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Black and white aerial photograph of downtown Pontiac, Michigan. The city hall can be seen in the background, along with the Oakland Towne Center (formerly Pontiac State Bank Building, Pontiac's tallest building, built 1929), and the two spires of the First Presbyterian Church can be seen in the foreground.

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Color postcard from circa 1925-1935 of Woodward Avenue near Pontiac, Michigan.

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Black and white postcard from circa 1907-1915 of Saginaw Street, looking north from Lawrence Street, in Pontiac, Michigan. On the left is the Oakland County Courthouse.

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Color postcard from circa 1907-1912 of a street scene on Saginaw Street, looking south, in Pontiac, Michigan.

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Color postcard from circa 1907-1910 of the view south from the Oakland County Courthouse (at the corner of Saginaw and Huron Streets), looking down Saginaw Street in Pontiac, Michigan.

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Black and white postcard from circa 1900-1907 of the junction of Saginaw Street and Oakland Avenue, where the First Baptist Church was located, in Pontiac, Michigan.

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Black and white aerial photograph of downtown Pontiac, Michigan. The city hall can be seen in the background, along with the Oakland Towne Center (formerly Pontiac State Bank Building, Pontiac's tallest building, built 1929), and the two spires of the First Presbyterian Church can be seen in the foreground.

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Color postcard from circa 1925-1935 of the Cranbrook School for Boys in Bloomfield Hills, just south of Pontiac, Michigan. The school was completed in 1928, and designed by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen.

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Color postcard from circa 1925-1935 of boats on Orchard Lake near Pontiac, Michigan.

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Color postcard from circa 1907-1912 of a street scene on Saginaw Street, looking north, in Pontiac, Michigan.

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Color postcard from circa 1907-1915 of the junction of Saginaw Street and Oakland Avenue, where the First Baptist Church was located, in Pontiac, Michigan.

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Black and white photograph from circa 1950-1960 of North Saginaw Street, looking south, in Pontiac, Michigan. The tall building is the Oakland Towne Center (previously the Pontiac State Bank Building), Pontiac's tallest building, built in 1929.

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Color postcard from circa 1907-1912 of a street scene on Saginaw Street, looking north, in Pontiac, Michigan.

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Color postcard from circa 1907-1910 of the fountain on the campus of Pontiac Central High School (known as Pontiac High School until 1958, when Northern Pontiac High School opened) in Pontiac, Michigan. When the two high schools merged, Central closed in 2009.

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Color postcard from circa 1907-1910 of Saginaw Street in Pontiac, Michigan.

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Color postcard from circa 1926-1935 of the Riker Building in Pontiac, Michigan. Located on Huron Street, the office building was built in 1926.

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Color postcard from circa 1907-1915 of the Pontiac State Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan. Built in 1878 as the Eastern Michigan Asylum for the Insane, it was renamed in 1911 to the Pontiac State Hospital, and then in 1973 to the Clinton Valley Center. At one point it houses over 3,000 patients. It was demolished in 2000.

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Color postcard from circa 1910-1920 of the Pontiac State Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan. Built in 1878 as the Eastern Michigan Asylum for the Insane, it was renamed in 1911 to the Pontiac State Hospital, and then in 1973 to the Clinton Valley Center. At one point it houses over 3,000 patients. It was demolished in 2000.

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Color postcard from circa 1907-1912 titled "Pine Lake "Drive,"" and showing a farmhouse near Pontiac, Michigan.

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Black and white photograph of Huron Street, looking east, in Pontiac Michigan.

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Color postcard from circa 1945-1950 of the First Baptist Church building in Pontiac, Michigan, located at the corner of Oakland Avenue and Saginaw Street. The building is now a Salvation Army building. The view of this postcard shows Oakland Avenue.

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Color postcard from approximately 1930 of the Oakland Towne Center Building (formerly Pontiac State Bank Building) and the Community National Bank building on Saginaw Street in Pontiac, Michigan. The Oakland Towne Center Building was built in 1929 and is Pontiac's tallest building.

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Black and white photograph of Saginaw Street, looking north from Lawrence Street, in Pontiac, Michigan. On the left is the Oakland County Courthouse.

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Color postcard from approximately 1930 of the Oakland County Courthouse, located at the corner of Saginaw and Huron Streets in Pontiac, Michigan.

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Black and white aerial photograph of downtown Pontiac, Michigan, looking northwest towards Saginaw Street and the Oakland Towne Center building (formerly Pontiac State Bank Building, built in 1929 and Pontiac's tallest building). The Oakland County Courthouse (on the corner of Saginaw and Huron Streets) is also visible in this shot.

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Color postcard from circa 1925-1935 of a dock and boat at Williams Lake near Pontiac, Michigan.

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