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  • Storefronts Pinckney Michigan

    These photographs show storefronts in the village of Pinckney, Michigan. The year is unknown. Shown are the Pinckney Branch of the McPherson State Bank, the Bell Telephone Office, Kennedy's General Store and the Basement Department Store.
  • Citizens' Mutual Auto Insurance Company, and Michigan Bell Telephone Company, 304 and 310 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan

    This is a photograph of Citizens' Mutual Auto Insurance Company, and Michigan Bell Telephone Company, 304 and 310 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan.

    This also shows the intersection of North Court Street and Grand River Avenue.

    The year is unknown.
  • Sigler Building, Pinckney, Michigan, 1890

    This is a photograph of the Sigler Building, Pinckney, Michigan, 1890.  This photograph was included in the Milton E. Charboneau book, "Return to Montecute", Volume 1, and provided the information included on this slide.  The Sigler Building housed the Sigler Drug Store, and remained in the original form until after World War II.  The first telephone in Pinckney was located here.  The building was built during Pinckney's most prosperous era and also held a doctor's office. The building next to it is Firemen Building.
  • Michigan Bell Telephone and Detroit Edison Buildings, Howell, Michigan

    This photograph was attributed to Ed Beach with photo copyright Bentley Historical Library, 1932, and it shows the Michigan Bell Building, 310 East Grand River Avenue, and the Detroit Edison Building at 316 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan.   To the far left is a portion of the Citizens' Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 304 East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan.
  • Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Pay Phone, Howell, Michigan

    Photographs of a telephone booth outside the old Michigan Bell Telephone office, 310 E. Grand River, 1/2 block from Court House, Howell, Michigan, 1953.

    The names of the persons in the pictures are unknown.
  • Michigan Bell Telephone, Howell, Michigan

    This is a photograph of local Michigan Bell line workers.  The names of the people, location and date are unknown.
  • Michigan Bell, Construction, Howell, Michigan

    This photograph was labeled, "Michigan Bell, Line workers" and was grouped with a series of Michigan Bell Telephone pictures in Howell.  The photograph was taken with two large homes in the background and shows men working in trenches with cement blocks. the photo appears to showcase construction of the buried line infrastructure that relieved the city of much of the tangled lines present in photos from the earlier parts of the 20th century. This work, as evidenced by photographs, was likely to have been mostly completed by the mid-1960s.
  • Michigan Bell Telephone Pole Installation, Howell, Michigan, 1913

    This photograph was labeled "Howell crew" of Michigan Bell Telephone, Howell, Michigan.   They were stringing lines on North Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan.

    The streetview shows a sleigh loaded with wood being pulled by horses.

    The names of the persons in the picture  are unknown.

    This photograph was included in the 2013 David D. Finney book, "Images of America".
  • Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Howell, Michigan Crew, Pole Installation

    This photograph was labeled "Howell crew, Pole Installation" of the Michigan Bell Telephone, Howell, Michigan.

    The date, location, and names of those in the photograph are unknown.
  • Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Howell, Michigan, Telephone Pole Installation

    This is a photograph of the Howell crew, Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Howell, Michigan.  They were installing telephone poles.

    The names of those in the photograph, date and exact location are unknown.
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