Oakland County Historical Resources
8779 items
- Description:
- Multiple farm structures with a horse barn to the far right in winter at the Oakview farm. 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-104) [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 group of men and women pile rocks to be used for the stone wall in front of Van Hoosen Farm in Stoney Creek. A team of two horses pull the stones in a small wooden sledge. The people in the image are, from left to right, Leon Price, Oswald Wallace, Bertha Van Hoosen, Sarah Van Hoosen Jones, Alice Jones, and a friend of Bertha's. (P-372) [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:
- Millrace Condominiums. 280 Mill Street. South side of Mill Street. View from north side of the street facing south. 06/21/2010. DR705 Digital Rochester 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.
- Date Issued:
- 0013-03-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
- Description:
- The Michigan Central Railroad (MCR) Depot on East University Drive (East Fifth Street). (P-171) [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:
- This home was originally a salt-box style built by Mr. Kremer, a carpenter and carriage maker. The home dates from the late 1880s or 1890s. As the family grew, the roof was raised for additional bedrooms. (P-181) [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:
- Pasture with men and a flock of sheep. Barns and work buildings in the background.
- 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:
- Emma Woodward Scott (1847-1928) was the daughter of Lysander and Peninah Simpson Woodward. She was married to John Scott in 1874. (P-432) see also P-52, P-465 [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:
- Studio portrait photograph of Milton Lysander Woodward (1883-1962) in profile. He is wearing a suit and bow tie with what appears to be a triangle pin on the lapel. (P-447) [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:
- Two Brooklands firefighters standing at the base of a firetruck ladder as they watch another firefighter climb into a silo at Ferry Morse Seed Farm as part of a smoke drill. Brooklands Fire Department Slide Collection, 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
- Description:
- View of a Brooklands Fire Department truck (Engine 624) with an open door an exended ladder, parked on a street at night. Brooklands Fire Department Slide Collection, 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