Howell Area Archives Digital Archive

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  • HCDL-ngp-T004-07-0010_u.jpg

    This is a picture of a locomotive stopped at the Howell Depot, Howell, Michigan.  The train is running on the Ann Arbor Railroad Tracks.  

    In the David Finney book, "Images of America, Howell", this photograph is captioned as the last passenger train to stop in Howell, winter 1951.
  • HCDL-ngp-T004-07-0008_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of Agent John D. Hamilton seated at his desk at Howell's, Ann Arbor Railroad Depot, located at the intersection of North Walnut Street and Wetmore Street, Howell, Michigan.

    Standing in the background is Mr. Hamilton's assistant, Mr. Wright.  The date of the photograph is 1914.
  • HCDL-ngp-T004-07-0007_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of a McKeen Motor Car stopped at the Ann Arbor Depot, Howell, Livingston Michigan.   This gas train ran between Toledo, Ohio, and Frankfort Michigan from 1910 to 1912.  The home base was in Howell, Michigan.

    The Ann Arbor Railroad owned five of these cars which were gasoline powered.  They were also called "doodlebugs".

    The year of this photograph is unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-T004-07-0005_u.jpg

    This photograph is looking east towards the Michigan Avenue Bridge from the Ann Arbor Railroad Depot, Howell, Michigan.

    The year of the photograph is unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-L004-01-0009_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of the carriage taking passengers from the Railroad Depot to Livingston Hotel, Howell, Michigan.

    The date of the photograph is unknown.  The exact location is unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-H004-02-0033_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of the Père Marquette Depot, Brighton, Michigan.

    Date of photograph unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-H004-02-0023_u.jpg

    This photograph shows the Pere Marquette Depot in Brighton, Michigan, during the Brighton Homecoming, August 21 & 22, 1907.

    The participants arriving for the Homecoming are unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-D004-01-0105_u.jpg

    This photograph is of the Ann Arbor Railway Depot Howell, Michigan, and was taken as part of documentation for the R/UDAT Study, 1984.  In view is Depot, at North Walnut Street and Wetmore Street.  Holkins Lumber is also visible in the background, as are the railroad track going west out of town.  The photograph was taken from the Michigan Avenue Bridge.

    In 1983, the Howell Area Chamber of Commerce applied for a R/UDAT (Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team) study, an American Institute of Architects program that brought a team of professionals to the city for a four-day period to study Howell's downtown, its ability to compete for regional shopping, and to make recommendations for improvements to re-vitalize the city.  The team, in 1984, during the study took photographs, interviewed people, held forums, and in the end provided an outline of strategies.

    American Institute of Architects Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team
  • HCDL-ngp-D004-01-0073_u.jpg

    This photograph is of the Ann Arbor Railway and Depot, located at the intersection of North Walnut and Wetmore Streets, Howell, Michigan, and was taken as part of documentation for the R/UDAT Study, 1984.  In this view, looking west,  from the Michigan Avenue Bridge is the depot, train tracks, Holkins lumber, and part of a parking lot.

    In 1983, the Howell Area Chamber of Commerce applied for a R/UDAT (Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team) study, an American Institute of Architects program that brought a team of professionals to the city for a four-day period to study Howell's downtown, its ability to compete for regional shopping, and to make recommendations for improvements to re-vitalize the city.  The team, in 1984, during the study took photographs, interviewed people, held forums, and in the end provided an outline of strategies.

    American Institute of Architects Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team
  • HCDL-ngp-B002-02-0081_u.jpg

    This image was included on the First National Bank Calendar, and is of the Depot at Lakeland Michigan.  This Depot was located on the Ann Arbor Railroad.

    The date of the photograph is unknown.
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