Digital Archive of the Howell Carnegie Library Archives

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  • HCDL-gn-Cooper18_u.jpg

    This photograph included on page 94 of David Finney's book, "Images of America Howell", 2013, features a Tug-Of-War Women, Lake Chemung, Picnic, Howell, Michigan.  He reported that each September, an interclass activity among members of Howell's senior and junior classes took place during an outing at Lake Chemung.  The names of the persons and exact year are unknown.  It is estimated it took place in the early 1900's.
  • HCDL-W001-10-Edmonds-Sue-Tsgt-USAF_u.jpg
  • HCDL-ngp-F003-01-0051_u.jpg

    These photographs were taken when a garbage truck caught on fire on South Michigan, Howell, Michigan,  across from Zemper Studio, 1980.  The truck and garbage in the streets is noted, and also there is a picture of the City of Howell Fire Department truck.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N042_u.jpg

    This photograph was included in the Photographic Supplement of the "Howell Bicentennial History",  ppp. 310-11, and was captioned, "the first fleet of trucks sold in Howell.  Sold by Glenn Slayton to Ford Johnson to start his trucking firm, about 1935".

    The names of the persons in the photograph are unknown.  The "Mabell Shop" is a storefront also, with the mill in the background.
  • HCDL-ngp-S002-21-0143_u.jpg

    A photo of trophies won by Howell High School Athletics during the 1966 to 1967 school year. Photo published in the 1967 Howell High School Homecoming Program.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N054_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of a Train Wreck, labeled near Ann Arbor Railroad Depot, Howell, Michigan, 1894.
  • 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)
  • HCDL-ngp-T004-07-0010_u.jpg

    This is a picture of a locomotive stopped at the Howell Depot, Howell, Michigan.  The train is running on the Ann Arbor Railroad Tracks.  

    In the David Finney book, "Images of America, Howell", this photograph is captioned as the last passenger train to stop in Howell, winter 1951.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N091C_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of the Train Engine #35, at the Ohio & Michigan Sand & Gravel Company, Chilson, Genoa, Michigan.

    The year is unknown.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N091D_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of the Train Engine #35, at the Ohio & Michigan Sand & Gravel Company, Chilson, Genoa, Michigan.

    The year is unknown.
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