Howell Area Archives Digital Archive

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  • HCDL-ngp-B002-02-0079_u.jpg

    This photograph was included in 1st National Bank Calendar  photographs.   The early fairgrounds was located off Catrell Street in Howell Michigan.

    Date of this photo: unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-F001-01-0001_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of the Fowlerville Fair Midway, Fowlerville, Michigan.

    The year is unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-F001-01-0002_u.jpg

    Fowlerville Fair Horse Racing in Fowlerville, Michigan
    unknown year
  • HCDL-ngp-F001-02-0001_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of the Fairgrounds, Howell, Michigan, when they were located northeast of what is now National Street and Catrell Street.  The exact date of this photograph is unknown but likely from the 1910's.  The photo looks southwest and the Livingston County Courthouse is in the distance.
  • HCDL-ngp-F001-02-0002_u.jpg

    This series of photographs was labeled "Livingston County Fair - Parade down Grand River Ave. off National St. - 1919".

    In 1919, the Fairgrounds were located on the east side of town near present day Catrell Drive, Howell, Michigan.
    Photos 0005 and 0007 were taken at the Fairgrounds.  The remaining photographs were taken on East Grand River Avenue, looking south, near the Livingston County Courthouse.

    The names of the persons in the photographs are unknown.  The parade participants appear to be Masons.
  • HCDL-ngp-F001-02-0008_u.jpg

    These photographs were taken during a cattle auction at the Livingston County Fair,  Sales Pavilion in Howell, Michigan, 1917.  The fairgrounds were located near what is now National Street and Catrell Street in Howell, Michigan.

    The names of the persons in the photographs are unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-F001-02-0010_u.jpg

    These photographs were taken at the Livingston County Fair, Howell, Michigan, September, 1914.

    The first photograph was taken in the downtown Howell area in front of the Livingston County Courthouse.  The second pictures was taken at the fairgrounds, where Catrell Street now intersects.

    https://www.newspapers.com/image/453072081/?terms=%22Livingston%20County%20Fair%22&match=1  (in library use only)
  • Livingston County Fair, Blue Ribbon Team, Howell, Michigan, Elijah Hosley, 1917

    This group of photographs was labeled, "Mr. Thompson, Hanging in the fields farm horses"; no location or date was noted.

    The names of the persons are unknown.

    Photograph 0027 was of the Blue Ribbon Team at the Livingston County Fair, Howell, Michigan, 1915, and in the 1992, "Howell Bicentennial History and Photographic Supplement", p. 62, it was captioned, Mr. Elijah B Hosley, 1917.

    Photograph 0032 is of a steam traction engine traveling a public roadway.  It is a 19 horse power Port Huron.  The automobiles in the picture indicate the photograph was taken in the 1950 - 1960's.
  • HCDL-ngp-P001-01-0027_u.jpg

    This (labeled) 1914 photograph was taken on South Michigan Avenue (Division, East) near the intersection of Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan.   It show acrobats performing, a speakstand, and streets lined with spectators. 

     
  • HCDL-ngp-P002-04-0001_u.jpg

    These photographs are of the tents raised for the Homecoming Street Fair on Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan.  Homecoming Street Fairs occurred yearly in the late 1890's and early 1900's, in Howell.  The William McPherson Tent is noted, and Grand River Avenue is unpaved, so the photograph is likely  prior to 1915.  The exact location on Grand River Avenue, the date, and persons in the photographs are unknown.   The Livingston County Press and Argus published advertisements and articles every year about this event.
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