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Casnovia – Main Street looking north

Black and white photograph from circa 1905-1910 of Main Street, looking north, in Casnovia, Michigan.

Muskegon County (Mich.)

Casnovia – "Main St. looking south, Casnovia, Mich."

Black and white photograph from circa 1910-1915 of Main Street, looking south, in Casnovia, Michigan.

Muskegon County (Mich.)

Charlevoix – Harbor entrance

Black and white copy print of the entrance to Charlevoix harbor (Round Lake). Due to the photographic process of the original, several of the buildings were drawn in by hand. Lake Michigan is in the foreground, Round Lake in the middle and Lake Charlevoix in the background.

Charlevoix County (Mich.)

Chelsea – Clock tower and Main Street

Black and white postcard from approximately 1907 of Main Street, looking north to the clock tower in Chelsea, Michigan. The clock tower is part of a warehouse building built by Glazier Stove Company in 1907. The building provided the company with 60,000 square feet of factory and warehouse space, and the clock tower doubled as a water tower. The smokestack is also a part of the Glazier Stove Company complex, which consisted of multiple buildings in the area. The Galzier Stove Company closed in 1908, after which the clock tower and warehouse space was occupied by the Chelsea Stove Company and various companies thereafter.

Washtenaw County (Mich.)

Chelsea – "Main Street looking North, Chelsea, Mich."

Black and white postcard from approximately 1909 of Main Street, looking north to the clock tower in Chelsea, Michigan. The granite stone building on the corner on the left is the Chelsea Savings Bank building, built in 1901 in the memory of George Glazier, who died in 1901. The building housed the bank only until 1907, when it was closed due to the financial panic. It is currently the 14th District Courthouse. The clock tower in the background is part of a warehouse building built by Glazier Stove Company in 1907. The building provided the company with 60,000 square feet of factory and warehouse space, and the clock tower doubled as a water tower. The Galzier Stove Company closed in 1908, and the space was occupied by the Chelsea Stove Company, and various companies thereafter.

Washtenaw County (Mich.)

Grayling – Town view with watertower

Crawford County (Mich.)

Grand Ledge – "Standpipe, Grand Ledge, Mich."

Black and white postcard from 1910 of the Grand Ledge, Michigan water tower (also called the standpipe), built in 1906 on the north side of town.

Eaton County (Mich.)

Grand Ledge – "Water Tower, Grand Ledge, Mich."

Black and white postcard from approximately 1910 of the Grand Ledge, Michigan water tower, built in 1906.

Eaton County (Mich.)

Grand Ledge – "Scene on the Grand River, Grand Ledge, Mich."

Black and white postcard from approximately 1930 showing a scene on the Grand River, with the Bridge Street concrete bridge and water tower of Grand Ledge, Michigan. The bridge was built in 1910 to replace the iron bridge built in 1870. The bridge in this location continues to connect the two parts of Grand Ledge over the Grand River.

Eaton County (Mich.)