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

Photograph album likely associated with an unidentified church administrator or minister. The album begins with an index of subjects on the inside of the front cover. Locations represented include Muskegon, Kalamazoo, Byron Center, Fruitport, and Jackson in Michigan as well as Orange City, Iowa. Of note are images of the Second Reformed Church and Parsonage in Muskegon, Sunday school picnics, Ladies' Aid Society members, other churches and parsonages, mission trips, a synod meeting, and the photographer's family (especially his daughters). Also present are images of street scenes, children with an organ grinder and monkey, fire fighting, a car receiving a roadside tire change, lakeshore views midwinter, American soldiers departing in 1917, President Theodore Roosevelt and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall visiting Kalamazoo, various parades, interiors and exteriors of homes, farm facilities, and views of Lake Michigan Park. Includes approximately 400 photographs. Volume 34 x 26 cm.

Photograph album containing campus views and images of buildings at Michigan Agricultural College (now known as Michigan State University) in East Lansing, Michigan. Published by the M.A.C. Book-Buying Association and printed by The Albertype Co. Includes 12 photographs. Volume 26 x 32.5 cm.

Collection of photographs documenting amusement parks and carnivals in Michigan housed in a three-ring binder. Of note are images of Eastwood Park in Detroit (including views of the water park, fun house, children on various rides, a small-scale train, clowns, and a fire in May of 1936 in which three people were killed), two images of Wolff's Park in Detroit, an image of a carnival in Hamtramck presented by Happy Land Shows, and images of unidentified carnivals showing Ferris wheels, merry-go-rounds, and other rides. Also present are numerous newspaper clippings that correspond to specific images as well as ephemeral items such as tickets for the Eastwood Ballroom and rides, a program for a Marathon Dance at the Eastwood Ballroom in 1930, a souvenir silhouette from 1937, and a postcard image of a couple married at Eastwood Ballroom in 1933. Includes 33 photographs, 4 pieces of ephemera, and newspaper clippings. Volume 29.5 x 26 cm.

Personal collection of Floyd L. Maxwell of Dearborn, Michigan, compiled during his employment with the Detroit, Jackson and Chicago Electric Railway housed in a three-ring binder. Contents consist of photographs of Michigan interurban railway route maps as well as images of streetcars and trolleys, towns and buildings along railway routes, railway employees posing with streetcars, and streetcar and locomotive accidents. Numerous images have handwritten captions provided by Maxwell while also present are two newspaper clippings regarding the end of electric railway service. Many of the photographs are modern copy prints. Includes 172 photographs and 2 newspaper clippings. Volume 29.5 x 26.5 cm.