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- Color-tinted postcard of Woodward Avenue looking north toward Maple Road. Woodward is unpaved. The building in the left foreground is the O'Neal building and Levinson's Department Store is in the left background. A trolley, aka Detroit Interurban Rail (DUR), is stopped on tracks in the middle of Woodward. Published by Backenstose Bookstore in Pontiac, Mich. Made in Germany. Postmark: April 9, 4 PM. Birmingham, MICH. (circa 1908)
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Birmingham Museum and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Birmingham Museum
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- B&W image of large, two-story brick high school building with trees in foreground. Photographer mark F. Church in bottom right corner. (circa 1920)
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Birmingham Museum and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Birmingham Museum
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- Color-tinted image of Baldwin High School, a large, three-story brick and stone building with projecting wings and Gothic features. Intersection of Maple and Chester. American flag above entrance. Built in 1918, also sometimes called Birmingham High School. Published by Curt Teich & Company, Chicago. (circa 1930)
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Birmingham Museum and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Birmingham Museum
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- B&W image of Maple Ave. [Road] looking west from [Old] Woodward Avenue in downtown Birmingham. A firehose tower can be seen in the background as well as a church spire. Trolley tracks, aka Detroit Interurban Rail (DUR) in the foreground and electric lines above. Banner suspended above the street advertises the Birmingham Chautauqua, Aug. 27-31. Photographer's mark in bottom right corner. Real photo postcard, Kruxo 10, manufactured by Kilborn Photo Paper Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (circa 1921)
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Birmingham Museum and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Birmingham Museum
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- B/w image of large, L-shaped frame church with corner tower and small spires on outside corner of one gabled wing. Eclectic revival and Gothic elements. Originally called United Presbyterian Church. Located at [Old] Woodward and Euclid Avenue. Hole punched in upper left corner. Real photo postcard. Azo 4, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co. (circa 1907). Photographer was Louis James Pesha, a Canadian who owned and operated Pesha Photo Postcard Company of Marine City, Michigan. He was known for his photos of the Great Lakes Region. References: Buel, G. & Buel, S. (2012) Marine City. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. Bogdan, R. & Weseloh, T. (2006) Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People's Photography. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Birmingham Museum and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Birmingham Museum
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- Postcard with aerial B/W photograph of residential neighborhood with church, playground, school and shops visible. View is north of Maple Road between Chesterfield Avenue and N. Glenhurst Drive in Birmingham. Description on back reads: "Quarton Square, Birmingham, Michigan. Aerial view of Birmingham, Michigan showing Quarton Square, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, with its Clara Knudsen Memorial Playground. To the upper right is Quarton School. Birmingham is 18 miles north of Detroit. Air photo by Hank Weber". Pub Hank Weber of Birmingham. Manufactured by Silvercraft, Dexter Press Incorporated of New York. (circa 1960)
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Birmingham Museum and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Birmingham Museum
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- Color-tinted postcard of street lined with mature trees, possibly maples, with sidewalks and residences. Trolley (DUR, Detroit Interurban) tracks visible in unpaved street. Pub Curt Teich /Sexichrome (six color) No. 34767. (circa 1915)
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Birmingham Museum and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Birmingham Museum
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- Color-tinted postcard image of large two story brick building with Gothic features, also known as the Hill School. Image shows exterior metal fire escape on 2nd and 3rd floors and ivy climbing building. Bell tower on roof. Pub Curt Teich /Sexichrome (six color). (circa 1914)
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Birmingham Museum and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Birmingham Museum
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- Postcard with B/W image of southeast corner of intersection of Woodward Avenue and Maple Road in Birmingham. Cunningham's Drug Store in the foreground and the Birmingham Theater in the distance, with cars on street and parked along Woodward. Pub L.L. Cook Co. Milwaukee. EKC real photo postcard. (circa 1940)
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Birmingham Museum and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Birmingham Museum
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- Color-tinted postcard image of a large Tudor-style brick and stone civic building with steep slate roof and central brick clock tower. View from northeast corner at Pierce Street shows main facade along Martin Street. American flag above entrance. Pub Curt Teich & Company in Chicago. (circa 1930)
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Birmingham Museum and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Birmingham Museum