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99 Cent Store

Aiken Surgery

Akers Grocery

Algonquin Hotel (photo 1)(postcard)

Anderson & Company - agricultural implements, wagons, carriages, etc.
 - Triumph Force Feed Broadcast Seeder & Cultivator

Athenian Candy Works

Axman, P. - "Fashionable Hatter and Gents' Furnisher"
- (July 1886 receipt)

Baer Block (Huron Avenue) - 1922 Fire (photos: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Bailey, F. A. - confectioner

Ballentine, S. B. & Company
 - Corticelli Spool Silk

Ballentine, S. L. - dry goods
 - 1890 Almanac cover
 - Corticelli Spool Silk
 - Fearey's Albany Shoes
 - Washington Monument

Balmer Brothers
 - Holmes English Biscuits

Barrett & Goulding
 - (photo 1)
 - "Hood's French Cologne"

Bean & Brown - groceries and provisions
 - (photo 1)
- Rockford Oatmeal Company's "Nudavene Flakes"

Bean & Miller
 - "The Evaporated Fruit Vinegar"

Blondie's Hair Salon - 1425 Pine Grove Avenue (2005)

Blue Water Hearth & Home - 1439 Pine Grove Avenue (2005): (photo 1)(photo 2)

Bondy & Johnson (1888)
 - Down's Corsets
 - Imperial Shirts

Boyce Hardware (photo 1)(photo 2)(photo 3)(photo 4)(photo 5)(photo 6)

Boyce, S. L. & Son
 - Excelsior Wringer
 - Granite Ironware

Brown's Bakery (1875)

Burwell, R. G. - stationery, wallpaper, drugs, medicines, chemicals, toilet and fancy articles, etc.
 - "Austen's Forest Flower Cologne"
 - "Fleming's Mikado Cologne"
 - "Scott's Emulsion" - 1889 Calendar
- "Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil"

Bush Building [Harvey S. Bush]

Campbell Mill [later became Edison Theater]

Canham, William

Carleton, Stewart & Company
 - Freedom Range

Casler, C. C. - tinsmith (1885)

Central Hotel

Chickory Factory

Citizens Federal Savings
 - "Quarter Kitty"

City Hall     [Today, this property is used by the McMorran Auditorium.]
 - On the day of Edison's Golden Jubilee parade, 1929
 - Fire of 1949
 - - 2nd Floor (Ceiling)(East Stairway)
 - - Attic (looking through: N / N from Engineer's Office)
 - - Bar Library (looking through: N, N into Circuit Court / NW into Circuit Court / S / S to Engineer's Office)
 - - Circuit Court (looking through: NE)(Roof Over)
 - - Engineering Department (looking through: E through Drafting Room / S: Balcony of / SE: Roof Over)(Within Drafting Room)
 - - Front of Building
 - - Interior
 - - Jury Room (looking: W into )(Roof Over)

City Opera House
 - Seating Plan

Comstock, A. M.
 - Gale Manufacturing Company Plows, of Albion, MI

Cooly-Gould Manufacturing Company
 - Organs

Davidson (James A.) & Company - carpets, oil cloths, mattings, and wallpaper
 - (10-JAN-1882 receipt)
 - (photo 1)(photo 2)(photo 3)

Detroit Edison
 - World Premiere of "Young Tom Edison" - Scrapbook of Employees (1940)

Dunsmore, W. G., (of Fort Gratiot)
 - Empire Wringer Company, of Auburn, NY
 - The Michigan Stove Company, manufacturers of Garland Stoves and Ranges, the "Mountain" and "Grand" Garlands

Eichhorn, F. Charles
 - Choice Havana Cigars

Endlich's Bakery
 - circa 1890
 - circa 1898

Factories along St. Clair River - Aerial Views: 1 and 2

Farrand, J. B. - boots, shoes, slippers, and rain boots
 - Edwin C. Burt Fine Shoes
 - Reynolds Shoes (cards: 1 and 2)

First National Exchange Bank
 - "Fifty Years in Banking" (1871-1921)

Fisk, E., (of Fort Gratiot) - drugs, perfumery and toilet articles
 - "Ivory Polish for the Teeth"

Foster's Shoes - A. Foster & Son
 - A. S. T. Black Leather Tip
 - Card

French, R. E., (of Fort Gratiot) - boots and shoes
 - (photo)
 - Advertisement card

Furness, G. A., (of Fort Gratiot) - scissors
 - F. B. Terry & Company, (of Toledo)

Globe Hotel

Gratiot Inn
 - Pamphlet: front (includes map) / inside / back

Grieb & Cobb
 - Lansing Wagons

Griswold Theatre
 - October 22-28, 1933 - "Hold Me Tight," "Strange People," "Made in Broadway," "Penguin Pool Murder," and "High Gear"
 - November 5-7, 1933 - "Arizona to Broadway," "The King Murder," "The Outsider," and "The Golden West"

