1907 Packard 30 Model U runabout with two passengers in winter by tree

8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U in winter, parked by a tree, a female and a male driver. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 108-inch wheelbase, 2-person runabout with rumble seat, monogram on side of seat JHL, 14 louvers on hood side panel.

1920-1923 Packard touring car coming through redwood tree

7.5x9.5 black and white photograph of a 1920-1923 Packard with male driver and four male passengers, coming through redwood tree, top lowered, sign on tree reads Wawona. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 3-35, third series twin-six (produced 8/1919-6/1923, oft called fourth series), 12-cylinder, 90-horsepower, 136-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #194), California license plate #00208, photographed in a west coast redwood forest.

1920-1923 Packard phaeton, on residential street next to group of people under a tree

8x10 black and white photograph of a 1920-1923 Packard, top lowered, with female driver, two female passengers and one male passenger, on residential street next to group of people under a tree. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 3-35, third series twin-six (produced 8/1919-6/1923, oft called fourth series), 12-cylinder, 90-horsepower, 136-inch wheelbase, 5-person phaeton (body type #195), 1920 Michigan license plate #62M.

1921-1922 Packard two-toned runabout parked on tree-lined drive

8x10 black and white photograph of a 1921-1922 two-toned Packard seven-eights front left side view, parked on tree-lined drive, female driver and passenger, another female at open driver's side door. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 116 first series single six, 6-cylinder, 52-horsepower at 2400-rpm, 116-inch wheelbase, 2-person prototype runabout (body type #191). Note the twin-six type headlamps and hood louvers. On pg. 167 A.Q. Packard book appears a retouched version of this same photograph, …

1905 Packard Model N touring car by water

8x10 black and white photograph of 1905 Packard Model N touring car, left front three-quarter view, on grass under a tree by water's edge.

1920-1923 Packard runabout in country setting

7.5x9.5 black and white photograph of a 1920-1923 Packard three-quarter right front view, parked on country road, two females, two small children under tree in background, top raised. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 3-35, third series twin-six (produced 8/1919-6/1923, oft called fourth series), 12-cylinder, 90-horsepower, 136-inch wheelbase, 2/4-person runabout (body type #196).

1909 Packard 18 Model NA touring car, in front of house, near Charlevoix St.

8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1909 Packard 18 Model NA parked on street, large house in background, street sign on tree reads "Charlevoix." Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 18-horsepower, 112-inch wheelbase, touring car, fitted with folding cape top & 2-piece folding glass front, three-quarter front view, right side, top & windshield closed.

1910 Packard jitney bus used at Crystal Park, right side view, parked on street, two men in front seat

6.5x8.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1910 Packard nine-tenths right side view, stationary roof, side curtains rolled up, sign on top of bus reads "Crystal Park," street sign on tree reads "Agnes Av.," houses in background, man in right background. Inscribed on photo back: 1910 Packard motor bus, g. Proctor Keefe Body Co.

Letter from Bill Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, January 26, 1860

Letter from Bill Van Riper to his Cousin Henry Van Riper discussing day to day events, weather and school.

Two 1936 Packards, pictured with their owners Mr. & Mrs. Onslow Stevens

8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of two 1936 Packards three-quarter front view, pictured with their owners, Mr. & Mrs. Onslow Stevens, standing at front of cars, under palm tree. Inscribed on photo back: right: 1936 Packard one twenty, model 120-B, fourteenth series, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 120-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring sedan (body type # 992), or 5-person sedan (body type # 993), left: 1936 Packard eight, model 1401, fourteenth series, 8-cylinder, 130-horsepower, 134-…

Letter from Alexander Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, January 5, 1865

Letter from Alexander VanRiper in which he describes Army camp life near Savannah.

Letter from Joshua Besnter to Henry [Van Riper], March 7, 1865

Letter from Joshua Benster discussing his work in North Carolina, among other topics.

American salvage: stories

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Uppermost Canada: the Western District and the Detroit frontier, 1800-1850

The publication of this volume in a freely accessible digital format has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation through their Humanities Open Book Program.

The iron hunter

Originally published in 1919, The Iron Hunter is the autobiography of one of Michigan's most influential and flamboyant historical figures: the reporter, publisher, explorer, politician, and twenty-seventh governor of Michigan, Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949). Making unprecedented use of the automobile in his 1910 campaign, Osborn ran a memorable campaign that was followed by an even more remarkable term as governor. In two years he eliminated Michigan's deficit, ended corruption, and produced t…

An American map: essays

"This title features meditative travel essays by Michigan author Anne-Marie Oomen that explore new landscapes across America. In "An American Map", Anne-Marie Oomen, award-winning writer and self-confessed northern Michigan homebody, chronicles her recent travels across America, in essays that span rediscovered landscapes, wild back roads, vital cities, and everything in between. Oomen takes both a wide and narrow lens to her destinations, giving readers a vivid sense of each locale while findin…

Maurice Sugar: law, labor, and the left in Detroit, 1912-1950

It was Maurice Sugar, labor activist and lawyer for the United Auto Workers, who played a key role in guiding the newly-formed union through the treacherous legal terrain obstructing its development in the 1930s. He orchestrated the injunction hearings on the Dodge Main strike and defended the legality of the sit-down tactic. As the UAW's General Council, he wrote the union's constitution in 1939, a model of democratic thinking. Sugar worked with George Addes, UAW Secretary-Treasurer, to nurture…

United States Jewry, 1776-1985. volume III. the Germanic period, part 2

In United States Jewry, 1776–1985, the dean of American Jewish historians, Jacob Rader Marcus, unfolds the history of Jewish immigration, segregation, and integration; of Jewry’s cultural exclusiveness and assimilation; of its internal division and indivisible unity; and of its role in the making of America. Characterized by Marcus’s impeccable scholarship, meticulous documentation, and readable style, this landmark four-volume set completes the history Marcus began in The Colonial American Jew,…

United States Jewry, 1776-1985. volume IV. the East European period, the emergence of the American Jew, epilogue

In United States Jewry, 1776–1985, the dean of American Jewish historians, Jacob Rader Marcus, unfolds the history of Jewish immigration, segregation, and integration; of Jewry’s cultural exclusiveness and assimilation; of its internal division and indivisible unity; and of its role in the making of America. Characterized by Marcus’s impeccable scholarship, meticulous documentation, and readable style, this landmark four-volume set completes the history Marcus began in The Colonial American Jew,…

All-American anarchist: Joseph A. Labadie and the labor movement

All-American Anarchist chronicles the life and work of Joseph A. Labadie (1850-1933), Detroit's prominent labor organizer and one of early labor's most influential activists. A dynamic participant in the major social reform movements of the Gilded Age, Labadie was a central figure in the pervasive struggle for a new social order as the American Midwest underwent rapid industrialization at the end of the nineteenth century.

This engaging biography follows Labadie's colorful career from …