A collection of survey maps of Brookfield Township in Eaton County, Michigan. The first survey map in this collection details all of Brookfield Township and was drawn in November 1825. The second map details Section 34 of Brookfield Township; this...
This volume follows the Michigan volunteers in the Second Michigan Infantry. The series is a compilation of the military history of each soldier of the Civil War who was a resident of the State of Michigan at the time of enlistment.
American Civil War; Regimental Histories; Soldiers; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Second Michigan Infantry
A collection of survey maps of Kalamazoo Township in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. The first survey map in this collection details all of Kalamazoo Township, with the exception of an Indian reservation, and was drawn in January 1827. The second map...
A collection of survey maps of the western portion of Bertrand Township in Berrien County, Michigan. The first map is of the region west of the Indian boundary line in the western portion of Bertrand Township. This area was measured in November...
A survey map of Riverton Township in Mason County, Michigan, measured in 1838. Note : Parts of Pere Marquette Township and Summit Township are included in this area. Pere Marquette is in Section 6 and Summit Township is in Sections 7, 18, 19, 30,...
A collection of survey maps of Amber Township in Mason County, Michigan. The first map details all of Amber Township and was measured in 1838. The second map is of a resurvey of Sections 23 through 35 of Amber Township, adding omitted lands. The...
A collection of survey maps of Elk Township in Lake County, Michigan. The first map covers all of Elk Township. The northern township boundary was measured in late 1837, the southern, western, and eastern boundaries in 1838, and the subdivisions in...
Black and white aerial photograph from 1951 of Grand River Avenue and surrounds, looking northeast in Detroit, Michigan. Grand Circus Park is visible in the upper right corner
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Grand River Avenue (Detroit, Mich.); Cass Avenue (Detroit, Mich.); Clifford Street (Detroit, Mich.); Grand Circus Park (Detroit, Mich.); aerial views; skyscrapers; buildings; cityscapes; parks; Kales Building...
Black and white photograph from circa 1928-1935 of children playing while adults watch in playground area of the Fisher Building (built 1928 by Albert Kahn).
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Fisher Building (Detroit, Mich.); Kahn, Albert, 1869-1942; children; people; women; playgrounds; sports & recreation facilities; interiors;
This flag belonged to the Fifth Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, which was raised in the Detroit area and mustered in on 30 August 1862. The Fifth Michigan Cavalry joined the First, Sixth and Seventh Cavalry regiments to make up the Michigan Cavalry...
This swallowtail guidon belonged to the Fifth Michigan Cavalry raised in the Detroit area in 1862. The Fifth joined the First, Sixth and Seventh Cavalry regiments to make the Michigan Cavalry Brigade commanded by General George Custer. After the...
This swallowtail guidon belonged to the Fifth Michigan Cavalry raised in the Detroit area in 1862. The Fifth joined the First, Sixth and Seventh Cavalry regiments to make the Michigan Cavalry Brigade commanded by General George Custer. After the...
This flag belonged to Battery E of the First Michigan Light Artillery. Mustered in the Marshall area, Battery E saw most of its action in Tennessee and Alabama. It suffered no deaths due to battle but lost 29 due to disease and one to drowning.
First Michigan Light Artillery; 1st Michigan Light Artillery; American Civil War; battle flags
This flag belonged to the First Michigan Light Artillery, Battery F, which was recruited in the Coldwater area and was mustered in on 9 January 1862. It saw its first action on June 30 at Henderson, Kentucky, where the battery was surrounded and...
First Michigan Light Artillery; 1st Michigan Light Artillery; American Civil War; battle flags