Harrington Hotel
 - Dining Room
 - Exterior
 - with Havers cars in front
 - Lobby
 - Menu (front / inside)
 - Pamphlet

Haslett (J. H.) & Company

Havey's Market [later H. A. Smith's]

Holland Furnace Company

Hope, James A.
 - Miners Soap

Henry Howard's Lumber Mill
 - Black River, between 7th & 10th Streets, full of Logs
 - Forest View
 - Lumber Camp (photos: 1, 2, 3, 4)
 - Lumber in Rows
 - Lumber on Skids (1, 2); on a Train; and on Wagons
 - Lumberjacks (photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
 - Lumberyard in Marysville (1890)

Huron Avenue - 227 Huron Avenue - 1897 Fire

Huron House Hotel (circa 1860s)

Jacob Jacobi & Son
 - Smith's Suspender
 - Star Clothing House

Kern's Brewery with Harris Labor Company

Knill's Drug Store
 - "Knill's Pills" (circa 1907)

Kresge's
 - Dining Area
 - Displays
 --- Christmas Fruit
 --- Hardware
 --- Jackknives
 --- Ladies' Undergarments (photo 1)(photo 2)
 --- Nuts
 - Exterior (1937 - front / side)
 - Interior (undated)(1937)(1952)
 - Sidewalk Sale
 - Top-Selling Store Employees (photo 1)(photo 2)
 - unidentified four people

Lakeport
 - Berdan Food Market
 - Burger Villa
 - Motel (photo 1)(photo 2)
 - Salty's Dine-A-Box
 - Sinclair Gas Station
 - State Park Lunch Restaurant

Lauth Bar & Hotel

Lawler Livery

Lohr Chiropractic - 1440 Stone Street (2005)

Lomasney Costumer

Louis Cleaners, of Detroit

Maccabees, Ladies of

Mahar Shoes

Majestic Theatre
 - (April 6-7, 1920) "The Magistrate," pages: cover, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 - [program includes many area businesses as sponsors]

Mansfield, H. C., (of Fort Gratiot) - general merchandise
 - "Alden Fruit Vinegar"

McElroy Shoe Company
 - Store Front (photo 1)(photo 2)(photo 3)(photo 4)(photo 5)(photo 6)(photo 7)
 - Street View
 - Window Display (photo 1)(photo 2)(photo 3)(photo 4)

McIlwain, J. B. - attorney-at-law and stenographer
 - (13-APR-1881 receipt)

McIntosh, J. D.
 - Fairbank's White Star Soap

McLauchlin, J. C.
- dealings with V. E. Lacy (December 1887): (envelope: front / back)(request for new bank notes)(bank notes: 1, 2, 3)
 - receipt from Henry Marx, City Treasurer, signed by Goulden (December 1887)

McMorran Elevator - Fire of November 4, 1909

Meisel, C. G. & Brothers
 - 1879 Fall Opening (card 1 and 2)
 - 1881 Fall Opening
 - Ball's Corset
 - Corticelli Spool Silk
 - Duplex Corset
 - F. C. Corsets

Messenger House

Michigan Elevator Exchange (Separators)

Michigan National Bank (photo 1)(photo 2)

Mooney's Messenger Service

Moore Block

Moore, David, (of Fort Gratiot) - fine teas and coffees
 - Chase & Sanborn, (of Boston) - Coffee

Morton Salt Company (1903)

National Bank (1903)(photo 1)

Newell's - fruits, oysters, and candies
 - Advertisement Cards: 1 and 2

O'Neill Brothers & Company / Yokohama Tea Store - groceries, flour, feed, seeds, crockery and glassware
 - "Acme Soap", Cards: 1 and 2
 - "Niagara Starch"

Oakland Hotel, of St. Clair

Opera Block (now the Times Herald property) - 1914 Fire

Opera House (photo 1)(photo 2)

Patterson, R. S. - pianos, sewing machines, spectacles, and watch cases
 - Art Reception of work done on a Sewing Machine, June 1-5, 1886
 - "Chase Piano"
 - Domestic Sewing Machine (card 1 and 2)
 - Fort Gratiot Union School (program sponsor)
 - Harper's (1886)
 - "King Spectacles"
- Northwestern Watch Case Company, (of Rockford, IL), "Climax Reversible Watch Case"

Phoenix Iron Works (Boiler Shop)

Port Huron Cooperage Works / W. F. Flanagan

Port Huron Hospital - 1221 Pine Grove Avenue - (old)(modern)(2005)

