Digital Archive of the Howell Carnegie Library Archives

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  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N013_u.jpg

    This is a photograph by Fred Teeple taken 6/1/1929, labeled with Mr. Duckworth, and dog, "Vulcan".  The exact location is unknown.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N014_u.jpg

    This photograph was taken during one of Howell's Street Fairs.  For a number of years, the fair was held in the center of Howell on Grand River Avenue.  This photograph was taken in front of the Livingston County Courthouse.

    The names of the persons and exact year is unknown but believed to be in the early 1900's.  Below is an advertisement for the Great Howell Street Fair.

    View Howell Street Fair 1900   (in library use only)
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N015A_u.jpg

    This photograph appeared in the August 28, 1963 issue of the Livingston County Press, and was originally published February 13, 1935.  Thomas Cotter  found a copy of this photograph in 1935 while going through the effects of his late mother, Mrs. Emma Watkins.  Mrs. Watkins died in 1934, and lived for many years on Fowler Street.  The photograph was said to have been made by photographer, W. E. Cleave  and older persons in the community estimated it was made sometime between 1865 and 1870. The photograph was later taken by Ed Beach and Wilbur Johnson to L. Nelson to be enlarged. 

     The view is from the top of Union School and is looking north towards the intersection of Grand River Avenue and Michigan Avenue (Division Street).  The exact year is unknown.

    A full description of the buildings in this picture are included in the  1935 Article.  The buildings include a hotel,  bank, dry goods store, grocery, print shop, Masonic Hall, barber shop, and in the distance three buildings on what was then the Bowers farm.

    W.E. Cleave photo  (in  library use only)

    Tale of Progress Told by Picture February 1935 article  (in library use only)

  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N015B_u.jpg

    This is an early aerial view of Howell, Michigan, taken by Cleave, from Union School, believed to be looking south on Michigan Avenue (Division Street, East Street).
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N015C_u.jpg

    This is an early Aerial View of Howell, from Central High School, Howell, Michigan, taken by Cleave.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N015D_u.jpg

    This is a photograph by Fred Teeple, glass plate negative, of a photograph done by Cleave, of the First Presbyterian Church, Sibley Street, Howell Michigan.  The date of this photograph is unknown.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N016_u.jpg

    This photograph was included in David Finney's book, "Images of America: Howell", 2013, p. 104, and is titled "Queen of the Fair".  It noted that the "Queen" was wearing a sash, and was observing the poultry exhibit at the Agricultural Fair.  The fairgrounds were in the northeast section of the city of Howell.  The young men were wearing "white dusters" which were common for anyone driving an automobile in the early 1900's.

    The exact date and names of the persons are unknown.  It is believed the photographs was from the 1910's.

    View 1915 Livingston County Fair
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N017A_u.jpg

    This is a photgraph of a postcard of the Livingston County Jail, Howell, Michigan.

    The Jail was located on the public square property  bordered by these streets: Grand River Avenue, Church Street, Court Street, and State Street.

    The year of the photograph is unknown.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N017B_u.jpg

    This is an early homecoming event in Howell, Michigan.  Homecomings were held annually in small towns early in the 20th century.  The homecoming activities often coincided with the fair.

    This picture is looking east on Grand River Avenue near the intersection of Michigan Avenue, (Division Street, East Street), and in the picture is a banner, "Welcome Home", and also onlookers, buggies, early cars, and the storefronts.

    Grand River Avenue is unpaved; this street was not paved until 1915.

    This is a link to an announcement about the 1910 Homecoming in Howell.

    Howell Homecoming 1910  (in library use only)
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N018_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of the barns of Tannar & Holmes Feed Elevator, Fowlerville, Michigan.  The sign says, "Definite Feeds for Definite Needs".  The year is unknown.
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