michigan

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant...

Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is the last large reinforced concrete automobile plant left in the Detroit area. The Dodge factory led to the ... More

Topographic map of the counties of Ingham & Livingston, Michigan /

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1895 by David S. Harleyin the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the eastern District of Penna." LC Land ownership maps, 333 Available also through the Lib... More

Bird's eye view of Saint Clair, St. Clair Co., Michigan 1868.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.) 375 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 700/1; 710/2

Interior of aquarium, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Riding hall, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan

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Lake Orion, Mich.

Public domain photograph of a lake, river, pond in the woods, forest, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

S.S. Northland [sic] at Sault Ste. Marie

Public domain photograph of ocean liner, ship, transatlantic travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[State Savings Bank, Detroit, Mich.]

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Children's playground, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich

"196" and "Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017283. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

County court house, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic courthouse building, court, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Democratic Senators welcomed. Washington, D.C. Jan. 4. Senator Jos...

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Walker Block, Detroit, Mich

Possibly owned by Hiram Walker & Sons. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071189. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Detroit, Mich., Lyceum Theatre, Thompson drop curtain

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042951. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Detroit, Mich., interior of Traub Bros. store

Title from jacket. Sign in background: Optical Department; sign on arch: Watch Dept. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043139. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Furniture store interior, probably Detroit, Mich.

Title devised by cataloger. "Detroit Gas Co., Reindel store" on label. Photo possibly taken to show light fixtures. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 397. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Hotel Pontchartrain, Detroit, Mich.

Title from jacket. "G 7160" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039504. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Temple Beth El, Detroit, Mich.

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033253. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Post Office, Detroit, Mich.

Title from jacket. "G 9151" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500529. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Temple Beth El, Detroit, Mich.

Title from jacket. "G 3911" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034417. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Steamer Byron Whitaker, Detroit, Mich.

Title from jacket. "R 116" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043424. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Washington Street, showing opera house, Marquette, Mich.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan, Temple Theatre auditorium

Title from jacket. "Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 045126. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Hotel Vincent, Saginaw, Mich.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Michigan, Malleable Iron Works]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

St. Clair tunnel, Port Huron, Mich.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, Mich.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Detroit Peninsular Savings Bank]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Coke delivery wagon and workers, Detroit City Gas Co., Mich.

Title devised by cataloger. "Gas Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 459. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Group of workers posed with bucket cart outside Leland & Faulconer Ma...

Photo shows men at the foundry and machine shop that produced automobile engines and merged with Cadillac Motor Co. in 1905. In middle row, owner Robert

Sugar Loaf Rock, Mackinac Island. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites

[Bookbinding, Richmond & Backus Co., Detroit, Mich.]

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stairway, first floor, Union Trust Building, Detroit, Mich.

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Stock basement, Richmond & Backus Co., Detroit, Mich.]

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Interior of Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Mich

"Detroit Photographic Co." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 046104. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Panorama of Milwaukee from Lake Michigan

Postcard shows urban landscape of Milwaukee shoreline from Lake Michigan with prominent landmarks indicated. F24268 U.S. Copyright Office.

Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30384. "G 2131" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018756. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Oriel Cabinet Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Title from jacket. "H 96" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036664. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Organ at Fort Street Presbyterian Church, Detroit, Mich.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Old time cavalier, the Great Lakes, Detroit, Mich.]

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Organ at Fort Street Presbyterian Church, Detroit, Mich.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conservatory on Belle Isle [Park], interior, Detroit, Mich.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Hall, log cabin, Palmer Park, Detroit, Mich

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30556. "G 3923" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019541. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

S.S. Frank C. Ball on trial trip, Great LakesEngineering Works, Ecorse...

Title from jacket. Negative cracked lower left. "370 C" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043309. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, Mich

Similar to negative D4-10977. "C 400" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019974. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S. life saving station, Charlevoix, Mich.

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Northwestern High School, main corridor, Detroit, Mich.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school hall, building, education facility, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Launch of S.S. Calcite (str. 188)

Public domain photograph of ocean liner, ship, transatlantic travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Desi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bath tub, bathing, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Saarinen office staff (before hirsute enhancement; Eero Saarinen, uppe...

