Browse Items (4 total)

Refine search
Select values for one or more Elements to narrow down your search.
Subject
Select...Laundry industry (1)Parades (1)Stores, Retail (1)Streetscapes (Urban design) (1)
Date
Select...1984 (1)1958 (1)1947 (1)
Item Type
Select...Still Image (4)
Collection
Select...Photos - Events (1)Photos - Places (3)
Tags
laundry
army (1)
barber (1)
cohoctah (1)
drug store (1)
dry goods (1)
grand river avenue (1)
grocery (1)
howell (4)
insurance (1)
oak grove (1)
parade (1)
R/UDAT (1)
unknown (1)
vj parade (1)
world war II (1)
• 

  World War II, Victory Parade, August 14, 1947, Howell, Michigan

  This photograph was taken during a World War II Victory Parade, in Howell, Michigan in the 1940's.  The float, sponsored by the Howell Laundry Company,  depicts the flag raising on Iwo Jima.
  
  The parade is moving west on Grand River Avenue; the intersection of Grand River Avenue and Michigan Avenue is in the background.  The Drug Store is on the northeast corner.  The names of the people in the photograph are unknown.
  
  View 1947 VJ Parade articles   (in library use only)

  Tags drug store, howell, laundry, parade, vj parade, world war II
• 

  George A. Wood and Company, Dry Goods Store, Oak Grove, Cohoctah, Michigan

  This photograph was taken in front of the George A. Wood and Company, Dry Goods Store, Oak Grove, Cohoctah, Michigan.  The names of the persons and date are unknown.
  
  There is signage for Howell Laundry also.
  
  View 1903 Letter from Geo. A Wood   (in library use only)

  Tags cohoctah, dry goods, grocery, howell, laundry, oak grove, unknown
• 

  A. B. P. Self Service Launderette, Howell, Michigan, 1958

  This is a photograph of the interior of the newly opened A.B.P. Self Service Launderette, 832 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan, December, 1958. 
  
  Its name was later changed to Econ-O-Wash.
  
  It was owned by Galen Phillips.

  Tags grand river avenue, howell, laundry
• 

  211 South Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan - 1984

  This photograph is of the eastside of the 200 block of South Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan, and was taken as part of documentation for the R/UDAT Study, 1984.  In view is the Michigan Avenue Laundry and its parking lot, at 211, Jims' Barber Shop at 209, State Farm Insurance Company at 203 and the Army Recruiting Center at 201 South Michigan Avenue.  Further north is the First National Bank at 101 East Grand River Avenue, and in view, also, is the peak of the Livingston County Courthouse.
  
  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

  Tags army, barber, howell, insurance, laundry, R/UDAT