SHIAWASSEE COUNTY MICHIGAN
OLD PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM

Main and Ball Streets looking East in about 1913

Looking North on Washington St. from Comstock...about 1910

Looking North on Washington St. from Main.....about 1915 Owosso Fair sign.

1890's Baseball Team....Includes what look to be Rockland and Aurora uniforms... along with drummer boys. Some are holding a sign that says "OLD 487".

Owosso City Hall...1930's

Main and Washington Streets....looking west about 1910

100 Block of West Main Street in about 1910

Main and Park Streets looking West...1940s.... Capitol Theatre

Looking north on Water St......Stereo View circa 1875

Fayette Square looking north circa 1916

St.Paul School 1910

George T. Semrau and his horse drawn Bread Wagon in March of 1914

Paving Michigan Ave. in 1906. Today, this is the only remaining brick paved street in the city. The lowest bid for paving Michigan Ave. went to Andrew Geeck at a cost of $8,700. The Detroit Vitrified Brick Company of Corunna furnished the materials.

Dynamiting City Street

Looking southwest at 106 N. Washington St. Card was mailed from Owosso in June of 1910. The business on the left is Davis Dry Goods Co. and the one on the right with the crowd in front is F. W. Pearce Hardware, Furniture and Undertaking on the corner of Washington and Main St.

"McCormick Day" celebration at Owosso circa 1900. People, horses, and farm machines gathered on Main St. This view is looking east. Several grain binders and a brass band are visible. "McCormick Days" were organized by McCormick dealers to celebrate the delivery of new machines to customers. Dealers used the events to promote the company and generate further sales.

St.Paul School 1910

Washington St. looking south from the corner of Washington and Exchange St. in 1953

The Street Car ...Looking east on Main St. in 1910

100 Block of East Main St. looking Northwest from Washington St. Notice streetcar overhead power lines.

Looking North on Washington St. from Comstock...about 1910

Looking North on Washington St. from Main.....about 1915
Owosso Fair sign.

1890's Baseball Team....Includes what look to be
Rockland and Aurora uniforms... along with drummer boys.
Some are holding a sign that says "OLD 487".

Owosso City Hall

Looking north on Water St......Stereo View circa 1875

Fayette Square looking north circa 1916

Owosso Business Men of 1871

Owosso Sept. 20, 1955 Panoramic view Looking West from Saginaw and Main Streets

The Street Car... Looking east on Main St. in 1910

Main and Ball Streets looking East in about 1913


Bird's Eye View ....Looking southeast from Main and Washington Streets Owosso circa 1900. The building on the left is the City Hall and Fire Dept. (Now the Lebowsky Center) The hose drying tower is at the back of the building. Notice the FLAG at half-staff. The white building in the center is now the location of the Chemical (Key State) Bank.

100 Block of East Main St. looking Northwest from Washington St.
Notice streetcar overhead power lines.

Looking North on Washington St. from Comstock...about 1910

Looking North on Washington St. from Main.....about 1915 Owosso Fair sign.

1890's Baseball Team....Includes what look to be
Rockland and Aurora uniforms... along with drummer boys.
Some are holding a sign that says "OLD 487".

Owosso City Hall...1930's

Main and Washington Streets....looking west about 1910

100 Block of West Main Street in about 1910

Looking north on Water St......Stereo View circa 1875

Fayette Square looking north circa 1916

Washington St. looking south from the corner of Washington and Exchange St. in 1953

100 Block of East Main St. looking Northwest from Washington St.Notice streetcar overhead power lines.

Looking North on Washington St. from Comstock...about 1910

Looking North on Washington St. from Main.....about 1915
Owosso Fair sign.

1890's Baseball Team....Includes what look to be Rockland and Aurora uniforms... along with drummer boys. Some are holding a sign that says "OLD 487".

