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Rialto Theater, Brighton, Livingston, Michigan
This is a photograph taken in Brighton, Michigan, on West Main Street. It depicts an unknown parade, and in the background is the Former Opera House, the Rialto Theatre.
The Rialto Theatre, 307 West Main Steeet, Brighton, Michigan, was originally built in 1918 to show silent movies. Silent movies were often accompanied by piano music provided by a local artist.
The Rialto Theatre was a multi-use theater between 1918 and 1937 hosting movies, meetings, music, commencements, lectures and conventions. In 1937, there was extensive remodeling of the Rialto converting it into a bowling alley. After World War II, the Bowling Alley was demolished to make way for a parking lot.
Parade participants: unknown. -
McPherson Oil Company, Mobilgas, Brighton, Michigan, 1954
This is one of McPherson Oil Company gasoline stations, located in Brighton, at U.S. 23 and U.S. 16, February 1954.
McPherson Oil Company, 224 West Sibley Street, Howell, Michigan was a wholesale distributor of gasoline and oil. -
Winter Scene, Utility Work, Howell, Michigan
This is a photograph of a horse and sleigh traveling along the street with a load of wood. In the foreground, men are working on the electrical lines/poles. The exact location and date of this photograph are unknown, but possibly in the city of Howell, Michigan.
The persons in the photograph are unknown. -
Michigan Bell Telephone and Detroit Edison Buildings, Howell, Michigan
This photograph was attributed to Ed Beach with photo copyright Bentley Historical Library, 1932, and it shows the Michigan Bell Building, 310 East Grand River Avenue, and the Detroit Edison Building at 316 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan. To the far left is a portion of the Citizens' Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 304 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan. -
Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Pay Phone, Howell, Michigan
Photographs of a telephone booth outside the old Michigan Bell Telephone office, 310 E. Grand River, 1/2 block from Court House, Howell, Michigan, 1953.
The names of the persons in the pictures are unknown. -
Michigan Bell, Construction, Howell, Michigan
This photograph was labeled, "Michigan Bell, Line workers" and was grouped with a series of Michigan Bell Telephone pictures in Howell. The photograph was taken with two large homes in the background and shows men working in trenches with cement blocks. the photo appears to showcase construction of the buried line infrastructure that relieved the city of much of the tangled lines present in photos from the earlier parts of the 20th century. This work, as evidenced by photographs, was likely to have been mostly completed by the mid-1960s. -
Telephone Pay Phone, Brighton, Michigan
This is a photograph of an outdoor phone booth East of Brighton on Grand River, 09-01-1955.
The exact location is East Grand River Avenue, Brighton, Michigan just east of Old U.S. 23. In the background, one can see the intersection and the Michigan State Police Post on the northwest section of the intersection. -
Telephone Pay Phone Booth, Brighton, Michigan
This is a photograph of an outdoor telephone booth East of Brighton on Grand River, 09-01-1955.
The exact location is East Grand River Avenue, Brighton, Michigan just east of Old U.S. 23. In the background, one can see the intersection and the Michigan State Police Post on the northwest section of the intersection. -
Telephone Pay Phone Booth, Brighton, Michigan
This is a photograph of a notification of an outdoor telephone booth in one mile, East of Brighton on Grand River, 09-01-1955.
The exact location is East Grand River Avenue, Brighton, Michigan just east of Old U.S. 23. -
Michigan Bell Telephone Building, 1963, Howell, Michigan
This is a photograph of a sketch of the proposed new Michigan Bell Telephone Company building, April, 1963. The building was later built and is located on the southwest corner of East Grand River Avenue, and Fowler Street, Howell, Michigan.
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