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- Delivering mail on Lake Orion c.1940 Jim Ingram Photos
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Orion Township Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Orion Township Public Library
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- Charles Sherwin Chapman (1864-1912) was born in Vermont and helped to establish the Western Knitting Mills in Rochester along with his brother, William Clark Chapman. He married Minnie May Robbins in 1891 and had two children, Frank and Doris. He had an estate built on the north end of downtown Rochester in 1899, designed by Detroit architect Albert Kahn. Sometimes referred to as Oak Bluff, the residence remained in the Chapman family until the 1960s, when it was sold for redevelopment. It was demolished in 1968. (P-223) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- From left to right, Theodor Dahlmann (1852-1930) and Lucius Lyon Frank (1843-1939) are shown seated in front of the Dahlmann Jewelry Store in downtown Rochester. (P-333) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- The second smaller photograph of the three taped together. It is of a man in a postal worker uniform standing outside near some buildings. Date Unknown. Jessie Stackhouse Scrapbook, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Rochester Hills, MI
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
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- Photograph of Samuel M. Gibbs (1832-1901). He was married to Laura M. Kelsey in 1857. Born in Canada, Gibbs moved to Avon Township and lived with his in-laws shortly after his marriage. The family moved to Shiawassee County, Michigan shortly afterward. (P-245) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- Born in 1863, Bertha Van Hoosen went on to become a world-renowned surgeon. During her 61-year career, she traveled to universities and hospitals around the world lecturing and demonstrating the medical techniques she developed and perfected. Her list of accomplishments includes the development of the anesthesia Scopolamine Morphine, for use during childbirth, the buttonhole appendectomy, the founding of the American Medical Women's Association, and the use of sterile conditions during surgery. Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen died in 1952 but her family home is now the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm.
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
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- Childhood photograph of Georgenia Rumohr with several dolls. She grew up in Detroit and was the daughter of James Edward West and Julia Harriet Rhodes West. She married Charles V. Rumohr in 1913 and moved to Rochester a few years later. (P-201) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- George C. Dennis (1853-1911) was the owner of the G.C. Dennis Store located at the northwest corner of Main and Fourth Streets in the Lambertson Building. He was born in Hope, New Jersey and opened his Rochester store in 1880. (P-330) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
- Description:
- Photograph of a "Mrs. Weir," possibly Sarah Haywood Weir (1830-1898). (P-193) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- Laura Roberts Fisher Mastin was the first white female born in Avon Township. She was born on July 25, 1821 and died on February 26, 1904. She was the daughter of Ira Roberts and Hester Brainard Roberts. She married William Fisher in 1839 and George Mastin in 1892. (P-230) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library