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Grindstone City - Lake Huron and shoreline
Black and white photograph from 1962 showing the shoreline along Lake Huron at Grindstone City, Michigan. The view is from the southwest side, looking south-southeast. The city was founded around the grindstone quarries, with its primary industry...
Grindstone City (Mich.); Huron County (Mich.); Lake Huron; lakes; shorelines;
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Grindstone City - Grindstone City harbor
Black and white photograph from 1962 showing the view of the harbor of Grindstone City, Michigan from the southwest pier. The city was founded around the grindstone quarries, with its primary industry focused on this finest of abrasive stones....
Grindstone City (Mich.); Huron County (Mich.); Lake Huron; harbors; boats; docks;
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Grindstone City - Grindstone rubble shore fill
Black and white photograph from 1962 taken standing on sandstone ledge looking southeast along the Lake Huron shoreline showing grindstone rubble shore fill in Grindstone City, Michigan. The city was founded around the grindstone quarries, with its...
Grindstone City (Mich.); Huron County (Mich.); grindstones; Lake Huron; lakes; shorelines; beaches
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Grindstone City - Grindstone rubble along shoreline
Black and white photograph from 1962 showing broken up grindstones lining the shore in Grindstone City, Michigan. The city was founded around the grindstone quarries, with its primary industry focused on this finest of abrasive stones. After World...
Grindstone City (Mich.); Huron County (Mich.); grindstones
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Grindstone City - Shoreline bluff
Black and white photograph from 1962 showing the view on the shore of Lake Huron at Grindstone City, Michigan, beside a high sandstone bluff looking northwest. The city was founded around the grindstone quarries, with its primary industry focused...
Grindstone City (Mich.); Huron County (Mich.); Lake Huron; shorelines; lakes
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Grindstone City - Looking northwest from pier
Black and white photograph from 1962 showing a view from the Northwest pier in Grindstone City, Michigan, looking Northwest along shore. The city was founded around the grindstone quarries, with its primary industry focused on this finest of...
Grindstone City (Mich.); Huron County (Mich.); Lake Huron; boats; shorelines; lakes
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Grindstone City - On southwest pier looking at harbor
Black and white photograph from 1963 showing a view of the harbor at Grindstone City, Michigan, from the southwest pier. The back of the photograph reads: "Grindstone City, Huron County. On SW pier looking WWN at harbor. Harbor on grindstone rubble...
Grindstone City (Mich.); Huron County (Mich.); harbors; docks; boats
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Benton Harbor - Sixth Street Market, 1905
Black and white photograph from 1905 of the Sixth Street Market in Benton Harbor, Michigan. This street market was particularly busy during fruit and vegetable seasons. On the left is The Bell Opera House, which opened in 1900 and was razed to...
Benton Harbor (Mich.); Berrien County (Mich.); Sixth Street (Benton Harbor, Mich.); The Bell Opera House (Benton Harbor, Mich.); markets; street scenes; storefronts; people; carriages and coaches; merchants; street vendors
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Calumet - "An Early Snowfall"
Black and white photograph taken in 1912 from the upstairs window of 1144 Calumet Avenue in Calumet, Michigan, of the Frontenac engine house and shaft house on Mine Street, south of Agent Street. These buildings were part of the Calumet & Hecla...
Calumet (Mich.); Houghton County (Mich.); Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (Mich.); mining buildings; shafthouses; winter scenes
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Lansing - Washington Avenue looking north
Black and white photograph from 1898 showing a bird's-eye view of Washington Avenue, looking north in Lansing, Michigan.
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Washington Avenue (Lansing, Mich.); street scenes; streetcars; carriages and coaches; storefronts; cityscapes
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Detroit - Campus Martius, 1916
Black and white copy print of a photograph from 1916 showing Campus Martius and Woodward Avenue, looking north in Detroit, Michigan. On the right is the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected 1872, and the Majestic Building (1896 -...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Campus Martius (Detroit, Mich.); Majestic Building (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912; J. L Hudson Company (Detroit,...
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Detroit - Construction of building on Washington Boulevard
Black and white photograph from 1916 showing the construction of a building on Washington Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan. The construction company is Albert A. Albrecht. Written on back of the photograph "First 4 floors built during last half of...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Washington Boulevard (Detroit, Mich.); buildings; construction sites; automobiles
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