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Carl Weimeister - Blacksmith Shop, 114 South Court Street, Howell, Michigan, 1937
These photographs were taken of Carl Weimeister's Blacksmith Shop, 114 South Court Street, Howell, Michigan, 1937. -
Carmen Kypke, Pole Vaulter, 1960Howell High School, Howell, Livingston, Michigan
This is a portrait of Carmen Kypke, taken by Duane Zemper in 1960. The photo is labeled "Held 1947 Pole Vault record, 11'6' for 20 years".
An article in the Lansing State Journal dated May 18, 1951 described Carmen Krypke of Howell as leader in the class of pole vaulters in the Lansing area. The Livingston County Press on May 23, 1951 reported that Carmen Kypke cleared the pole vault bar at 11 feet, 4 3/4 inches to establish a record for the Howell High School and to set a record for Wines Field in Ann Arbor. His winning vault broke the field meet record by two inches.
Carmen Kypke was born in 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Howell High School in 1952, he served in the U.S. Navy from 1952 to 1956. Mr. Kypke died in Montgomery, Alabama in 1987.
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Carnegie Library, Howell, Michigan - 1906
Photo of Carnegie Library, Howell, Michigan taken in 1906 by Lyndon just after completion. The architect was Meyer. -
Carnegie Library, Howell, Michigan - May 21, 1918
Carnegie Library, Howell, Michigan - May 21, 1918 Later known as Howell Carnegie District Library 314 W. Grand River Ave., Howell, Michigan -
Carol Jean Sheely, Howell, Michigan, 1922 - 2012
This group of photographs are of Carol Jean Sheely, born in Howell, 1922 and died in 2012. Carol was the daughter of Margaret Alta Hardy and Clarence Sheely. They were married in Howell March 12, 1921. Carol's grand parents were Royal Crittenden Hardy and Francis Permilla Rumsey.
The first photo was labeled Carol Jean, age 9, 1931, Monroe, Michigan.
Another photograph, Carol on the porch holding a doll, contained the following information: "Margaret's divorce from Clarence Sheely was initiated in 1930 and finalized in 1932. Margaret married Sumner Victor Manley on Christmas Day, 1932 in the dining room of the family home on 509 McCarthy Street, Howell, Michigan. That home had several family events incidentally. Margaret's brother, Harold, was killed in the upstairs bedroom in 1918, and Carol's mother was born in the downstairs bedroom in 1922, and Margaret's mother, Franc Rumsey died in that bedroom in 1936.
Harold Hardy, 1896 - 1918, died in an accident, "shot self with revolver".
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