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  • HCDL-gn-Pinckney09_u.jpg

    This photograph of Pinckney, Michigan shows the Old Walter Mann Building (1874-1921), Pinckney Dispatch Office with (Temple ? sign in front) 1883 Building, Swarthout Bro's 1894 Building, Drugs & Stationery, ? (left to right) Pinckney, Michigan.

    The year of the photograph is unknown.
  • HCDL-bd-1970-flashback_m.jpg

    A Look back to the 1970s in Livingston County, Michigan (HCDL-bd-1970-flashback_m.mp4)

    Advertisements for:
    • Anchor Inn, Portage Lake, Michigan
    • Anthony's, Howell, Michigan
    • Consumers Discount Center, Howell, Michigan
    • Dancer's Fashions, Howell, Michigan
    • DR Electric, Howell, Michigan
    • Fowlerville Fair, Fowlerville, Michigan
    • History Town, Brighton, Michigan
    • Howell Apparel Shoppe, Howell, Michigan
    • Itsell's, Howell, Michigan
    • Jack's Custom Shop, Howell, Michigan
    • Frank's Mobil, Howell, Michigan
    • Jarvis Store, Inc, Brighton, Michigan
    • Joan Carol's, Howell, Michigan
    • John Roeder Dodge, Inc, Howell, Michigan
    • Livingston's Drug Store, Howell, Michigan
    • Lud-Mor Shoes, Howell, Michigan
    • MacDonald's Funeral Home, Howell, Michigan
    • A&W, Howell, Michigan
    • Matthew's Pharmacy Inc., Howell, Michigan
    • McPherson State Bank, Howell, Michigan
    • Michigan State Fair
    • Montgomery Ward, Max White, Howell, Michigan
    • Schafer's House of Music, Howell, Michigan and Brighton, Michigan
    • Schnackenberg-Lamb Funeral Home, Howell, Michigan
    • Swarthout-Lamb Funeral Home, Pinckney, Michigan
    • Sears, Howell, Michigan
    • Shippy's, Howell, Michigan
    • Slayton Motors, Howell, Michigan
    • Standard Office Supply Company, Howell, Michigan
    • Van Camp Sales & Service, Brighton, Michigan
    • IGA, Kay Voss, Howell, Michigan
    • Western Auto Associate Store, Orin Glassel, Howell, Michigan
  • HCDL-ngp-S004-06-0005_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of Braxton Kirk on a sled in front of his father's store (John Kirk, father) , Winter, 1910, Howell, Michigan.

    The view is looking south on State Street.  The office of the newspaper, Livingston County Democrat, is next door.  The south side of East Grand River Avenue is visible in the background.
  • HCDL-ngp-H004-02-0022_u.jpg

    This photograph was described in the "Old Brighton Village" book (1974).  This photograph shows Grand River Avenue, Brighton, Michigan.  Visible is Pitkins Garage, and the Brighton Argus newspaper office was located in the drug store on the right.  C.F. Weiss sold barbecue, soda and drugs across the street.  

    The date of this photograph was estimated to be 1930.
  • HCDL-ngp-F005-01-0006_u.jpg

    This is a portrait of Lyle Schnackenberg, Howell, Michigan, 1994. He was the former owner of the Schnackenberg News Agency (1952) and district manager for the Detroit News ( 1961).
  • HCDL-ngp-D004-01-0197_u.jpg

    323 E. Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan 1984 Northeast corner of the Grand River Ave and S. Barnard Street intersection, viewed from the East. 1984 location of the Livingston County Press newspaper office. Buildings on the south side of the 300 block of Grand River Avenue including the Howell Theater. 

    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
  • HCDL-ngp-D004-01-0196_u.jpg

    300 block of E. Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan 1984 View looking west from the Grand River Ave and S. Barnard St intersection. 1984 buildings on the 300 block of Grand River Avenue including the Livingston County Press newspaper office. the Howell Theater, the County Courthouse. Business signage, vehicles.

    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
  • HCDL-ngp-D004-01-0193_u.jpg

    323 E. Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan 1984 1984 location of the Livingston County Press newspaper office. located at the Grand River Ave and S. Barnard Street intersection, viewed from the East. 

    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
  • HCDL-ngp-D004-01-0192_u.jpg

    323 E. Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan 1984 1984 location of the Livingston County Press newspaper office. located at the Grand River Ave and S. Barnard Street intersection, viewed from the southeast.

    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
  • HCDL-ngp-D004-01-0097_u.jpg

    This photograph is of the southside of the 300 block of East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan and was taken as part of documentation for the R/UDAT Study, 1984.  This photograph is of the Walking Tour, and shows the storefronts on the 300 block including John Howell Towing Service/Sunoco, Howell Auto Parts, Skip's Hair Place, Howell Theater, the Midget Sandwich Shop and the Offices of the Livingston County Press.  The names of the persons in the photograph are unknown.

    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
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