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

Professional booking portfolio for the acrobatic duo Park & Clifford (Frank Zyskowski and Robert C. Clifford) of Grand Rapids, Michigan, along with additional publicity photographs and advertisements. The portfolio contains four images showing Park & Clifford performing various stunts while the publicity photos show them performing on stage, standing next to a sign advertising their show, Park & Clifford dressed in tuxedos, and a head shot of Park. Also present is a photo clipped from a magazine, an illustrated advertising sheet, a receipt for photographs purchased from the William Morris Agency in New York, a short note regarding Clifford, and two identical photocopies of a variety show program listing Park & Clifford as an act. Includes 12 photographs and 6 pieces of ephemera. Volume 29 x 25.5 cm.

Binder compiled by Uniroyal Tire Company employee Dave Guindon regarding the history of the company. The album begins with a two-page history of the company written by Guindon and contains photographs showing the plant in Detroit, Michigan, and its evolution over time from a relatively small brick factory into a sprawling complex along the Detroit River. Also present are color snapshots of the plant's demolition in 1985 and several newspaper clippings about the demolition as well as photocopies of advertisements from the Morgan & Wright Company in Detroit (one of the companies that was purchased to create Uniroyal Tire), architectural renderings of the factory from the 1930s, and information about the Uniroyal Giant Tire that was developed as an amusement ride and display for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair before being subsequently modified and moved to Allen Park, Michigan, to be used as advertising for the company. Includes 22 photographs and several pieces of ephemera. Volume 29 x 29 cm.

Photograph album documenting the 1931 American Legion National Convention in Detroit, Michigan, including the parade which at the time was the largest parade in the world. The album's unidentified compiler also included canceled stamps on each page of the album for reasons unknown. Includes 79 photographs. Volume 22.5 x 27.5 cm.

Photograph album compiled by Elizabeth Abram of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Contents consist of images of friends, family and pets, Abram's graduation from Mount Mercy Academy in 1932, vacations in several Michigan locations as well as Chicago, Illinois and Denver, Colorado, various weddings, and Abram's posing in military uniform during World War II. Includes approximately 500 photographs. Volume 26.5 x 34 cm.

Photograph album containing images of flooding in Rome, Georgia, showing various buildings, streets, stores, homes, vehicles, and telephone poles submerged in the flood water. Also present are pictures of what appears to be some sort of store, a decorated Christmas tree, a car in deep snow, various objects including "Saint Rita" and a marble vase of flowers, a store interior (likely a jewelry store), the main entrance of St. Mary's Church at night, a miniature model home scene, a photograph with a sign in it that reads "Mt. Aventine S. Rome Garden Club," and a newspaper clipping about a "city clock" (likely in Chicago) and "century of progress, 1833-1933." Includes 35 photographs. Volume 32 x 26 cm.