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A Sketch of the First Baptist Church of Howell, Michigan - 1850/1872
A Sketch of the First Baptist Church of Howell, Michigan. Sketch has the text The First Meeting House 1850 - 1872.
NOTE: This is a artist's sketch, not from original negative
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First Baptist Church, Howell, Michigan, Sunday School - 1963
This is a photograph taken outside the First Baptist Church, 210 Church Street, Howell, MIchigan, labeled "Sunday School", 1963.
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Howell Baptist Church, Howell, Michigan, Choir - 1959
This photograph is of the Howell, Michigan, Baptist Church Choir, and is dated 1959. It also shows the interior of the church, and appears to be of the old church prior to the new building which was dedicated in May 1959.
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First Baptist Church, Howell, Michigan, Chapel, 1959
This is a photograph of the interior of the First Baptist Church Chapel, 210 Church Street, Howell, Michigan and is dated 1959.
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First Baptist Church, Howell, Michigan - 1872
First Baptist Church, Howell, Michigan -1872. This building was built in 1850 and lasted until 1873 when a new wooden church was built.
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Howell, Michigan - Baptist Church - Rev Don Williams - 1967
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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." -
Howell Michigan Chamber of Commerce 50th Anniversary - Joanne Swann's Fantasy Land Christmas Village on Courthouse Lawn,1999
These photographs celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Howell Chamber of Commerce in 1999. They feature pictures of Joe Anne Swann's Fantasy Land Village and include newspaper articles about it. For over 20 years, until 1985, this village hosted visitors to Santa's Igloo each December.
Starting in 1959, Howell businesswoman, Joe Ann Swann, owner of Joe Anne's Sportswear (108 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan), created a Fantasy Land for Christmas on Livingston County Courthouse lawn. Nearly every year, the display, sponsored by the Howell Chamber of Commerce, featured Santa's Igloo, and other fairy tale figures created by Mrs. Swann.
Santa's Igloo hosted visitors to see Santa, and the display later featured a Candy Castle, the Three Little Pigs, and an Elves Workshop. -
Howell Chamber of Commerce, Sidewalk Sales - 1963
This is a photograph from the Howell Chamber of Commerce sponsored "Sidewalk Sales Daze", 1963.
The exact location and the names of the persons in the picture are unknown.
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