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Black and white photograph from circa 1875-1885 of early streetcars (horsecars) on Washington and Franklin Avenues in Lansing, Michigan.
Ingham County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph showing Governor G. Mennen Williams speaking at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Mackinac Bridge in Mackinaw City, Michigan.
Cheboygan County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from 1905 of the first auto parade in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Ransom E. Olds (founder of Olds Motor Vehicle Company in Lansing, and the Oldsmobile and Reo brands) and his wife are in the first car.
Eaton County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph of a parade moving down State Street in Hastings, Michigan.
Barry County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from September 1936 showing Saginaw Street in Flint, Michigan, decorated for the "Downtown Jubilee of Progress" and people gathered on the streets for a parade.
Genesee County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from 1915 of the cornerstone ceremony for the Prudden Auditorium in Lansing, Michigan. The auditorium was a gift to the city by automotive pioneer William K. Prudden. It was demolished in the 1940s-1950s to make way for a theater which was never built; the land became a parking lot for the Lansing Civic Center.
Ingham County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph of crowds gathered for the 1899 Elks Carnival in downtown Lansing, Michigan.
Ingham County (Mich.)
Color postcard from circa 1910-1913 showing a street scene with crows of people on the sidewalks on Monroe Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Kent County (Mich.)
Black and white postcard from circa 1907-1909 showing crowds gathered in front of the capitol along Michigan Avenue in Lansing, Michigan. The old post office is on the left.
Ingham County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from 1904 of a people gathered around a flood scene on Genesee Avenue in Saginaw, Michigan.
Saginaw County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from September 1936 showing Saginaw Street in Flint, Michigan, decorated for the "Downtown Jubilee of Progress" and people gathered on the streets for a parade.
Genesee County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph of a crowd of people gathered on April 21, 1861 to hear University of Michigan President Henry Tappan speak about the surrender of Fort Sumter and the outbreak of the Civil War.
Washtenaw County (Mich.)
Color postcard from 1930 of crowds of people lining the Davis Lock, watching ships move through it, in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet. The Soo Locks, located on St. Marys River between the United States and Canada, provide ships safe passage around the rapids in the canal. The first locks in this canal were built in 1855, and have been improved upon ever since. The locks are the busiest, based on tonnage passing through, in the world. The Davis Lock, built in 1914, with the Sabin Lock (1919), are incredibly long, at 1350 feet (compared to the 800 foot Poe and MacArthur Locks).
Chippewa County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from 1902 of crowds gathered at the Elks Carnival being held at the corner of Washington Avenue and Ottawa Street in Lansing, Michigan.
Ingham County (Mich.)
Black and white postcard depicting crowds gathering on North Main Street in Adrian, Michigan.
Lenawee County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph taken April 16, 1952, of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands arriving at the airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She would go on to speak in Holland, Michigan.
Kent County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph taken April 16, 1952, of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands arriving at the airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She would go on to speak in Holland, Michigan.
Kent County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph of crowds watching unknown procession of carriages through downtown Adrian, Michigan.
Lenawee County (Mich.)
