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Crowd Watching Agricultural Extension Alfalfa Lecture

Date: 1913
Description: Farm children, families and other onlookers watch an alfalfa series lecture by J.H. Skinner of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department....
Postcard

Champion Chemical Company Postcard

Date: 09 1910
Description: Exhibit of the Champion Chemical Company promoting their embalming fluids. Also presented in the exhibit are caskets and clothing to dress the dead.
Painting

The Opening of the Railroad from Grandhaven to Grand Rapids

Date: 1857
Description: At the opening of the railway between Grandhaven and Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 26, 1857, the locomotive Grand Rapids was manned by the railroad...
Photograph

50,000 Ford Motor Company Employees

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Description: Thousands of employees appear in a composite photograph representing 50,000 employees of the Ford Motor Company. A company building reading "Ford Motor Com...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Ramparts Magazine Cover

Date: 04 1966
Description: Cover of "Ramparts," an underground newspaper, featuring a drawing of then Vietnamese first lady Madame Nhu in a Michigan State University cheerleading uni...
Photograph

"Islander" Steamer Ship

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Description: View of the steamer ship "Islander" leaving Mackinac Island. Signs painted on the ship reads=: "Islander," "Arnold Line" and "St. Ignace Mackinac Island" (...
Photograph

Elks Home

Date: 
Description: Front view of the exterior of the Elks Home. Flags adorn the home and lawn.
Photograph

Autos at Fairgrounds

Date: 
Description: Automobiles park beside several buildings on the fairgrounds. A crowd of people gathers in the background near a grandstand.
Photograph

Health and Happiness Campaign Procession

Date: 1920
Description: Group of people in automobiles adorned with flags, bunting and signs move in a procession down a dirt road for a "Health and Happiness Campaign."
Photograph

View of Mackinac Island

Date: 07 1923
Description: View of Mackinac Island from a wooden pier. There are large houses, some with turrets, facing the water.
Photograph

Mackinac Island

Date: 07 1923
Description: View of Mackinac Island from a boat offshore. There are two large wooden piers with warehouses, and a beach on the right. Commercial buildings line the wat...
Print

Fort Mackinack

Date: 
Description: Woodcut illustration of Fort Mackinack.
Photograph

Woman, Young Woman, and Man with '76 Flag and Trucks

Date: 1975
Description: View of a woman, young woman, and a man in a military uniform are standing with a '76 flag. In the background are four International Transtar II heavy-duty...
Print

Michigan Commandery Dinner Menu

Date: 12 03 1891
Description: Front cover and menu page for a dinner of the "Loyal Legion. Michigan Commandery with Saginaw Valley Companions at Bancroft House," with the badge of the o...
Photograph

Depot Move Celebration

Date: 1908
Description: Gathering of people, some holding flags, celebrating the move of the small railroad depot along the track from Corinne to Gould City.
Photograph

Bliss Alfalfa Club

Date: 07 15 1913
Description: Group portrait of the Bliss Alfafa Club of Emmet County, showing the President Mr. Grant. The group of men, women and children is standing on an unpaved ro...
Photograph

Henry Rumsey's Boat House

Date: 08 1922
Description: View of Henry Rumsey's boat house, which is built of logs. An American flag is flying from the flagpole at the front of the boathouse.
Photograph

The Dive

Date: 08 1922
Description: The person in midair, possibly David Rumsey, is diving from a height of 21 feet into Lake Michigamme. The log boathouse and American flag are in the foregr...

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