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123 W. Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan - 1913.
A. Garland Tailoring - Howell Opera House - The Bennett Hardware Co.123 W. Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan -1913
A. Garland Tailoring - Howell Opera House - The Bennett Hardware Co.
The building was owned by Arthur Garland.
Photo shows 1913 store fronts of:
A Garland Fine Tailoring, address # 217 Grand River Avenue. Signage includes: A. Garland; Garland Tailoring; Foreign & Domestic Woolens
Two gentlemen in hats stand in the doorway.
The middle doors are the outside entrance to the Howell Opera House.
Two gentlemen in hats are passing by on the sidewalk.
The Bennett Hardware Co.
Three gentlemen in hats stand in the doorway.
Business purchased March 1913 by Charles Sutton.
There are window displays and flag bunting decorating columns and posts.
Photo is captioned in the 1976 Howell Bicentennial History, pg 178:
This is the outside entrance to the Opera House. On the left, Garland stands in the entrance to his store, on the right, Bennett and Chas. Sutton (tall one) stand by their hardware store, 1913.
Can see part of Grand River Avenue and men standing in the entrances to the store fronts. Current address of Opera House is 123 W Grand River Rd, Howell, MI 48843. -
Fire on Block East of East St. and North of Grand River Howell, Michigan - October 5, 1892
Photos showing the fire that happened on October 5, 1892 on the block east of East St. (present day Michigan Ave.) and North of Grand River in Howell, Michigan. The damage was estimated at $50,000. Frank Hickey and Ed Wines perished. Some businesses shown in the photos are Ed K. Johnson Drugs and Henry C. Briggs Jeweler. They are both in the same building that was built in 1889. Current address of that building is 112 E Grand River Rd, Howell, MI 48843. This entire block had burned in 1887.
There is an additional photo "The Champion Fire Extinguisher During the Fire of 1892" on page 127 of The Howell Bicentennial History 1776-1976 Part 2.
View page page 122 of The Howell Bicentennial History 1776-1976 Part 2 for another picture after the fire.
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Greenaway Building, Howell, Livingston, Michigan, 1914
This image was included on the First National Bank Calendar. Greenaway Building on the northeast corner of Grand River Avenue and Division Street (Michigan Avenue), with a group of men standing out front at the community drinking fountain.
Howell, Livingston, Michigan, 1914
Business names visible are (left to right): Geo. H. Chapel & O. J. P?, Larkin & Kruger Groceries -
The Howell Boomers Club, Howell, Livingston, Michigan 1914-1919
This image was included in the First National Bank calendar. The Howell Boomers Club, formerly known as the Howell Commercial Club (1910) worked to raise monies to pave Grand River Avenue and also helped the city obtain streetlights.
The "Great Wolverine Pavedway" was a brick road connecting Lansing to Detroit, Grand River Avenue as it passed through Howell.
Between 1919 and 1948, the Howell Boomers Club became the Howell Board of Commerce, and in 1949, it reorganized as the Howell Chamber of Commerce.
Car also has sign "We Just Got Married". unknown people
Read the February 8, 1998 The Brighton Argus & the Livingston County Press article to learn of Grand River Ave history. -
First National Bank, Howell, Michigan - 1965
First National Bank, Howell, Michigan - 1965 101 E. Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan. -
Howell Chamber of Commerce Building, Howell, Michigan, 1949
Photographs of the Howell Chamber of Commerce Building, 303 West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan. It was next to Presbyterian Church, and in the photo local business men are painting the building, 1949.
The persons in the photographs are unknown. -
Howell Michigan, Chamber of Commerce, 50th Anniversary, Photos Pulled for Event, 1999
In 1999, Howell Chamber of Commerce, Howell, Michigan, celebrated its 50th Anniversary and used a number of photographs to mark the event.
This is a 1979 photograph of the Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Ann M. Patrick, standing by the sign outside the Chamber of Commerce Building, 404 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan. -
Howell Michigan, Chamber of Commerce, 50th Anniversary Celebration, 1999, Photos Pulled for Event
In 1999, Howell Chamber of Commerce, Howell, Michigan, celebrated its 50th Anniversary and used a number of photographs to mark the event.
This is a photograph taken 4/24/1985 of the Chamber of Commerce's Home Show held in the Howell High School Gymnasium.
The persons in the photograph are unknown. -
Howell Michigan, Chamber of Commerce, 50th Anniversary Celebration; Photos Pulled for Event, 1999
In 1999, Howell Chamber of Commerce, Howell, Michigan, celebrated its 50th Anniversary and used a number of photographs to mark the event.
This is a photograph of the Howell Chamber of Commerce Building, 303 West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan.
The Chamber occupied this building, which no longer exists, in the 1960's. -
Howell Chamber of Commerce, Howell, Michigan, 50th Anniversary Photos (1999); Sidewalk Daze, 1950's
In 1999, Howell Chamber of Commerce, Howell, Michigan, celebrated its 50th Anniversary and used a number of photographs to mark the event.
In this photograph from the late 1950's, Sidewalk Dazes is happening. Howard Pyles is roped by Joe Harris in front of Sutton's Hardware, 121 - 123 West Grand River Avenue. Howard Pyles and Arnold Heino owned Sutton's Hardware, and it was later owned by the Shaw's. Joe Harris was the owner of Diamond Dot Market on M-59 in Howell.
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