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  • Howell Foundry and Machine Shop, Howell, Michigan

    This is a photograph of the Howell Foundry and Machine Shop, 300 block of Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan. (314 West Grand River Avenue, west of Center Street).

    The foundry was opened in 1865 by John Galloway and George L. Clark, and they manufactured box, cook, and parlor stoves, plows and all types of agricultural castings.

    The foundry later burned down (~1900), and the property became the site of the Howell Carnegie District Library.

    The date of this photograph is unknown.

    View Livingston Republican May 14, 1891 Article (In Library Use Only)
  • Howell Carnegie Library, Howell, Michigan,  Library Model Addition Unveiling, July 7, 1988

    These photographs were taken at the event of the unveiling of the Howell Carnegie Library's Model Addition.  It was held at the library, July 7, 1988.  Its theme was "Bridging Yesterday to Tomorrow". 

    View June 29, 1988 article in The Livingston Daily Press & Argus (in library use only).

    View July 20, 1988 article in The Livingston Daily Press & Argus (in library use only).
  • Expansion of Howell Carnegie District Library Howell, Michigan - 1990

    Expansion of Howell Carnegie District Library Howell, Michigan - 1990
  • Highlander Way Middle School, Howell, Michigan  - 1988

    Highlander Way Middle School - 1988 511 N Highlander Way, Howell, MI South side of the school Vehicles pictured. Bob Watson photos - 1988
  • Library Millage Election Night, Howell Carnegie District Library, Howell, Michigan - 1988

    This group of photographs were taken at the Howell Carnegie District Library on Election Night, 1988, when the Library Millage was on the Ballot.   Bob Watson, board member, was the photographer.
  • Howell High School, Girls Track, Howell, Michigan

    This is a 1989 photograph of a Howell High School, Howell, Michigan, runner.   The location and names of the persons are unknown.
  • Howell Carnegie Library, Howell, Michigan, Ground Breaking New Addition,  1989

    This group of photographs were taken during the excavation for the new addition on the Howell Carnegie Library, Howell, Michigan, 1989.
  • Howell Carnegie Library Renovations, Howell, Michigan, 1990

    The photographs in this collection were taken by Bob Watson during the Howell Carnegie Library's Renovations in 1990.

    The names of the people in the photographs are unknown.
  • Howell Carnegie Library, Howell, Michigan, Fountain, 1981

    This is a photograph of the fountain that once adorned the garden at the Howell Carnegie Library, Howell, Michigan.  It was broken beyond repair and then was given to Mike Hagman of Howell, Michigan, and this photo shows the statue at his home in 1981.

    Later, a model much like the original was purchased by the City of Howell, and placed at the library.

    View the September 9, 1981 Livingston County Press Article  
    (in library use only).
  • Howell Carnegie Library, Howell, Michigan, Laying of the Brass Plaque, Time Capsule, June 1977

    They recorded the placement of the Brass Plaque on the Stone in front of the Howell Carnegie Library.  The plaque marked the placement of the Time Capsule which was buried March 9, 1977 by the Howell Bicentennial Committee.

    The man chipping away at the stone in preparation for the plaque was Dick Kline of Kline's Lettering Service, Durand, Michigan.

    The men placing the plaque were Mike Hagman, city councilman,  and Fred Catrell, Executive Director of the Howell Chamber of Commerce.

    View the June 22, 1977 Livingston Daily Press & Argus Article (in library use only).
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