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- Interior of Ford Motor Company Sawmill, Munising, Michigan, 1945 - Ford Motor Company had several facilities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Henry Ford purchased an abandoned sawmill at Munising, Michigan, in 1944. He began renovations on the mill, but Mr. Ford's failing health prevented him from completing the project. The Munising sawmill was sold, along with other Ford-owned Upper Peninsula properties, after Mr. Ford's death in 1947.
- August 20, 1945
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Interior of Ford Motor Company Sawmill, Munising, Michigan, 1945
Ford Motor Company had several facilities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Henry Ford purchased an abandoned sawmill at Munising, Michigan, in 1944. He began renovations on the mill, but Mr. Ford's failing health prevented him from completing the project. The Munising sawmill was sold, along with other Ford-owned Upper Peninsula properties, after Mr. Ford's death in 1947.
- Map, "Active Ford Plants in Upper Michigan," January 1945 - Through the 1940s, Ford Motor Company maintained significant facilities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Sawmills at Iron Mountain, Pequaming, L'Anse, and Alberta produced wood for car bodies. Another mill was planned at Munising but never put into production. Ford owned nearly the entire town of Big Bay and operated its inn as a summer retreat for company executives.
- January 01, 1945
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Map, "Active Ford Plants in Upper Michigan," January 1945
Through the 1940s, Ford Motor Company maintained significant facilities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Sawmills at Iron Mountain, Pequaming, L'Anse, and Alberta produced wood for car bodies. Another mill was planned at Munising but never put into production. Ford owned nearly the entire town of Big Bay and operated its inn as a summer retreat for company executives.
- Certificate of Discharge from Civilian Conservation Corps, September 30, 1934 -
- April 05, 1933
- Collections - Artifact
Certificate of Discharge from Civilian Conservation Corps, September 30, 1934
- Civilian Conservation Corps/Stanley Zaleski Photograph Album -
- April 1934-September 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Civilian Conservation Corps/Stanley Zaleski Photograph Album
- Civilian Conservation Corps Trunk, Used by Stanley Zaleski, 1934 -
- 1934
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Civilian Conservation Corps Trunk, Used by Stanley Zaleski, 1934
- Stanley J. Zaleski at 1614th Co., Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp McComb, Munising, Michigan, April-September 1934 -
- April 1934-September 1934
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Stanley J. Zaleski at 1614th Co., Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp McComb, Munising, Michigan, April-September 1934
- Ford Motor Company Sawmill, Munising, Michigan, 1944 - Ford Motor Company had several facilities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Henry Ford purchased an abandoned sawmill at Munising, Michigan, in 1944. He began renovations on the mill, but Mr. Ford's failing health prevented him from completing the project. The Munising sawmill was sold, along with other Ford-owned Upper Peninsula properties, after Mr. Ford's death in 1947.
- July 01, 1944
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Ford Motor Company Sawmill, Munising, Michigan, 1944
Ford Motor Company had several facilities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Henry Ford purchased an abandoned sawmill at Munising, Michigan, in 1944. He began renovations on the mill, but Mr. Ford's failing health prevented him from completing the project. The Munising sawmill was sold, along with other Ford-owned Upper Peninsula properties, after Mr. Ford's death in 1947.
- Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1614 Completion Certificate, September 30, 1934 -
- September 30, 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1614 Completion Certificate, September 30, 1934
- Civilian Conservation Corps "1614th Co." Pennant, 1934 -
- 1934
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Civilian Conservation Corps "1614th Co." Pennant, 1934
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, Munising Michigan, circa 1908 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. It had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, many of which were colored using the company's patented "Phostint" process. Popular "Phostint" postcards, the Detroit Publishing Company claimed, were delicately "executed in Nature's Coloring" to be truthful, tasteful, beautiful, and educational.
- circa 1908
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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, Munising Michigan, circa 1908
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. It had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, many of which were colored using the company's patented "Phostint" process. Popular "Phostint" postcards, the Detroit Publishing Company claimed, were delicately "executed in Nature's Coloring" to be truthful, tasteful, beautiful, and educational.