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  • McPherson Oil Company, Mobilgas, Brighton, Michigan, 1954

    This is one of McPherson Oil Company gasoline stations, located in Brighton, at U.S. 23 and U.S. 16, February 1954. 

    McPherson Oil Company, 224 West Sibley Street, Howell, Michigan was a wholesale distributor of gasoline and oil.
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  • Winter Scene, Utility Work, Howell, Michigan

    This is a photograph of a horse and sleigh traveling along the street with a load of wood.  In the foreground, men are working on the electrical lines/poles.  The exact location and date of this photograph are unknown, but possibly in the city of Howell, Michigan.

    The persons in the photograph are unknown.
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  • Michigan Bell Dinner in Fowlerville, Michigan

    Michigan Bell Dinner in Fowlerville, Michigan
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  • Michigan Bell Telephone and Detroit Edison Buildings, Howell, Michigan

    This photograph was attributed to Ed Beach with photo copyright Bentley Historical Library, 1932, and it shows the Michigan Bell Building, 310 East Grand River Avenue, and the Detroit Edison Building at 316 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan.   To the far left is a portion of the Citizens' Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 304 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan.
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  • Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Pay Phone, Howell, Michigan

    Photographs of a telephone booth outside the old Michigan Bell Telephone office, 310 E. Grand River, 1/2 block from Court House, Howell, Michigan, 1953.

    The names of the persons in the pictures are unknown.
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  • Michigan Bell Telephone, Howell, Michigan

    This is a photograph of local Michigan Bell line workers.  The names of the people, location and date are unknown.
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  • Michigan Bell, Construction, Howell, Michigan

    This photograph was labeled, "Michigan Bell, Line workers" and was grouped with a series of Michigan Bell Telephone pictures in Howell.  The photograph was taken with two large homes in the background and shows men working in trenches with cement blocks. the photo appears to showcase construction of the buried line infrastructure that relieved the city of much of the tangled lines present in photos from the earlier parts of the 20th century. This work, as evidenced by photographs, was likely to have been mostly completed by the mid-1960s.
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  • Michigan Bell Telephone Pole Installation, Howell, Michigan, 1913

    This photograph was labeled "Howell crew" of Michigan Bell Telephone, Howell, Michigan.   They were stringing lines on North Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan.

    The streetview shows a sleigh loaded with wood being pulled by horses.

    The names of the persons in the picture  are unknown.

    This photograph was included in the 2013 David D. Finney book, "Images of America".
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  • Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Howell, Michigan Crew, Pole Installation

    This photograph was labeled "Howell crew, Pole Installation" of the Michigan Bell Telephone, Howell, Michigan.

    The date, location, and names of those in the photograph are unknown.
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  • Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Howell, Michigan, Telephone Pole Installation

    This is a photograph of the Howell crew, Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Howell, Michigan.  They were installing telephone poles.

    The names of those in the photograph, date and exact location are unknown.
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