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Blueprint drawing of the Ransom Eli Olds mansion right hand elevation plan, 1903.

lack and white postcard from approximately 1907 showing a view of Washington Avenue, looking north, in downtown Lansing, Michigan. The State Capitol is visible in the background, and the six story Hotel Downey is at the end of the block. The hotel was built in 1887, and expanded in 1907. In 1912 a devastating fire destroyed the building, but it was rebuilt and the hotel remained in service until 1939, when it was demolished to make room for Knapp's department store. The inscription on the postcard reads, "This is Roosevelt day, I have seen the President. A grand sight. Papa." which refers to President Theodore Roosevelt's trip to Lansing in 1907.

Blueprint drawing of plans for first and second floors, Barnes Mansion, 1877.

Color postcard from circa 1907-1915 showing Capitol Avenue, looking north from Michigan Avenue, in Lansing, Michigan. The old post office is in the foreground, complete with watchtower, with the old city hall behind it.

Black and white photograph from 1895 of the northwest bank of Grand River taken from the east end of Michigan Avenue bridge in Lansing, Michigan.

Black and white photograph from circa 1960-1970 showing a sidewalk scene in front of the Michigan Theatre on Washington Avenue in Lansing, Michigan. The theater was built in 1921 as the Strand Theatre, then renovated in 1941 with a name change. It closed in 1980.

Color postcard from circa 1907-1908 showing a view of Washington Avenue, looking north, in downtown Lansing, Michigan. The State Capitol is visible in the background, and the six story Hotel Downey is at the end of the block. The hotel was built in 1887, and expanded in 1907. In 1912 a devastating fire destroyed the building, but it was rebuilt and the hotel remained in service until 1939, when it was demolished to make room for Knapp's department store.

Color postcard from circa 1907-1915 showing the view east down Michigan Avenue from the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan. On the left is the old post office, which was eventually annexed by the neighboring city hall.

Blueprint drawing of the Barnes Mansion cellar windows detail, 1877.

Blueprint drawing of floor plan, Barnes Mansion, 1877.

Black and white postcard from circa 1895-1905 showing the Prudden Building at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Washington Avenue in Lansing, Michigan. The office building was destroyed in 1920 by fire, and then replaced by the Washington Square Building.

Black and white photograph of city workers posing with two steamrollers in Lansing, Michigan.

Black and white postcard from circa 1910-1913 showing a street scene on Turner Street in Lansing, Michigan.

State Archivist Mark Harvey with the Michigan History Center and Mary Jane McClintock Wilson talk with Stateside host Cynthia Canty on Michigan Radio about the letters of Freeman McClintock, who served in the United States Ambulance Corps and Motor Transport Corps in France during the First World War and wrote the letters to his wife. A transcript is available along with the interview audio.

Color postcard from 1945 of the Michigan state capitol building in Lansing, Michigan. Part of "Souvenir Folder of Lansing, Michigan" - a postcard booklet featuring images from Lansing and East Lansing.

Blueprint drawing of the Ransom Eli Olds mansion front elevation plan, 1903.

Color postcard from 1945 of the J. W. Sexton High School (opened in 1943) in Lansing, Michigan. Part of "Souvenir Folder of Lansing, Michigan" - a postcard booklet featuring images from Lansing and East Lansing.

Black and white photograph of the view over the Grand River from the Franklin Avenue bridge in Lansing, Michigan.

Color postcard from circa 1907-1915 showinga dam on the Grand River at Lansing, Michigan.

Black and white photograph from 1898 showing the view southeast from the roof of the state capitol building in Lansing, Michigan. The First Presbyterian Church spire is in the foreground, opposite the capitol grounds.

Black and white photograph of Michigan Avenue, leading west up to the state capitol in Lansing, Michigan.

Black and white photograph on cardboard backing showing a scene along the Grand River in Lansing, Michigan.

Black and white photograph on cardboard backing from 1870, showing a view of the Grand River from Ottawa Street in Lansing, Michigan.

Color postcard from circa 1950-1960 of Washington Avenue, looking north, in Lansing, Michigan. The Boji Tower (also known as Michigan National Bank Building, and originally the Olds Tower) and Bank of Lansing Building (now Comerica Bank Building) can be seen in the background.

Blueprint drawing of ducts and pipes under basement floor, Barnes Mansion, 1877.

Color postcard from 1945 showing Capitol Avenue looking south from just north of the capitol building in Lansing, Michigan. The Mutual Building, built 1928, is in the left foreground, with the Lansing City Hall and the old post office next to it on Capitol Avenue. In the background are the Olds Hotel (now the George W. Romney Building) and Olds Tower (now Boji Tower). Part of "Souvenir Folder of Lansing, Michigan" - a postcard booklet featuring images from Lansing and East Lansing.

Color postcard from 1945 of the Olds Tower on Capitol Avenue in Lansing, Michigan. The tower is now named the Boji Tower. Part of "Souvenir Folder of Lansing, Michigan" - a postcard booklet featuring images from Lansing and East Lansing.

Black and white photograph from circa 1870-1880 showing a steamboat on the Grand River near Lansing, Michigan.

Black and white photograph from 1928 of a view of the Lansing, Michigan skyline from underneath one of the arches of the then new Kalamazoo Street bridge.

Black and white photograph from 1969 showing a view of the Lansing, Michigan downtown skyline, including the state capitol.

Blueprint drawing of the Barnes Mansion foundation plan with window sizes, 1877.

Black and white photograph from circa 1870-1880 showing the Parmalee Co. Plaster Mill and the Scofield Mill on the Grand River in Lansing, Michigan.

Black and white photograph from the spring of 1926 of Washington Avenue, looking north from just north of Ionia Street, in Lansing, Michigan.

Black and white photograph of the Calkins Paint Company on an unidentified corner in Lansing, Michigan.

Color postcard from circa 1907-1910 showing the Michigan Avenue bridge crossing the Grand River in Lansing, Michigan.

Black and white postcard from circa 1907-1911 showing Lansing City Hall (on the left, built in 1896), the post office building and the YMCA building in Lansing, Michigan.

Black and white aerial photograph from approximately 1955 showing downtown Lansing, Michigan, the State Capitol and the Grand River, looking west.

Black and white photograph from 1919 showing pedestrians, automobiles and a streetcar on East Michigan Avenue, which connected downtown Lansing, Michigan with Michigan State College (later Michigan State University).

Blueprint drawing of the Ransom Eli Olds mansion cellar wall plan, 1903.

Black and white copy of an 1855 ambrotype of the Lansing House, a hotel on Washington Avenue in Lansing, Michigan.

Black and white photograph taken June 23, 1899 of Michigan Avenue, looking west toward the state capitol from Grand Avenue in Lansing, Michigan.

Black and white postcard from circa 1907-1915 showing a view of Washington Avenue, looking north, in downtown Lansing, Michigan. The State Capitol is visible in the background, and the six story Hotel Downey is at the end of the block. The hotel was built in 1887, and expanded in 1907. In 1912 a devastating fire destroyed the building, but it was rebuilt and the hotel remained in service until 1939, when it was demolished to make room for Knapp's department store.