Digital Archive of the Howell Carnegie Library Archives

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  • Tanker car wording is Monsanto Chemicals Serving Industry Which Serves Mankind Merrimac Division. Can see Crane lifing railroad truck off the tracks.

    Train Wreck 2 miles East of Fowlerville, Michigan - August 1, 1947 on the Pere Marquette railroad. 

    Read the August 7, 1946 Livingston County Press article Freight Wreck Delays Mail. (links work in the library or if you have Newspapers.com subscription)
  • Paramedics approaching wreck. Townsfolk standing near wreck on the east side of S. Grand Ave. View is facing west. Can see building in background that is most likely the Rounsville Elevator.

    Fatal Car Wreck Near the Chesapeake & Ohio Depot, Fowlerville, Michigan -1954.

    View the Livingston County Press article Train - Auto Crash on Wednesday Fatal to Orel Lasher and his obituary from the 23 June 1954 paper. (links work in the library or if you have Newspapers.com subscription)
  • HCDL-ngp-T004-08-001_u.jpg

    This photograph is believed to be of the Railroad Construction, Jewitt Street Bridge, C & O Railroad, Howell, Michigan.

    The C & O Railroad was formerly known as the Pere Marquette Railroad.

    This pictures is also in the "Howell Bicentennial History Book and Photographic Supplement", 1992, p. 319.

    The date and names of the persons in the photograph are unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-T004-08-0028_u.jpg

    Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad and Ann Arbor Railroad Wreck

    unknown location, unknown date
  • HCDL-ngp-T004-09-0002_u.jpg

    Windstorm Damages at Howell Airport, Howell, Michigan - April 27, 1943.

    Read about windstorm in the April 28, 1943 Livingston County Press.

    Was where Northwest Elementary and the Methodist Church are currently.
  • HCDL-ngp-T004-09-0032_u.jpg

    Photo with Bob Lyjak in front of his 1929 Waco Taperwing at Livingston County Airport in Howell, Michigan - July 1, 1978

    Bob Lyjak, an expert aerobatic flyer who performed in connection with the Pageant of Drums over Thompson Lake in Howell, Michigan on July 1, 1978.

    Left to Right: Bob Lyjak, unknown

    View July 6, 1978 edition of the Livingston County Press.
  • HCDL-ngp-T004-09-0034_u.jpg

    Group Photo with Bob Lyjak in front of his 1929 Waco Taperwing at Livingston County Airport in Howell, Michigan - July 1, 1978

    Bob Lyjak, an expert aerobatic flyer who performed in connection with the Pageant of Drums over Thompson Lake in Howell, Michigan on July 1, 1978.

    Left to Right: unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Bob Lyjak, unknown

    View July 6, 1978 edition of the Livingston County Press.
  • HCDL-ngp-T004-09-0036_u.jpg

    Bob Lyjak in Cockpit of his 1929 Waco Taperwing at Livingston County Airport in Howell, Michigan - July 1, 1978.

    Bob Lyjak, an expert aerobatic flyer who performed in connection with the Pageant of Drums over Thompson Lake in Howell, Michigan on July 1, 1978.

    View July 6, 1978 edition of the Livingston County Press.
  • HCDL-ngp-T006-05-0001_u.jpg

    This series of photographs are of the Silver Spurs Square Dance, holding an event at the Waldenwoods Resort Conference Center. 

    The label on the photograph says, "1960’s".  The source article describes an event in 1975.

    The exact date  and the names of the persons in the photographs are unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-T006-05-0042_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of a group participating in the contract signing for the  new school, Hartland, Michigan,  1950.  The location of this is inside Cromaine Library. The artwork behind the signees is the same artwork today. Cromaine was a part of Hartland Schools, but they are separate now

    The exact date, and names of the persons in the photograph are unknown.
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