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- Color-tinted postcard image of a tree-lined street at an intersection with residences in the background, a horse drawn wagon, and a woman on the sidewalk near a utility pole. Pub unknown. (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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- 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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- B&W image of the northeast corner of Woodward and Maple. Shops with awnings. The National Hotel is on the left. Three people stand in the street. Dark horse and buggy, white horse and buggy wait in the street. Utility poles and wires can be seen. Real photo postcard, stamped Azo 4, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co. (circa 1907). Photographer was Louis James Pesha, a Canadian who owned Pesha Postcard Company in Marine City, Michigan. He was known for his photographs of the Great Lakes region. Reference: Buel, G. & Buel, S. (2012) Marine City. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing.
- 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 aerial view looking north, showing wide dirt street lined with sidewalks and trees, a large park with mature trees in near foreground, and buildings in the distance, including Y.M.C.A. building to northwest of park. Church spires can be seen in the middle distance, including Central United Methodist Church as well as horse drawn vehicles on the street. Description on back reads "Woodward Avenue Looking North. This Birdâs Eye view was taken from the corner of Woodward Avenue and Park street and shows Grand Circus Park on both sides. The tall building on the right is the new Y.M.C.A., which was erected in 1908; and the entire cost of same will be in the neighborhood of $700,000.00. This is one of the most complete buildings of its kind in the country and boasts of a gymnasium second to none." (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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- Color-tinted postcard image of a wood framed mill with stone foundation and stone mill race along Maple Road just west of Southfield Road, looking west. A bridge crosses the Rouge River, and a pasture and fence are present on the south side of Maple Road, which is unpaved. Pub. The Backenstose Book Store in Pontiac. Printed in Germany by Hugh C. Leighton Co. (circa 1906)
- 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:
- Blue-tinted postcard image of the Eastern Market area of Detroit with Menzies Shoe Company in the background. Horse-drawn carts, covered wagons, people and other market activities in foreground and a church spire in the distance. (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
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- Postcard with B/W image of unpaved streets with carriages and horses, pedestrians and shade trees. The view is looking west from [Old] Woodward Avenue along Maple Street [Road]. The post office is in the left foreground, retail businesses in the background, and the spire of the [old Methodist] Church in the right background distance. Pub by Backenstose Book Store in Pontiac. (circa 1910)
- 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 with a fountain in the foreground at the southeast corner of Woodward and Maple in "library park." Grass and shade trees and sidewalk near the fountain, and a brick building in the background across the intersection (Levinson's Department Store). Fountain statue depicts boy holding umbrella and girl peeking over his shoulder. Fountain built in 1891 (Chicago) and installed to commemorate the city's first water pipe. Child on bicycle near fountain. Published by Curt Teich /Sexichrome (six color) No. 34788. (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