The Robert Watson Collection

Port Huron in Pictures

Robert Watson Collection

 

Area Deaths (10/21/1973)

Charles J. DeLacy, Edward A. Doelle, R. J. "Dick" Loree, Joseph A. Krzywiecki, Sr., and Edward F. Reynolds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Atkikoken

"Marine Logbook: On Ship Emblem, Old 'Pig' Boats" - July 9, 1967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad Axe

"Old Axe Head Owned by Mrs. Golding May Be Original 'Bad Axe'" - July 4, 1965

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boy Scouts

National Scout Jamboree (1950s) "...on the lawn of Port Huron's old city hall..." - August 25, 1994

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sarah Dodge

"Grandson Recalls Huron's First-born White Woman" - October 21, 1973

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Baptist Church

"Oil Mural in First Baptist Depicts Town 100 Years Ago" - October 14, 1967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grand Trunk Railway System

Schedules: Route of the "Maple Leaf," "International Limited," and "Inter-City Limited" - April 30, 1961

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Griswold Street Baptist

Program, June 17, 1956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haynes Home

"Charm of Romantic 19th Century Lingers on in Former Haynes Home" -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huron Shores District

"In the Thumb of Michigan"

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Indian Stone Walls

"Tales, Legends Abound by Indian Stone Walls" - October 23, 1973

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Lee Day

July 26, 1947

Index

Front

Back

"Friday, July 26th is 'Joseph Lee Day.' He was known as 'The Builder of National Recreation,' 'The Philosopher of the Play Movement,' and 'The Father of America's Playgrounds'...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lincoln School

Index

Article

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert J. McIntosh

Letter from the U. S. Representative, April 21, 1958

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Military Street Bridge

Photo, late 1940s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorothy Mitts

"Historian Cites Area's Antiquity" - July 16, 1963

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oliver Hazzard Perry

"Lone Hunter: Diary Tells about Thumb Wilds of 1800s" - October 21, 1973

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Passion Play

January 14, 1963

Program

Actors' Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playgrounds

Index

Article

 

 

 

 Index 2

Article 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron

"And the Blue Water Region"

Brochure: Part 1, Part 2

Map

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron

"City of Port Huron...100 Years Ago and Today" - June 23, 1967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron

"A City Where People Play...is a City Where People Stay!"

 

Cover

Questions / Weather

Church / Aged / Education

Sportsmen / Teenagers

 

Contents / Recreation

City Map / Theaters

Education / Music / Social

Something for the Teenagers

 

Recreation Agencies

Stats / Artists / Children

Social / Organizations

 

 

Festival / Leisure

Something for Children

Spectators / Sportsmen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron

"Come to Port Huron, Gateway to Canada and the Great Lakes"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron

"Eastern Michigan's Summer Playground"

Brochure

Map

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron

"Eastern Michigan's Vacation Land - Business and Industrial Center"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron

"A Friendly Place Beside Blue Water Where Lake and River Meet - What Port Huron Makes Makes Port Huron"

Index

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10

16

Cover

5

11

Back Inset

Inset

6

12

Back Cover

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2

8

14

 

3

9

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron

"History of Port Huron"

Index

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 - "Education for the Past 100 Years...Port Huron Business...Industries"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron

"History of Port Huron"

Index

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 - "The first settlers of this beautiful city of ours were the Chippewa Indians..."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron

"Interesting Bits of Port Huron History"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron

"By the Old AAA Traveler"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron

"The Story of Port Huron"

Index

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Port Huron

"Your County & City Governments" - 1954

Index

Cover

 

Table of Contents

Pages 8-9

Pages 16-17

Pages 24-25

 

Pages 2-3

Pages 10-11

Pages 18-19

Pages 26-27

 

Pages 4-5

Pages 12-13

Pages 20-21

Pages 28-29

 

Pages 6-7

Pages 14-15

Pages 22-23

Page 30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron - Annual Reports & Tax Dollars

 

 

 

1961 - 1962

   "Data On Your 1961-62 Tax Dollar"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1969 - 1970

Cover

Parks / Public Housing

Industrial Growth / History

 

 

"Ole Swimmin' Hole"

Urban Renewal / Erie Square

Financial Statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

1970 - 1971

Cover

Apartment Developments

Urban Beautification

Refuse Collection

 

Mayor / Manager

2nd Pool (1972)

Tennis / Softball

Financial Statement

 

Sr. Transportation

Redevelopment Cont.

Police Communications

Your City Council

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron Board of Education

"Off To School," (1945)

Cover

Round-Up / Qualifications

Visiting Teacher / Reference

 

 

Inset

Suggestions / Nutrition

Reference Materials

 

 

Health Committee / Contents

Habits / Rest / Illness

Communicable Diseases

 

 

1st Experience / Foreward

Disease / Immunization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron Central Business Area / Expansion Plans / Urban Renewal

 

 

circa 1955 -

"Tentative Sketch of Proposed [McMorran] Civic Auditorium"

1960 -

Proposed Plan

March 9, 1961 -

"Two Major Projects in Downtown Plan for 1970-75"

March 27, 1961 -

"Plan for Downtown Area Looks Ahead 40 Years"

 

 

March 18, 1967 -

"Planning Concepts"

June 20, 1968 -

"How Urban Renewal Parking Area May Look"

 

March 28, 1971 -

"Our Rubble Record Rises"

 

May 6, 1971 -

"Proposed 235 Additions, Docking Space Shortages May Be Eased Here"

 

April 25, 1972 -

"Boundaries Set for New Development Program"

 

 

August 13, 1972 -

"Multi-Family Dwellings Lacking in Port Huron"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron Council of Churches

"Good Friday" - March 30, 1956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron High School

Graduating Night Credit Class, June 1957

 

 

Bottom Row, left to right: Josephine Doublestein, ~ Hinkley, ~ Losie, Charlotte ~, Barbara Phail, ~
Second Row, left to right: ~, David Trask, Joe ~, Toney Houle, ~
Top Row, left to right: ~, Don Witzke, ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron Junior College

"Careers in Law"

 

 

"Careers in Teaching"

 

 

"Glimpse Inside the College Serving the Blue Water Area"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron Maps

1950, revised February 1959

 

 

 

With Sarnia

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Back

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Huron Public Schools

"News" - January 1947

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Port Huron Water Filtration Plant

Dedication Ceremony, May 6, 1967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Cross Graduate Nurses' Aides

 8" x 10"

Newspaper Clipping [caption below]

 

"Graduation ceremonies for 13 Red Cross volunteer nurses aides were held June 4 in the old Port Huron hospital. Pictured above, seated, left to right, Mrs. Melissa Mowry, Mrs. Clifford E. Jones, Mrs. Reginald L. Backhurst, Mrs. Gerald Brown, Miss Patricia Parker and Mrs. Lawrence H. Parker. Standing, left to right, Mrs. Eugene L. Watson, Mrs. William A. Beckett, Mrs. O. E. Shelton, Mrs. James Revoir, Mrs. Letnard Little and Miss Marjorie Dudd. Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman, also a member of the class, is not in the picture."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Clair Co. Community College

"Sketch of JC Science-Tech Center" - December 21, 1966

 

"Street Closed as Part of Long-Range Development of Community College Area" - April 8, 1972

 

 

 

 

 

South Park Baptist Church

Easter - April 6, 1947

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenth Street Bridge

"Wide Opening, Wider Span" - July 16, 1958

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Nelson "Toby" Tobias, Sr.

Obituary - February 28, 1994

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

unidentified church

March 24, 1957

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woman's Benefit Association

"A Modern Story of Achievement"

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