive in Howell, Michigan.  It was labeled Fred, Alva, Albert and Walter; possibly Fred Catrell, Albert Smith, . They appear to be members of the Howell Masons No.38 F. & A.M.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N029_u.jpg

    This photograph is believed to be of the Livingston County Fair, at the Fairgrounds in Howell, Michigan.  The fairgrounds were located in the northeast section of the city of Howell, where Catrell Drive now is.  In view is the racetrack, horses, spectators, and in the background the Motor Drome.

    The motor drome a silo-shaped wooden cylinder and its interior, 90-degree wooden wall serves as a track. Spectators stand on a platform that surrounds the top of the cylinder, and watch as the daredevils ride around the wall and perform tricks.

    The date and names of the persons are unknown.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N030A_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of an unknown man kneeling on a dock at a lake in Livingston County, Michigan. There are boats in the background. The exact location and date are unknown.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N030B_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of a group of men holding up a string of fish, outside, believed to be in Livingston County, Michigan.

    The date and names of the persons are unknown.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N030C_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of a large gathering of ladies having a picnic outside near a lake, believed to be in Livingston County, Michigan. The date and names of the persons are unknown.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N030D_u.jpg

    This is a sitting room believed to be in Livingston County, Michigan.  The exact location and date are unknown. The pictures of fish and snakes and deer head over the fireplace reflect an out-of-doors motif. 
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N031B_u.jpg

    This photograph was taken during a World War II Victory Parade, in Howell, Michigan in the 1940's.  The float, sponsored by the Howell Laundry Company,  depicts the flag raising on Iwo Jima.

    The parade is moving west on Grand River Avenue; the intersection of Grand River Avenue and Michigan Avenue is in the background.  The Drug Store is on the northeast corner.  The names of the people in the photograph are unknown.

    View 1947 VJ Parade articles   (in library use only)
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