This is a photograph developed from a glass negative of a grain elevator next to railroad tracks. The lettering says, "C.H. & D.R.R." which was the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad which was a company operating out of Ohio. The location was Byron Michigan but the date of this photograph is unknown.
On May 1, 1863, the CH&DRR leased the Dayton and Michigan Railroad in perpetuity. In 1891, it acquired the Cincinnati, Dayton and Chicago Railroad, while in March of that year it added the Cincinnati, Dayton and Ironton Railroad.
This photograph was taken of the Pere Marquette Elevator/Freight Warehouse fire, 5-27-1909. The fire started on 5/26/1909. C. J. Jewett is noted at the fire. In the foreground are the railroad tracks.
The Livingston Daily Press & Argus/image/453052459/?terms=Fire%20Marquette%22&match=1 (inlibrary use only).
This is a photograph of the barns of Tannar & Holmes Feed Elevator, Fowlerville, Michigan. The sign says, "Definite Feeds for Definite Needs". The year is unknown.
