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- Facing Fourth Street, the Avon School District #5 School House was built in 1899 and is also commonly known as the Old Rochester High School building or Harrison building. The bell tower was later removed and the building and its 1916 addition currently serves as the Rochester Community School Administration Building. (RRP-231) [date is approximate] Ray Russell Postcard 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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- Charles Sherwin Chapman (1864-1912) built the residence in 1899, just north of Downtown Rochester on the east side of Main Street. It was demolished in 1968. Chapman Pond is also referred to as Chapman Lake. Addressed to Miss Grace Adams of Newburyport, Massachusettes. (RRP-138) see also P-295 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
- Description:
- Facing Fourth Street, the Avon School District #5 School House was built in 1899 and is also commonly known as the Old Rochester High School building or Harrison building. The bell tower was later removed and the building and its 1916 addition currently serves as the Rochester Community School Administration Building.(RRP-219) see also RRP-218 [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
- Description:
- Hand colored postcard. Charles Sherwin Chapman (1864-1912) built the residence in 1899, just north of Downtown Rochester on the east side of Main Street. It was demolished in 1968. Addressed to Miss E. M. Cartwright of Schoolcraft, Michigan, in care of Don Wagar. (RRP-135) 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
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- Hot air balloons at Rochester Municipal Park, formerly the Avon Township Park. Date is approximated. (RRP-9) 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
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- View of Third Street looking west at Walnut Boulevard. St. Andrew Catholic Church, torn down in the 1970s, is on the left and the First Congregational Church is on the right. (RRP-209) [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
- Description:
- Group of people going for a drive in a new automobile on Rochester Road. (BL-80) Bob Lytle 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:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
- Description:
- Image of the north side of Western Knitting Mills with a hand-colored blue sky. The Western Knitting Mills factory was built in 1896 and produced knitted goods until 1939. The building was later owned by the McAleer Manufacturing Company, later known as the Higbie Manufacturing Company, and then ITT Higbie. In 1994 the Rochester Mills Beer Company restored the building and it now operates as a restaurant and brewery. Addressed to Bettie Branner of Harrisburg, Virginia from Papa. (RRP-301) see also BL-21 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
- Description:
- B/W postcard image of the Methodist Episcopal Church and adjacent residence/parsonage at Maple Road and Henrietta Street in Birmingham. Blank panel on front for message. Printed by J.H. Cave of Detroit. (circa 1907)
- 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
- Description:
- Sepia colored photo of Western Knitting Mill with an early 19th century car parked outside, three people leaning out of second story window, and an american flag flying on top of the building. Reverse reads Stamped: "Rochester Mich. May [18?] 18 6 PM"Addressed to: "Mrs. I W Lennox Millington Mich. R.3"Handwritten message: "Dear motherjust a line to let you know I am all right going to change working places wright to Mable and I will get my mail Sunday[Birtsell?]. Rochester"Exact date unknown. 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.
- Date Issued:
- 0009-03-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm