Howell Area Archives Digital Archive

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  • HCDL-ngp-I001-02-0041_u.jpg

    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.
  • HCDL-ngp-I001-02-0013_u.jpg

    This collection of photographs are of plastic products manufactured by Pinckney Molded Plastics, Inc., 450 Howell Street, Pinckney, Michigan, 1970.

    Pinckney Molded Plastics, inc., in the mid-1980's moved their factory to 3965 Parsons Road, Howell Township, Howell, Michigan.
  • HCDL-ngp-I001-01-0096_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of the employees of Howell Electric Motors Company, in 1922-1923.  The factory was later known as Electric Apparatus and was located at 401 Roosevelt Street, Howell, Michigan.

    The names of the people in the photograph are unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-I001-01-0095_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of the employees of Howell Electric Motors Company, in 1922-1923.  The factory was later known as Electric Apparatus and was located at 401 Roosevelt Street, Howell, Michigan.

    The names of the people in the photograph are unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-I001-01-0025_u.jpg

    These are photographs of the worker strike at Electric Apparatus,  UAW Local 568, Strike of Workers, 1980.  Electric Apparatus was the maker of Howell Red Band Motors, and was formerly named Howell Motors Company.  

    Located at 401 Roosevelt Street, Howell, Michigan, these pictures show picketing workers.  The names of the workers or the exact date of the picket are unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-I001-01-0020_u.jpg

    These 1980 photographs are of the interior of Rooto Corporation, a manufacturer of drain pipe solvents and cleaners, located at 3505 West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan.

    The person in the photograph is unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-I001-01-0015_u.jpg

    These 1977 photographs of Haigh Manufacturing, 6150 US-23, Brighton, Michigan, show both the exterior and interior of the factory.
  • HCDL-ngp-I001-01-0012_u.jpg

    This photograph was taken outside the factory, Ewer Wrench & Tool Company, Howell, Michigan, 1912.

    The names of the people in the photograph are unknown.

    The Ewer Wrench & Tool Company built a 40 foot  x 100 foot cinder block building for its factory, just east of the Pere Marquette station, in  Howell, in 1910.  The factory closed and was auctioned in May 1913.

    Directors in 1910 were R. Bruce McPherson, C.A. Goodnow, L. E. Howlette, M. G. Ewer, and E. A. Bowman.
  • HCDL-ngp-F002-04-0002_u.jpg

    This photograph was labeled, "Central Lake Ox Sled - 1909".  There appears to be a factory in the background.

    The location, exact date and names of the persons in the photograph are unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-D004-01-0066_u.jpg

    Factory Street, Howell, Michigan 1984 Bruce Products factory site, which was torn down as a Superfund cleanup site. Photo taken taken as part of documentation for the R/UDAT Study, 1984.

    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
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