Color postcard from 1928 depicting Cross Village, Michigan. The stone building on the right is the Legs Inn, named so for the inverted stove legs used to decorate the roof.
Cross Village (Mich.); Emmet County (Mich.); Lakeshore Drive (Cross Village, Mich.); Legs Inn (Cross Village, Mich.); street scenes; storefronts; postcards
1862-1863 Diary of Lorenzo Barker. In this diary, Barker discusses daily life while stationed around Corinth Mississippi. In the diary he describes witnessing a deserter execution, bringing in Confederate prisoners, battle experiences, and...
American Civil War; Barker, Lorenzo A.; Lorenzo A. Barker; Western Sharpshooters; 66th Illinois Infantry; Sixty-sixth Illinois Infantry; Corinth (Miss.); regimental history; Confederate Prisoners of War; deserters;
1861-1863 diary of Cyrus Bacon. In this diary, Bacon describes daily life in the Seventh Michigan Infantry. He gives vivid accounts of Yorktown, Fair Oaks, White Oak Swamp, Antietam, and Gettysburg.
American Civil War; Bacon, Cyrus; Cyrus Bacon; Seventh Michigan Infantry; 7th Michigan Infantry; Assistant Surgeon; Commissioned Officer; Yorktown (Va.); Battle of Yorktown; Seven Days Campaign; Seven Days' Battles, Va., 1862; Battle of Fair Oaks;...
Black and white photograph, taken from the book "Michigan" by Fuller, of Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931) inscribing his name in the cornerstone of The Edison Institute (renamed The Henry Ford Museum after Ford's death) in Dearborn, Michigan. Henry...
Dearborn (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931; Ford, Henry, 1863-1947; Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village; people
Black and white bird's-eye view of Lincoln Village in Mason County, Michigan. Once name Little Sable, Lincoln Village was the county seat from 1861-1873.
Lincoln Village (Mich.); Mason County (Mich.); cityscapes; ghost towns