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Armstrong & Barron Farm Implements, Howell, Michigan
This photograph was taken in front of Armstrong & Barron Farm Implements Company. In 1901, Calvin Wilcox sold his farm implement business to A.W. Cimmer, Elmer Armstrong, and R. Barron. By 1913, Armstrong sold his share of the business to R. Barron. In this photograph, the signage still readys Armstrong & Barron so likely taken between the years of 1901 and 1913.
The exact location and names of the persons in the photograph are unknown.
Livingston County Daily Press and Argus/image/453049252/?terms=%22Elmer%20Armstrong%22&match=1 (in library use only) -
Armstrong & Barron Farm Implements, Howell, Michigan
This photograph was taken in front of Armstrong & Barron Farm Implements Company. In 1901, Calvin Wilcox sold his farm implement business to A.W. Cimmer, Elmer Armstrong, and R. Barron. By 1913, Armstrong sold his share of the business to R. Barron. In this photograph, the signage still readys Armstrong & Barron so likely taken between the years of 1901 and 1913.
The exact location and names of the persons in the photograph are unknown. Old farm tractors are in front of the building.
Livingston County Daily Press and Argus/image/453049252/?terms=%22Elmer%20Armstrong%22&match=1 (in library use only) -
Farm Machinery, Grain Binder, Horses, Howell, Michigan
This photograph was taken in Howell Michigan at the intersection of West Grand River Avenue and Walnut Street; Garland's is in the background. It shows a farmer with a team of horses hitched to a grain binder. This farm machinery cut and tied the grain into bundles for threshing. The names of the persons in the photograph are unknown. The year is unknown but Grand River Avenue appears unpaved which would make the time frame prior to 1915. -
Howell Foundry and Machine Shop, Howell, Michigan
This is a photograph of a Plow made at the Howell Foundry and Machine Shop, 300 block of Grand RiverAvenue, Howell, Michigan. (West Grand River Avenue, west of Center Street).
The foundry was opened in 1865 by John Galloway and George L. Clark, and they manufactured box, cook, and parlor stoves, plows and all types of agricultural castings.
The foundry later burned down (~1900), and the property became the site of the Howell Carnegie District Library.
The date of this photograph is unknown.
View Livingston Republican May 14, 1891 Article (In Library Use Only) -
Robert M. Menzies Farm Implements, East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan, Aerial View
This is an aerial view of the Menzie Farm Equipment that was owned by Robert M. Menzies. They sold farm implements and hardware. It was built on East Grand River Avenue and the northeast corner of Golf Club Road. It was later International Harvester, then Michigan Bell.
The year of the photograph is unknown. Grand River Avenue is in the foreground. Cars traveling are noted and Golf Club Road running north is also visible. -
Mr. Thompson, and Elijah Hosley, Horses, Farming, Fairgrounds, Howell, Michigan
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. -
"Modern Farming", Livingston County, Michigan
These photographs were labeled "Modern Farming", and appear to have been taken of a display and demonstration of modern farm equipment during the 1950's, early 1960's in Livingston County.
The exact location, date, and names of the persons in the photographs are unknown.
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