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  • Architectural Detail of Commercial Buildings on West Grand River in Howell, Michigan - 1984

    This is a nice detail picture of the windows in the commercial buildings on West Grand River, including Spagnuolo's, Howell, Michigan - 1984
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  •  Downtown  Howell, Michigan, Photo, 1984

    This is a photograph from the Downtown Howell Michigan collection, dated 1984.

    The name and exact location of this building is unknown.
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  •  Downtown Howell, Michigan, Photo, 1984

    This is a photograph in the Downtown Howell Michigan collection, dated 1984.  The exact location of this photograph is unknown but may be the parking lot near  the northeast corner of Sibley Street and South Michigan Avenue.

    Vehicles noted.
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  •  Lowell Allen, Howell Elks, Howell, Michigan, 1980

    These portraits are of Lowell Allen who was electred the Exalted Ruler of the Howell Elks, Howell, Michigan, 1980.
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  •  Page Field Area , Howell, Michigan, 1964

    This is an aerial photograph of the Page Field Area, Howell, Michigan,  1964.

    The view is looking north with Page Field, and Northeast Elementary School to the west, and Thompson Lake to the east.  Roosevelt Street is visible running north to south.
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  • Sewage Disposal Refuse Building, Howell, Michigan - 1944

    City of Howell Sewage Disposal Refuse Building 1944
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  • -Abstract for Genoa Township, Livingston County, Michigan, E 1/2 of SW 1/4 and SE 1/4 of Section 10, 1859-1943

    Names Mentioned

    Minerva Bush,Charles Bush,Elbert Bush,Isaac Bush,John Bush,Eliza Bush,Carni Bush,Sarah Hinman,William Hinman,Henry Weimeister,Henry Hartman,Caroline Hartman,Levi Smith,Edwin Angel,Mary Angel,Burr Smith,Julia Bush,Ella Knapp,Frances Smith,Julia Smith,Frances Bascom,Mary Smith,Ella Smith,Nellie Young,John Weimeister,Nellie Weimeister,Matilda Weimeister,Minnie Weimeister,Helma Weimeister,Glen-echo Subdivision,John Whyte,Charles Whyte,Joseph Collins,S Webster,Mary Webster,Samuel Webster,Arthur Storm,Glen Echo Grove,Hilma Weimeister,B Browne,Talbot Oil Company,George Talbot,Charles Coryell,Evalyn Slonaker,Fisher-mccall Oil And Gas Inc.,Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company,O Morton,H Bell,Ruth Bell,W Strickler,Verne Walker,Louise Walker,Ernest Soulliere,Gladys Soulliere,Frank Monroe,Esther Monroe,Esther Andrews,Chemung Acres,Chemung Acres Subdivision,Willis Lyons,E Curtis,George Shearer,Elbert Curtis,Alanson Cooper,First State And Savings Bank Of Howell,Evelyn Musson,A Smith
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  • "Board of Chamber Womanless Wedding", Howell, Michigan, 1936

    This is a photograph of the presentation of a "Womanless Wedding".   This play took place at the Howell, High School Auditorium to raise funds during Depression, in the 1930's.  The date of the back of the photograph was 1936, and said Charles Sutton played the role of the "Bride".

    A search of newspapers.com did not find any accounting of the "Womanless Wedding" being performed or sponsored by the Business Chamber, as it was then known, in 1936.  The Livingston County Press reported on two presentations of the "Womanless Wedding" during that decade, the first in 1929, and later in 1940.   The following was reported.

    The cast members were all male businessmen or professionals from the Howell area.  In the Livingston County Press, there are articles detailing and advertising for two such performances.  The first took place on April 2 and April 3rd, 1929, sponsored by the Class Ten of the M.E. Church freaturing 80 local men.

    On October 1st and 2nd, 1940, the Howell Lions Club sponsored a performance using 70 local men.  The play, in its advertisement prior to the event, promised to be "a hilarious farce".  The proceeds were to support the Lions Sight program and a portion was donated to McPherson Memorial Hospital to purchase a new oxygen tent.

    Both events drew good crowds, according to the reports in the Livingston County Daily Press.

    According to Wikipedia,  "A womanless wedding is a traditional community "ritual of inversion" performance, popular in the United States in the early 19th century. In this comic ritual, the all male cast would act out all roles of a traditional wedding party – including those of bridesmaids, flower girls, and the mother of the bride – while dressed in gowns and dresses.  The event often raised money for charities, civic organizations, and churches."   
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  • "Doc" Louis "Pat" May Birthday Parade, Howell, Michigan - 1957

    Doc May was a well known physician and melon grower in Howell, Michigan. He was one of the instrumental people behind the Howell Melon Festival.
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  • "Hardy Kids"

    This photograph was labeled, "Hardy Kids"; the date and location are unknown.
    Three women in window: unknown
    Left to right: Harold Hardy, "mother", Elizabeth, Bernice, Marian, Robert, Lura, Kenneth.
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