Collections : [University of Michigan William L. Clements Library]

Folder compiled by David V. Tinder containing images and information regarding aviation initiatives undertaken by the Ford Motor Company in the 1920s. Includes 18 photographs and several photocopies of excerpts from Henry Ford's Airport and Other Aviation Interests 1909-1954 by Timothy J. O'Callaghan. Volume 29 x 24 cm.

Photograph album containing images by Photo Services Co. and Spencer & Wyckoff advertising installations of the Michigan Store Fixture Co. in Detroit, Michigan, shown both in various different businesses as well as in the company salesroom. Includes 44 photographs (4 of which are loose). Volume 23 x 32 cm.

Binder containing aerial photographs compiled by David V. Tinder showing a variety of Michigan locations including downtown Detroit, waterfront homes in Grosse Pointe Park, the Belle Isle bridge, General Motors Cadillac plant in Detroit, the Ford Motor Company airport in Dearborn, and a National Guard camp in Grayling as well as several views of scenes in Kalamazoo the Western Michigan Normal School and several factories. Also present are several unidentified landscape and city views. The collector has identified and provided additional information on several images. Majority of photographs credited to Kalec & Forster. Includes 36 photographs. Volume 29.5 x 26.5 cm.

Photograph album containing pictures taken by an unidentified woman of scenes in Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana. Contents consist of images of family members, scenery, and activities in Crystal Lake, Dutch Hills, South Haven, Grand Beach, Castle Rock, Dearborn, and Wolf Lake in Michigan; Orland Park, Mundelein, the Kankakee River, Glenwood Park, Sky Harbor, and Waukegan Dunes in Illinois; and Long Beach and Hammond in Indiana. Of note are images of a dog named "Buster," the Dearborn Parish picnic at Maple Hill in 1929, an American Legion picnic at Glenwood Park, "Big Ben" (a small aircraft flown in the Hunter Brothers Endurance Flight at Sky Harbor on July 4 1930), and a group identified as the "Murphy" family in Long Beach, Indiana. Includes 134 photographs. Volume 30 x 18.5 cm.

Photograph album advertising products and equipment produced by Kurth & Knapp Manufacturing Company in Detroit, Michigan. Contents consist of images of company products installed in a variety of manufacturing facilities such as Electric Auto Lite Co. in Toledo, Ohio, and Detroit-based companies including Wolverine Tube Co., Chrysler Corporation plants, and the Hudson Motor Car Company. Also present are individual images of products and equipment with notations on the verso about what companies they were being used by. Photographs include typewritten captions. Credited photographers include Manning Bros., R. A. Meyers, and Grossman, Knowling, Lehr, Inc. Includes 61 photographs. Volume 19.5 x 27.5 cm.