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- Club House, Waukesha Golf Club on Moor Bath Links, Waukesha, Wis. -
- 1930-1956
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Club House, Waukesha Golf Club on Moor Bath Links, Waukesha, Wis.
- 1966 Ford Cars & Trucks for Recreation, October 1965 - Ford tapped into the booming post-World War II recreational travel market with this sales brochure for 1966. Family station wagons, powerful cars for towing trailers, and Econoline vans and F-series trucks equipped for camping were all featured. The brochure also spotlighted the new Ford Bronco, a four-wheel-drive model that competed with the Jeep CJ-5 and the International Harvester Scout.
- October 01, 1965
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1966 Ford Cars & Trucks for Recreation, October 1965
Ford tapped into the booming post-World War II recreational travel market with this sales brochure for 1966. Family station wagons, powerful cars for towing trailers, and Econoline vans and F-series trucks equipped for camping were all featured. The brochure also spotlighted the new Ford Bronco, a four-wheel-drive model that competed with the Jeep CJ-5 and the International Harvester Scout.
- Willa Wright Nicodemus during a Canadian Fishing and Canoe Trip, August 24, 1934 - Willa Wright was a bit unusual--most young women of her era married and raised a family. Willa worked as a stenographer in her native Missouri and then as a clerk at a Chicago brokerage office. In 1932, 47-year-old Willa married Edwin Nicodemus. The couple enjoyed travel and outdoor pursuits, including this fishing and canoe trip in Canada in August 1934.
- August 24, 1934
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Willa Wright Nicodemus during a Canadian Fishing and Canoe Trip, August 24, 1934
Willa Wright was a bit unusual--most young women of her era married and raised a family. Willa worked as a stenographer in her native Missouri and then as a clerk at a Chicago brokerage office. In 1932, 47-year-old Willa married Edwin Nicodemus. The couple enjoyed travel and outdoor pursuits, including this fishing and canoe trip in Canada in August 1934.
- Razorback Dune at Silver Lake Sand Dunes, circa 1970 - Michigan's Silver Lake Sand Dunes, located between Muskegon and Ludington, are part of a series of dunes along Lake Michigan's eastern shore. They were formed by wind blowing over sand left by glaciers some 10,000 years ago. Visitors to Silver Lake Sand Dunes could ride in specially modified vehicles with wide tires suited to the sandy terrain.
- circa 1970
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Razorback Dune at Silver Lake Sand Dunes, circa 1970
Michigan's Silver Lake Sand Dunes, located between Muskegon and Ludington, are part of a series of dunes along Lake Michigan's eastern shore. They were formed by wind blowing over sand left by glaciers some 10,000 years ago. Visitors to Silver Lake Sand Dunes could ride in specially modified vehicles with wide tires suited to the sandy terrain.
- "The Dining Rooms - The J.L. Hudson Company" Menu Showing "Skiing at Caberfae," 1949 - In 1946, the J.L. Hudson Company, a Detroit department store, commissioned ten American artists to create works that portrayed the people and places of Michigan. A committee selected 95 paintings that toured the state in the exhibition "Michigan on Canvas." J.L. Hudson also reproduced selected works for the covers of menus used in its Detroit flagship store's dining rooms.
- March 16, 1949
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"The Dining Rooms - The J.L. Hudson Company" Menu Showing "Skiing at Caberfae," 1949
In 1946, the J.L. Hudson Company, a Detroit department store, commissioned ten American artists to create works that portrayed the people and places of Michigan. A committee selected 95 paintings that toured the state in the exhibition "Michigan on Canvas." J.L. Hudson also reproduced selected works for the covers of menus used in its Detroit flagship store's dining rooms.
- Central Avenue, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan - Belle Isle is the largest municipal island park in the United States. Fredrick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, designed portions of the park. The City of Detroit opened Belle Isle to the public in 1880; over 260,000 people visited the park in the summer of 1882, proving its immediate popularity. It has remained among Michigan's most visited parks.
- 1903
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Central Avenue, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan
Belle Isle is the largest municipal island park in the United States. Fredrick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, designed portions of the park. The City of Detroit opened Belle Isle to the public in 1880; over 260,000 people visited the park in the summer of 1882, proving its immediate popularity. It has remained among Michigan's most visited parks.
- Canoeing on the Canal, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan - Belle Isle is the largest municipal island park in the United States. Fredrick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, designed portions of the park. The City of Detroit opened Belle Isle to the public in 1880; over 260,000 people visited the park in the summer of 1882, proving its immediate popularity. It has remained among Michigan's most visited parks.
- 1900-1910
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Canoeing on the Canal, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan
Belle Isle is the largest municipal island park in the United States. Fredrick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, designed portions of the park. The City of Detroit opened Belle Isle to the public in 1880; over 260,000 people visited the park in the summer of 1882, proving its immediate popularity. It has remained among Michigan's most visited parks.
- Gladwin Park (Waterworks Park), Detroit, Michigan - In 1868, Detroit began developing a pumping station to supply the city's water system, and an accompanying 110-acre park, later renamed Gladwin Park. Its ornate water tower became an iconic landmark. The water works were permanently shut down in 1945, and the surrounding park closed in 1951, although sections were sporadically opened to the public in the years to follow.
- circa 1905
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Gladwin Park (Waterworks Park), Detroit, Michigan
In 1868, Detroit began developing a pumping station to supply the city's water system, and an accompanying 110-acre park, later renamed Gladwin Park. Its ornate water tower became an iconic landmark. The water works were permanently shut down in 1945, and the surrounding park closed in 1951, although sections were sporadically opened to the public in the years to follow.
- Horticulture Building, Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan - The Belle Isle Conservatory opened in Detroit, Michigan in 1904. It was part of the City Beautiful movement championed by American city planners to encourage civic pride through beautiful design. Architect Albert Kahn drew inspiration from architectural wonders such as Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, the Crystal Palace in London, and the White City in Chicago when creating the conservatory.
- circa 1909
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Horticulture Building, Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan
The Belle Isle Conservatory opened in Detroit, Michigan in 1904. It was part of the City Beautiful movement championed by American city planners to encourage civic pride through beautiful design. Architect Albert Kahn drew inspiration from architectural wonders such as Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, the Crystal Palace in London, and the White City in Chicago when creating the conservatory.
- The "Vagabonds" Camping Trip Service Crew Unloading Trucks, Michigan, 1923 - The Vagabonds (which, by 1923, included Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone) camped in a style appropriate to wealthy gentlemen. Numerous support staff drove and maintained passenger cars and equipment trucks, set up and took down camp, and did the cooking. This photograph was taken on a trip through Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
- 1923
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The "Vagabonds" Camping Trip Service Crew Unloading Trucks, Michigan, 1923
The Vagabonds (which, by 1923, included Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone) camped in a style appropriate to wealthy gentlemen. Numerous support staff drove and maintained passenger cars and equipment trucks, set up and took down camp, and did the cooking. This photograph was taken on a trip through Michigan's Upper Peninsula.