Letter from Rebecca Hank to Nan Hank dated August 30, 1861. In this letter, he discusses men preparing to join regiments, community news, family news, finances, and her upcoming wedding.
Portrait of Harrison H. Wheeler, 1861-1865. Bay City. Enlisted in company C, Tenth Infantry, as First Sergeant, Nov. 1, 1861, at Farmer's Creek, for 3 years, age 22. Mustered Feb. 6, 1862. Commissioned second lieutenant June 2, 1862. ...
Wheeler, Harrison H. ;Harrison H. Wheeler; American Civil War ; ; noncommissioned officer ; ; Tenth Michigan Infantry ;10th Michigan Infantry; first sergeant ; second lieutenant ; first lieutenant ; captain ; Bay City (Mich.) ; Farmer's Creek...
Black and white postcard from approximately 1909 showing a winter street scene on Portage Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Kalamazoo (Mich.); Kalamazoo County (Mich.); Portage Street (Kalamazoo, Mich.); Traction Building (Kalamazoo, Mich.); streetcars; street scenes; people; winter scenes; postcards
Color postcard from circa 1924-1929 showing Gratiot Avenue looking west from Farmer Street in Detroit, Michigan. On the left is the Kern's Department Store (the 1900-1929 building on Gratiot and Woodward Avenues). The tall building in the center...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Gratiot Avenue (Detroit, Mich.); Ernst Kern Dry Good Company (Detroit, Mich.); Book-Cadillac Hotel (Detroit, Mich.); Kamper, Louis, 1861-1953; buildings; department stores; hotels; streetcars; cityscapes;...
Black and white photograph from circa 1906-1910 of the Pardridge and Blackwell department store building on the corner of Farmer and Monroe Streets in Detroit, Michigan. The building, built in 1906, was designed by the architecture firm Smith,...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Farmer Street (Detroit, Mich.); Monroe Street (Detroit, Mich.); Crowley, Milner and Co. (Detroit, Mich.); Pardridge and Blackwell (Detroit, Mich.); department stores; buildings; stores; winter scenes; people;...