Portrait of Abram C. Speer, 1861-1864. Saginaw. Enlisted in company A, Fourteenth Infantry, as First Sergeant, Oct. 11, 1861 at Bay City, for 3 years, age 27. Mustered Jan. 7, 1862. Commissioned Second Lieutenant July 9, 1862. Commissioned...
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Color postcard from approximately 1912 of Washington Avenue, Bay City, Michigan. The large, boxy red building on the left is the Phoenix Block, on the corner of Washington Avenue and Center Avenue.
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Black and white postcard depicting the historic Bay City City Hall building. The building was constructed in 1897 by the local architecture firm Pratt and Koeppe. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The building was...
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Color postcard from approximately 1912 of the U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House in Bay City, Michigan. The building was constructed in 1893, designed by architect James H. Windrim, and was in use until it was razed in 1931.
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Black and white copy print of a lithograph of Bay City in 1837. Caption reads: "The dock and warehouse stood at the foot of Center Street. The buildings to the left are Saginaw Bay Company's office, Globe Hotel, Jas. G. Birney's residence next, and...
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Portrait of Henry B. Landon, 1861-1864. Monroe. Entered service in company D, Seventh Infantry, at organization, as Second Lieutenant, June 19, 1861, at Monroe, for 3 years, age 21. Mustered Aug. 22, 1861. Commissioned First Lieutenant and...
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Color postcard from approximately 1912 depicting the Phoenix Block on the corner of Washington Avenue and Center Avenue in Bay City, Michigan. The building opened in 1889, replacing the Westover block, which was destroyed by fire in 1886.
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Black and white aerial photograph of Woodside Avenue and Liberty Bridge, crossing over the Saginaw River in Bay City, Michigan. To the right of the bridge is the Jennison Hawthorne Steel Warehouse.
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Black and white aerial photograph of Bay City, Michigan, along the Saginaw River. The bridge in the foreground is the Liberty Bridge, which connects to Woodside Avenue. The building with the clock tower is the Bay City City Hall, on Washington...
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Black and white aerial photograph of Bay City, Michigan from 1949. The large road is Washington Avenue; towards the top of the photograph can be seen the clock tower of the Bay City City Hall. The bridge in the photograph crossing the Saginaw River...
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Black and white photograph from 1901 of the West Bay City Sugar Company factory in Bay City, Michigan. The cart in the foreground is full of sugar beets, ready to be processed into sugar. The image is taken from the "Fortieth Annual Report of the...
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Octochrome postcard of the boat and bath houses at Wenona Beach resort in Bay City, Michigan. Wenona Beach was founded in 1887 and included a casino, vaudeville entertainment, boating, bathing, dancing and other entertainment. It was a vacation...
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Black and white lithograph from 1901 of the Pioneer Sugar factory in Bay City, Michigan. The image is taken from the "Fortieth Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan and Fourteenth Annual Report of...
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Black and white postcard from circa 1901-1907 of Wenona Beach, a resort complex in Bay City, Michigan, on the Saginaw River. Wenona Beach was founded in 1887 and included a casino, vaudeville entertainment, boating, bathing, dancing and other...
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Undated black and white photograph of the first house built in Bay City, Michigan. The house was built in 1836-7; the foundation stones were brought up the Saginaw River from Flint.
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