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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
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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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- Postcard with B/W image of one story train station with arched window with letters spelling Birmingham on roof. View is toward the northwest with the Grand Trunk Railroad tracks in the right foreground. A man stands in front of the station, looking toward the photographer. Children near doorway. Telephone poles along tracks. Southbound tracks empty, northbound tracks have train with boxcars. Published by the Leiter Post Card Co., Lorain, Ohio (circa 1920)
- 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/group portrait with seven men seated in a Detroit Police Department vehicle, possibly shot in a studio. Driver is not in uniform; other officers wearing dark uniforms with button rows, badges, and hats. Four-door, open automobile in dark color with bright trim and "D.P.D." on rear door. Pub by the Souvenir Post Card Company, New York, NY. (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 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
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- Color-tinted postcard image of a pond in Palmer Park, Detroit. Scaled lighthouse feature on island in pond. People on the shore feeding swans. Description on back: "Scene at Palmer Park, Detroit, Mich. Palmer Park, where light house is located is a restful retreat of 120 acres and is located seven miles out Woodward avenue. One of the delightful features is its Log Cabin with its quaint furniture. It has may acres of woods, children's playgrounds and a casino where refreshments are served." Pub. United News Co. (circa 1920)
- 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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- 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 cobblestone church with shingle roof and gables. View is southeast from intersection of Maple and Chester. (A modern brick addition and new façade was built to the original building as the current St. James Episcopal Church.) Pub Ess an Ess Photo Co, Inc. 11 E. 17th St., New York, N.Y. (circa 1918)
- 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