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- Photograph of four young girls who were students at the Brush School. (BL-6) 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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- The John Tienken Farm on Tienken Road looking west from west of Livernois.
- 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 J.B. Godfrey Store in Stoney Creek was formerly the DeLilse Store and apparently stood at the corner of Romeo Road and Tienken Road. In addition to running a mercantile, Godfrey (1857-1932) was also a Justice of the Peace in Rochester. This photograph was taken from Tienken Road. (P-79) [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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- A wooded scene at the Detroit Silver Fox Farm, located at the northeast corner of Walton Boulevard and Adams Road. The company also used the name Pontiac Strain Furs. It ran operations at this location in Avon Township from 1923-1927. (P-342) [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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- The D.M. Ferry Company, later known as the Ferry-Morse Seed Company, expanded operations from Detroit to Avon Township in 1902. Oakview Farm comprised the area between South Rochester Road, East Hamlin Road, John R Road, and East Auburn Road. In 1912, the company increased the size of the farm northward, so that it reached to East Avon Road. Oakview was the site of the company’s trial grounds and stock seed breeding operations until 1944. (P-13) [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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- A farmhouse, barn, and outbuildings covered in snow behind a fence on a snow-covered dirt road. The farm of John Tienken (1864-1944), on the south side of Tienken Road. (P-357) [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:
- A man stands next to a child on a horse in front of a barn that reads Eldorado J.K. Frank above the door while a dog walks nearby. The barn was built by Colonel John Chadsey Frank, Sr. and son Lucius Lyon Frank soon after the Civil War. It burned to the ground on August 23, 1979. [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:
- Sarah Ann Taylor Van Hoosen (1830-1921) on the left and Mary Robertson Price on the right, pose in front of the original Van Hoosen home built by Sarah's mother, Mary Miner Taylor, in 1840, after the death of Sarah's father, Elisha Taylor, in 1834. Mary Price's father ran the Robertson Grist Mill and the dog on the left was named Diamond Dick. (P-41) [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:
- Taken from a hill by the ski jump, this photograph of Bloomer Park shows the Parke-Davis Barn and water tower in the background. (P-66) [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:
- Rochester Community House at the Rochester Municipal Park, formerly the Avon Park. (RRP-276) [date is approximate] Ray Russell Postcard 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