Digital Archive of the Howell Carnegie Library Archives

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  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-06_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of people canoeing on a lake in Livingston County, Michigan.
  • HCDL-ngp-ZNB002-02-0025_u.jpg

    This is a portrait of Carmen Kypke, taken by Duane Zemper in 1960.  The photo is labeled "Held 1947 Pole Vault record, 11'6' for 20 years".

    An article in the Lansing State Journal dated May 18, 1951 described Carmen Krypke of Howell as leader in the class of pole vaulters in the Lansing area.    The Livingston County Press on May 23, 1951 reported that Carmen Kypke cleared the pole vault bar at 11 feet, 4 3/4 inches to establish a record for the Howell High School and to set a record for Wines Field in Ann Arbor.  His winning vault broke the field meet record by two inches.

    Carmen Kypke was born in 1933 in Chicago, Illinois.  After graduating from Howell High School in 1952, he served in the U.S. Navy from 1952 to 1956.  Mr. Kypke died in Montgomery, Alabama in 1987.

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  • HCDL-gf-carol-jean-sheely_u.jpg

    This group of photographs are of Carol Jean Sheely, born in Howell, 1922 and died in 2012. Carol was the daughter of Margaret Alta Hardy and Clarence Sheely. They were married in Howell March 12, 1921. Carol's grand parents were Royal Crittenden Hardy and Francis Permilla Rumsey.

    The first photo was labeled Carol Jean, age 9, 1931, Monroe, Michigan.
    Another photograph, Carol on the porch holding a doll, contained the following information: "Margaret's divorce from Clarence Sheely was initiated in 1930 and finalized in 1932.  Margaret married Sumner Victor Manley on Christmas Day, 1932 in the dining room of the family home on 509 McCarthy Street, Howell, Michigan.  That home had several family events incidentally.  Margaret's brother, Harold, was killed in the upstairs bedroom in 1918, and Carol's mother was born in the downstairs bedroom in 1922, and Margaret's mother, Franc Rumsey died in that bedroom in 1936.   
    Harold Hardy, 1896 - 1918, died in an accident, "shot self with revolver".
  • HCDL-ngp-A004-02-033_u.jpg

    Carolyn Latrielle, Daughter of Circuit Court Judge Stanley Latrielle - 1982
  • HCDL-ngp-A002-04-0002_u.jpg

    The cast of children in a Howell Opera House play in Howell, Michigan around the 1900's.  Current address of Opera House is 123 W Grand River Rd, Howell, MI 48843.
  • HCDL-ngp-A002-04-0006_u.jpg

    The cast of girls for a school play at the Howell Opera House, Howell, Michigan in 1906.  Current address of Opera House is 123 W Grand River Rd, Howell, MI 48843.
  • HCDL-ngp-C005-08-0036_u.jpg

    Charles Adams, Mayor of the City of Howell. He was also the state representative from 1935-1943. He owed Adams Clothing in Howell.
  • HCDL-ngp-A004-02-0086_u.jpg

    Portraits of Charles B. Gatesman, Howell, Livingston, Michigan - 1954
  • HCDL-ngp-I001-01-0014_u.jpg

    This is a portrait of Charles Bonny, Howell Electric Motors, Company, Electric Apparatus, 409 Roosevelt, Howell, Michigan, 1945.   Charles Bonny was a Supervisor of Shipping at this plant.
  • HCDL-gf-charles-hardy_u.jpg

    This is a portrait of Charles E. Hardy.
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