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  • Ed Akin, President of Akin-Akin Insurance, 1966, Howell, Michigan

    Photos of Ed Akin of Akin and Akin Insurance. He joined the company, started by his father, and became president in 1973. He was elected as Vice President of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, and was later elected as president of the organization.
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  • James Campbell, Automobile Club of Michigan, Insurance Agency, Howell, Michigan, 1965.

    These portraits are of James Campbell, Insurance Agent with the Automobile Club of Michigan, 117 Clinton Street, Howell, Michigan, 1965.   Mr. Campbell also served on the Howell Public Schools Board of Education.
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  • Utilex Corporation, Fowlerville, Michigan

    These photographs are of products made by the Utilex Corporation, a Division of Hoover Ball & Bearing Company.  Utilex was formerly located at 425 Frank Street, Fowlerville, Michigan.

    The year of this photograph is unknown.
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  • Unified Industries, Incorporated, 1033 Sutton Street, Howell, Michigan, 1957

    This is a collection of photographs from Unified Industries, Incorporated.  Unified Industries opened in 1953 at 1033 Sutton Street, Howell, Michigan.  A cement building for their factory was built on Thompson Lake at the old fairgrounds.  The plant manager and part owner, John F. Miller, is featured in the two portaits included in this collection.

    Unified Industries made aircraft and automobile parts, using steel and plastic.   The photographs show the production areas where car bumpers and other parts were made in 1957 and into the 1960's.  Later, they produced rail trolleys and bridge cranes tracks.  In 2017, Unified Industries joined Columbus McKinnon and moved their factory to Brighton in 2019.  The new location is 740 Advance, Brighton, Michigan.
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  • Mason Products Company, 1307 North Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan

    This is a collection of photographs of flower pots and lamps that were made and distributed by the Mason Products Company, 1307 North Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan. 

    The Mason Products Company was owned by Dorothy and Carl Mason, and was in operation between 1949 and 1959.  Mr. Mason died in 1960. 

    The four and five inch pots and plastic lamsp were made in several colors, and were known as "Wick-Fed Flower Pots" and Lamps.
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  • A. E. Parker and Sons Company, 2280 West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan

    These photographs are of the exterior of A.E. Parker & Sons Company, 2280 West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan. 

    The factory was later known as Excello.  The date of this photograph is unknown.
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  • Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Company, Inc., Howell, Michigan, Construction of Plant, 1970

    This group of photographs documents the construction in 1970 of the new Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Company, Inc., canning plant.  The plant was built on a 21 acre parcel in the McPherson Industrial Park at 755 McPherson Park Drive, Howell, Michigan.  The building was 73,000 square feet, and at the time was the largest bottler in Michigan.
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  • Pepsi-Cola Metropolitian Bottling Company, Inc., McPherson Industrial Park, Howell, Michigan, Aerial Photos, 1983

    This is a series of aerial photographs of the Pepsi-Cola Metropolitian Bottling Company, Inc., McPherson Industrial Park, Howell, Michigan, Aerial Photos, 1983.

    In photo 0024, the view is looking east with the Pepsi-Cola Plant in the foreground.  In view 0025, looking northeast over the city of Howell, Thompson Lake is in the background.  Views 0026 through 0028, the view is looking north.  Finally, in photo 0023, the view is looking east with I-96 Expressway in the foreground, and Thompson Lake in the background.  In each photo, the Pepsi Plant is in view as well as the McPherson Industrial Park.
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  • Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company, 755 McPherson Park Drive, Howell, Michigan, 1989

    This is a photograph of the addition that Pepsi-Cola Bottlling Company built in June, 1989, at 755 McPherson Park Drive. McPherson Industrial Park  was established in 1983.
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  • Howell Foundry and Machine Shop, Howell, Michigan

    This is a photograph of a Plow made at the Howell Foundry and Machine Shop, 300 block of Grand RiverAvenue, Howell, Michigan. (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)
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