Saarinen office staff: Don Pettit, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Roy O. Woodruff, Mich.

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Michigan Senator attentive listener. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30- Senato...

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A.F. of L. charter granted to special delivery messengers. Washington,...

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Strikers guarding window entrance to Fisher body plant number three. F...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Charges Communist originated "sit-down" strike. Washington, D.C., Oct....

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Untitled photo, possibly related to: Water supply for nine company cab...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Army officers attending the school con...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Over the top. An Army reconnaissance c...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Down the production line, one after another, come the sturdy, rugged r...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sleeping quarters in old barn occupied by migrant fruit workers. Berri...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Company store. Atlantic Mine, Michigan

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Machinist milling the contour of a piston pin retainer for the Packard...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Copper City, Michigan

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abandoned copper mining town of Baltic, Michigan

Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Residents of copper range town talking over back fence. Laurium, Michi...

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Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Agriculture. Women on farms. There's a feminine hand at the controls o...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan. Members of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) of t...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Marine engines. Marine engine crankshafts for the Navy are...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Detroit, Michigan. Ford Local 600 of the Congress of Industrial Organi...

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Detroit, Michigan. Assembly of Rolls Royce engines at the Packard moto...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Detroit (vicinity), Michigan. Two girls, working in a field of medicin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan. Style show of clothes worn by better-dressed office...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Berkley Theater, horizontal, Robins, Berkley, Michigan

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Movie theaters; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2). Credit line: John Margolies Road... More

Panorama of Detroit, Mich

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 010930. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Spot welding parts for the nacell...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

The City of Chicago / sketched & drawn on stone by Parsons & Atwater.

Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois from above Lake Michigan; prominent features listed below image.

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Rock Harbor Lighthouse, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, MI

Significance: After the signing of the Treaty of LaPointe in 1843 with the Chippewa Nation, Isle Royale was opened to copper exploration and mining. By 1847 more than one dozen mining companies had established... More

Fair Lane, Powerhouse, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Bathing place, Bois Blanc Island, Ontario]

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Echo chewing tobacco--King buffalo--Fine cut / St. Louis Democrat Labe...

Tobacco label for J. Brown & Co. of Detroit, Michigan showing head of a buffalo. 3731E U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Haskell Breck & Co.

[Old Fort Mackinac from pasture field, Mackinac Island, Mich.]

Marquette Ore Dock No. 6, Ore Dock, On pilings in Marquette City Lower...

Significance: The mammoth concrete and steel Ore Dock which dominates Marquette's Lower Harbor is an excellent example of the final phase in the evolution of the iron ore pocket dock in American industry. The ... More

Mansfield Street Viaduct, Spanning railroad right-of-way R47W, T47N, S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial School

J142726 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Collins & Wightman; July 2, 1910; DLC/PP-1910:44096. Copyright claimant's address: Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant...

Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is the last large reinforced concrete automobile plant left in the Detroit area. The Dodge factory led to the ... More

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant...

Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is the last large reinforced concrete automobile plant left in the Detroit area. The Dodge factory led to the ... More

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant...

Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is the last large reinforced concrete automobile plant left in the Detroit area. The Dodge factory led to the ... More

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant...

Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is the last large reinforced concrete automobile plant left in the Detroit area. The Dodge factory led to the ... More

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant...

Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is the last large reinforced concrete automobile plant left in the Detroit area. The Dodge factory led to the ... More

Manuscript map, probably made by a French voyageur, of Indian lands of...

Reproduction number: A120 (color slide); LC-MSS-39115-7 (B&W negative) This map of Wisconsin river valleys, probably made by a French voyageur, was carried by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), the author, eth... More

Map of Lapeer Co., Michigan /

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by Samuel Geil, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the western district of Pennsylvania." LC Land ownership maps, 341 Available also through the... More

Williams, Hon. W.B. of Mich.

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Lake Gogebic, Mich., black bass fishing

Title from Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "445" and "4744 dup" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04744. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.