Owosso City Hall

Looking north on Water St......Stereo View circa 1875

Fayette Square looking north circa 1916

Owosso Business Men of 1871

Owosso Sept. 20, 1955 Panoramic view Looking West from Saginaw and Main Streets

1911 Tornado in Owosso

1857 Map of Owosso

1905 Champion Baseball Team

1906 Ringling Bros. Circus Poster from Owosso

1910 Fountain in McCurdy Park - Corunna

Methodist Church - Byron - 1912

Main St. in Perry -- 1912

1st National Bank (Surbeck Building) Corunna

Owosso Police Dept. officers - 1900

Memorial Hospital - Owosso - 1930's

Carnegie Library - Owosso - 1950's

Estey Manufacturing - Owosso - Before the Fire

Estey Manufacturing - Owosso - After the Fire

Methodist Episcopal Church - Bancroft - 1913

Octagon Barn

Barn Raising

Bear Pen at McCurdy Park - Corunna - 1930's

Bell Isle Milk Delevery Wagon

Biggam Trailer Corp. - Corunna -

Owosso Brick & Tile Works #1

Owosso Brick & Tile Works #2

Bridge Moving - Owosso -

Burton Corners - 1924

Burton Gas Station

Burton Methodist Church

George Bush sitting in Owosso made Woodard Furniture

Byron Depot

Byron Michigan

Comstock Cabin

Jimmy Cagney in Owosso Parade - 1940's War Bond Drive

Car Jacking Ring was rounded up in the 1920's

Carland Michigan Milk collection

Carrie Nations doing her thing in Owosso

Carrie Nations in Owosso

Woodard Casket Co. parade at plant in Owosso

Curwood Castle under construction

Gute Hill Brewery Building

Gute Caverns

Old St. Paul Church - Owosso

Circus Parade going south in the 100 block of N. Washington St. - Circa 1900 - Owosso

Central Michigan Railraod Depot - Circa 1900 - Westown Owosso

Comstock Cabin - Owosso

Corunna Grand Trunk Depot - Circa 1900

Corunna Hardware Store - 1909

Looking south on Shiawassee St. Downtown Corunna - 1914

Postcards of Corunna

More Pics of old Corunna

Corunna Baptist Church - 1909

Looking North from State St. - 1913 - Corunna

Corunna Fire Dept. 1950's

Corunna Free Mthodist Church - 1913

Corunna Iron Bridge - Circa 1900

Inside the old Coruuna Post Office

Corunna School Fire - 1908

New Corunna School - 1912 (now called Shiawassee St. School)

Old Corunna Water Plant....the Corunna V.F.W.

Old Corunna Weather Proof Body Corp. plant

Old wooden Corunna Court House

Shiawassee County Courthouse and Jail - circa 1910

James Oliver Curwood standing in front of his newly constructed Castle

Daughters of the American Revolution marker dedication at Shiawassee Town - 1930's

Dean Woodard Furniture company employees - Oct. 1951 - company located at 400 Corunna Ave.

GAR Union soldiers reunion at Detroit in 1900

Durand Depot 1918

Durand Catholic Church 1921

Methodist and Congregational Churches in Durand

Durand Depot in the good old days

Durand High School - 1912

Elks Temple - Owosso

Estey Factory

Estey Factory Employees

Tornado destroys the Estey Manufacturing Company - Nov. 11, 1911

The Estey building was called the White Elephant. Here it is after the 1911 tornado

Exchange Hotel - southwest corner of Ball and Exchange Streets - Owosso

The Great Fillian on the ball at the intersection of Main and Washington Streets. Please don't try this at home!

Fillian in about 1905 on the 100 block of North Washington St. - Owosso

Fillian on the Ball. Try standing on a ball and rolling it up an incline with no net.

Owosso Fireman - Circa 1900

Gov. Parsons home in Corunna

E. Petit was the Tea Agent for Grand Union Tea Company


MORE SHIAWASSEE COUNTY MICHIGAN HISTORY

Agriculture

Architectural Study

Associations.....Lodges
Secret and Benevolent Societies

Aviation

Banking

Barns....Threshing Machines....Steam Shovel and More

Beverage Bottlers
Dairies.....Soda Pop....Breweries

Business & Industry

Cemetery Records

Circus and Fair

Cities and Villages

The College on Gute Hill

Country Gas Stations

Court House History

Geography and Geology

Historic Sites

"Rubis"
Early Belgian horse breeding in Michigan and
the Owosso Sugar Company

Hotels

'Image Makers' over the last 150 years

Industry

Insurance Companies

Iron Bridges

Lakes, Rivers, Streams and Dams

Manufacturing

Maps

Mastodons

The Memorial Hospital

Mining Operations

Moving Houses and Bridges in 1900

Owosso

Railroads

Schools

Script Money

Shiawassee County----Michigan Historical Marker Sites

Shiawassee County Sites Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Snow Storm Record

Townships

Villages

WPA Projects

Cemetery Records


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