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- Portrait of a young Lucius Lyon Frank (1843-1939) including picture frame. Lucius was the son of Colonel John Chadsey Frank, Sr. and Arabella Chipman Frank. He lived in Avon Township and served in the 22nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He married Adaline Sarah Kent in 1867. (P-309) [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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- Studio portrait photograph of Charles Adams (1851-1910), husband of Hannah L. Parker. Charles was born in Avon Township to farmers Charles S. Adams (1811-1899) and Amorett C. (1813-1887). This photograph was taken at Bragy, Deihl and Co. in Detroit. (P-424) see also P-86 [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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- Photographs of Keyna Adelaide Godfrey (1899-1966) and James B. Godfrey, Jr. (1900-1974) taken at their grandmother's house in Stoney Creek. Their parents were married in St. Keyna, England, which may account for Keyna's given name. James B. Godfrey, Sr. (1857-1932) owned a mercantile in Stoney Creek at the corner of Tienken and Romeo Roads. (P-88)
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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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- John and Matilda Dodge, local Rochester residents, pose for a photograph on an ostrich drawn buggy at the Los Angeles Ostrich Farm in California. The woman standing is Amelia, a sister-in-law. (BL-61) Bob Lytle 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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- Leon Price stands on a cake of ice by washed out mill dam in Stoney Creek, March 1918. (P-362) [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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- Portrait of Lucius Lyan Frank (1843-1939) in military uniform. Frank served in the Twenty-Second Michigan Volunteer Infantry from 1862-1865. Re-photographd from an original tintype in an ornate frame. (P-307) [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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- 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
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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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- 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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- Photograph of Hannah L. Parker Adams (1853-1939), wife of Charles P. Adams. Born in Avon Township, she was the daughter of Calvin Parker and Maria L. (P-253) [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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- Portrait of Colonel John Chadsey Frank, Sr. (1799-1877). He was born in Vermont and had a farm on the north side of Hamlin Road in Avon Township. Colonel Frank was married to Arabella Chipman (1805-1846) and Adeline Kettell (1798-1886). His children include Mary A. Frank (Beckett), John Chadsey Frank, Jr., Edwin Rufus Frank, Arabella O. Frank, and Lucius Lyon Frank. Re-photographed in an ornate frame. (P-308) [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