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123 W. Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan - 1913.
A. Garland Tailoring - Howell Opera House - The Bennett Hardware Co.123 W. Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan -1913
A. Garland Tailoring - Howell Opera House - The Bennett Hardware Co.
The building was owned by Arthur Garland.
Photo shows 1913 store fronts of:
A Garland Fine Tailoring, address # 217 Grand River Avenue. Signage includes: A. Garland; Garland Tailoring; Foreign & Domestic Woolens
Two gentlemen in hats stand in the doorway.
The middle doors are the outside entrance to the Howell Opera House.
Two gentlemen in hats are passing by on the sidewalk.
The Bennett Hardware Co.
Three gentlemen in hats stand in the doorway.
Business purchased March 1913 by Charles Sutton.
There are window displays and flag bunting decorating columns and posts.
Photo is captioned in the 1976 Howell Bicentennial History, pg 178:
This is the outside entrance to the Opera House. On the left, Garland stands in the entrance to his store, on the right, Bennett and Chas. Sutton (tall one) stand by their hardware store, 1913.
Can see part of Grand River Avenue and men standing in the entrances to the store fronts. Current address of Opera House is 123 W Grand River Rd, Howell, MI 48843. -
Fire on Block East of East St. and North of Grand River Howell, Michigan - October 5, 1892
Photos showing the fire that happened on October 5, 1892 on the block east of East St. (present day Michigan Ave.) and North of Grand River in Howell, Michigan. The damage was estimated at $50,000. Frank Hickey and Ed Wines perished. Some businesses shown in the photos are Ed K. Johnson Drugs and Henry C. Briggs Jeweler. They are both in the same building that was built in 1889. Current address of that building is 112 E Grand River Rd, Howell, MI 48843. This entire block had burned in 1887.
There is an additional photo "The Champion Fire Extinguisher During the Fire of 1892" on page 127 of The Howell Bicentennial History 1776-1976 Part 2.
View page page 122 of The Howell Bicentennial History 1776-1976 Part 2 for another picture after the fire.
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Goodnow Building, Howell, Michigan - 1912
Goodnow Building on the corner of Grand River and Division St. (present day Michigan Ave.) in Howell, Michigan. The Goodnow and Jubb clothing store is in this building. This building later became First National Bank. There is a mixture of horse and buggy and automobiles parked on the streets. View present day building.
This image was included on First National Bank's 1999 calendar for August. -
Greenaway Building, Howell, Livingston, Michigan, 1914
This image was included on the First National Bank Calendar. Greenaway Building on the northeast corner of Grand River Avenue and Division Street (Michigan Avenue), with a group of men standing out front at the community drinking fountain.
Howell, Livingston, Michigan, 1914
Business names visible are (left to right): Geo. H. Chapel & O. J. P?, Larkin & Kruger Groceries -
Standard Oil Wagon, Howell, Michigan
This image was included in the 2002 1st National Bank Calendar.
Robert Freeman Burden was the bulk agent for Standard Oil Company, and the driver of this wagon was Lyle Burden.
Captioned: "In 1905, a Standard Oil carriage makes early morning deliveries of gas and kerosene to drug stores that sold the fuels to the general public." -
Lamoreaux Meat Market, Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan
This image was included in the First National Bank Calendar, and is dated 1898.
The names of those persons in this photograph are unknown. -
W. N. Snedicor Butter and Egg Store, Howell, Michigan,
This image of the W.N. Snedicor Egg and Poultry Store was included in the First National Bank Calendar. The store was located in Howell, Michigan on the south side of West Grand River Avenue.
The photo is dated 1919. -
East Grand River, Fowlerville, Michigan - pre 1916
This image was included in 1st National Bank calendar 2002.
Captioned: "The city of Fowlerville in 1890. The view is looking east on Grand River with the Opera House pictured on the right".
Looking east from west of Grand Ave intersection with Grand River, Fowlerville, Michigan - pre 1916 because Sprague's Garage was not built next to the Commercial Hotel yet. -
Pan Handle Oil Company, Howell, Michigan
This image was included in the 1st National Bank Calendar, 9-2001.
Captioned, "Pan Handle Oil Company drilled for oil all across Livingston County, but natural gas was all they found."
Location: unknown
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Paving of West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan, 1932
This image was included in the 2001/6, 1st National Bank Calendar.
It is captioned, "In 1932, bags of cement were hauled in trucks with hard rubber tires to begin paving Grand River west of Howell."
Background: looking north, 100 block of West Grand River, Howell: Line's 5 to $1.00, Frykman Electric Shop, Fruits Soda, Martyn Variety Store.
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