Photograph album related to an unidentified family containing studio portraits of men, women, couples, children and infants. Includes 63 cabinet cards and 16 cartes de visite. Volume 29 x 24 cm.
Photograph album containing a wide variety of images of scenes mainly in Portland, Oregon and Allegan, Michigan. Of note are images of Portland, Puget Sound, bicycling in Nevada, a log raft, Mount Hood, race cars and motorcycles, a bicycle repair shop, the Allegan Fire of 1898 (plus several views of the city taken prior to the fire including one showing a group of cyclists), images of African American children with captions utilizing racist humor, the "Big Dam" on the Kalamazoo River, engines and tenders from several railroad lines, a group of Native Americans paddling with two white people in a canoe, West Gun Lake Resort in Michigan, John Robinson Hospital, the "Center of Allegan County," steamboats, Native American men and women in traditional clothing, British sailing ships, a train yard, landscape and waterfall scenes, a bicycle race, five men on a large tandem bicycle, and a group of climbers on a mountain. Also present is a report of an Oregon police officer and game warden shooting and images of Oregon Prison from which the shooters apparently escaped. Most images are photomechanical prints that appear to have been clipped from a magazine and/or newspaper. Two loose clipped items are tucked inside the front cover including a photomechanical print showing a lion overlooking the desert captioned "The Two Majesties of the Desert," as well as a clipping containing two poems from The Electrical Worker titled "Take a Tumble to Ourselves" and "Lament of the Section Boss." Includes 262 images. Volume 23 x 31.5 cm.
Photographs advertising agricultural hedges constructed by the Michigan Hedge Co. of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Images include views of men constructing hedges and completed projects. Also present are printed testimonials from satisfied customers. Includes 19 photographs. Volume 14 x 27.5 cm.
Photograph album related to the Pope-Bissell family of Michigan documenting travels around the United States and abroad. Contents consist of family snapshots and pictures taken in various locations in Michigan, the western United States, Europe, and Hawaii. Of note are images from Michigan's Upper Peninsula including Lake Superior, the Agawam and Montreal Rivers, Marquette, Mackinac Island and Sault Ste. Marie; Apache and Mohave Indian encampments in Arizona; Burlington, Vermont; Honolulu scenes including the harbor; California scenes with images of San Gabriel, Pasadena, Riverside, Santa Barbara, and San Diego (including one view of the Hotel del Coronado); adobe buildings in New Mexico; a view of "Ramona's Home" paired with a quote from Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona; and foreign locations such as the Azores, Lucerne, Rome, and Seville. Also present are numerous family pictures, images of residences in Detroit, and 6 small cyanotypes. Most images have handwritten captions, some of which identify locations and include initials of people pictured. Many photographs are commercially produced prints that were likely purchased during the compiler's travels. Includes 136 photographs. Volume 31.5 x 25.5 cm.
Photograph album compiled by William Heim (1861-1930) of Saginaw that documents a camping trip in northern Michigan that most likely took place around the area of Mullett Lake in Cheboygan County. Contents consist of images of a campsite, the lake, young men canoeing, a forest, and a family standing on a residential street as well as views of several residences (perhaps summer vacation homes) and an image of Pikes Tavern. Also present is a studio portrait of Heim's wife Dorothea Nerriter Heim (1863-1948) taken ca. 1887 as well as 8 family snapshots from the 1920s. Includes 33 photographs. Volume 26 x 36 cm.
Binder containing collection of photographs, schematics, blueprints, and inspection guidelines for Michigan Central Railroad buildings. Of note is an announcement that Bath Mills, Michigan, will no longer be a "regular billing station" as of September 1st 1890, pre-inventory M C-V 8 data forms (including photographs) detailing 25 different railroad buildings dated from 1919 to 1920, and assorted blueprints and schematics. Also present are schematics for water towers, and paperwork including "Specifications for inspection shed," instructions to bidders, and responsibility of the contractor. Most of the stations and structures that are documented are on the Detroit Tunnel, Midland, South Haven, and South Bend branches of the M.C.R.R. Includes 28 photographs, 25 M C-V 8 forms, 38 blueprints and schematics, 16 pages of specifications, and 1 circular. Volume 29 x 26 cm.
Collection of mugshots mounted on identification cards from a variety of Michigan police departments and correctional facilities. The first 12 ID cards contain front and profile view portraits as well as identifying features, fingerprints, criminal convictions, and sentences. Also present are 3 ID cards serving as reward advertisements to aid in the capture of escaped criminals, an ID card from the arrest of a young man in 1898, and an ID card produced by the Michigan Central Railroad documenting a man accused of being a communist and member of a criminal syndicate. Includes 18 photographs. Folder 29 x 24 cm.
Collection assembled by David V. Tinder containing modern negatives and reprints of historic images of interurban railroads in Michigan including lines in Lansing, Saginaw, Flint, and Detroit. Identification information provided by Michigan streetcar expert Jack Schram is also present. Includes 42 negatives with photocopies of printed photographs, 4 contact sheets, and 2 photographs. Folder 29.5 x 24 cm.
Photograph album related to an unidentified family based in Ogemaw County, Michigan. Contents consist of images of family members, camping trips, deer hunting, trips to Belle Isle, Palmer Park, and Waterworks Park in Detroit, a vacation to Philadelphia, and images of exteriors and interiors of residences in several Michigan cities including Rose City, West Branch, and Mio. Also of note are numerous images of school buildings, children, teachers, Mrs. McKay's millinery store in Rose City, lumber being transported by rail, and a Quaker meeting house. Album disassembled for conservation purposes and all 86 pages are housed in individual plastic sleeves. Includes approximately 480 photographs. Album pages 39 x 30 cm.
Photograph family related to an unidentified family based in Detroit, Michigan. Of note are images of children engaged in various activities, people riding bicycles, streets and storefronts, various landmarks (including the Koppitz-Melchers Brewing Company), home interiors, U.S. Mail wagons, a policeman in uniform, a streetcar, the Detroit River, steam-powered ferries, the aftermath of a fire, a telegraph operator, parades, Christmas trees, a holy shrine, and nun in habit. Also present are images of a black child in shorts sitting on a pylon outside of "Alder's Bath House," a woman holding a Courrier des Etates-Unis newspaper, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, the Old Detroit Opera House, a train arriving at a station, and a cyanotype family portrait. Many images have been placed in the album upside down and most are uncaptioned. Includes approximately 356 photographs. Volume 31.5 x 27 cm.