Port Huron Library [now Port Huron Museum]
 - (1940)
 - (photo: 1, 2, 3, 4)
 - Postcard: 1, 2

Port Huron Museum [formerly Museum of Arts and History]
- [Also referred to as the Carnegie Center, the museum was established in 1968 in the former Port Huron Library building.]
 - (1968)
 - (June 1970)
 - (September 1970)
 - Christmas 1971
 - Edison Lightbulb Display
 - Exterior
 - Homestead Room
 - Interior
 - Lake Huron Lore
 - Maritime Display
 - Natural History Display
 - Whiting-Moore Fireplace & Wood Paneling (photo: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Post Office (in Federal Building)

Pressed Metals of America, of Marysville

Railway Express (Customs Alley)

Rawlings, H. H. - real estate

Regent Theatre
 - (28-OCT-1916) "Little Mary Sunshine" with Baby Marie Osborne

Roberto's Bakery - 1427 Pine Grove Avenue (2005)

Rodgers, Ed. J.
 - Hood's Sarsaparilla Calendar (1896) (1, 2, and 3)

St. Clair Hotel
 - (1898)
 - Fire of February 2, 1902 (photo 1)(photo 2)
 - (1904)

Saunders, F. & Company - wholesale grocers and jobbers of teas
 - "Acme Soap"

Schoolcraft & Kinney, also Bondy & Johnston - [names listed: Bondy, Krenke, Cavanaugh, Johnson, Austin, Steinborn, Ely, Innis, Wolfstyn]

Smith, W. D., (of Fort Gratiot) - groceries, provisions, flour, pork, etc.
 - "The Evaporated Fruit Vinegar," Cards: 1 and 2
 - "Fairbanks' Lakeside Soap"
 - "Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant"

Smith's Grocery (Fire, c. 1950s; photos: 1, 2)

Sperry's (1928)(Christmas Day, c. 1940s)
 - Baby Book (circa 1924), pages: cover, inset, preface, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11

Springer & Company - clothing, hats & caps, trunks, and gents' furnishing goods
 - Advertisement Card

Springer & Rose

Starville Postmaster
 - "Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge"

Street Cleaning Wagon

Taylor, Charles F. - hardware
 - "Granite Ironware"

Taylor, E. B. / River Street Planing Mill - window and door frames, etc.
 - (01-DEC-1881 receipt)

Taylor, F. M.
 - Silver Sterling Stove

Telephone Exchange - List of Early Subscribers

Thompson Brothers

Tibbenham Baggage Transfer

The Times
 - "Happy New Year," 1880

Troy Cleaners / Troy Laundry (store front)(delivery truck)(Customs Alley)

Unger, Oswald - gun dealer
 - Guns

unidentified business - Fire

unidentified local merchant dealer / advertisement cards
 - "Alle Same Mellican Man"
 - (Baltimore Oriole)
 - "Dixon's Carburet of Iron" stove polish
 - "Full Dress, Half Dress, Our Address"
 - Fleischmann & Company's compressed yeast
 - Giese, J. F., (of Cincinnati, OH) - boots and shoes
 - Horsford Acid Phosphate, and Cookbook, pages: cover, inset/title, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31, 32/back inset
 - Kingsford Starch, (of Oswego, NY) - Booklet, pages: cover, inset/1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15
 - Perkins' "Jersey Butter Crackers"
 - Scott's "Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil" - [includes December 1889 calendar]
 - Mrs. Winslows' "Soothing Syrup" - [includes 1888 calendar]
 - "The Youth's Companion," pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 - [includes 1879 calendar]

Wadham's Dairy (wagon)

Wagenseil, W. F. - groceries
 - Alden Fruit Vineagar (card 1 and 2)

Walter's Furrier (photo 1)(photo 2)

Wastell Drugs (photo 1)(1872)
 - Kidds Cough Syrup

Water Works (first)

Weed, R. M. - druggist, of Deckerville
 - Burdock Blood Bitters

Wellman, Charles - wholesale & retail dealer in groceries, provisions, fresh & salt meats & headquarters for butter, eggs, and cheese
 - (08-JUL-1884 receipt)
 - "Oak Leaf Soap"

Weyers, F. A. - fine cigars, tobaccos, and groceries
 - "Capadura Cigar"
 - "Gowans & Stover's Soap"

White Block
 - (1891)
 - Fire of April 13, 1943 (front / rear view)

White Building (drawing)

Wilson Cafe & Bar

Windermere Hotel (photo 1)(photo 2)(photo 3)

Wittliff Insurance Agency - 1421 Pine Grove Avenue (2005) - also with Sharon Parrish's Law Office (2005)

Women's Benefit Association (laying cornerstone)(building)

Wright, Hoyt & Company - insurance