Museum Gallery

Watkins – Browning Farm

Object ID: 2002-002-057

Collection: Farms
Subjects: photographic, print

Watkins – Browning Farm

Object ID: 2002-002-056

Collection: Farms
Subjects: photographic, print

Watkins – Browning Farm

Object ID: 2002-002-055

Collection: Farms
Subjects: photographic, print

Watkins – Browning Farm

Watkins Castle Hill Farm

Object ID: 2002-002-054

Collection: Farms
Subjects: Photo

Watkins Castle Hill Farm

Ward – Strong boathouse (August 1975).

Object ID: 2002-002-053

Date: 1975

Collection: Ward
Subjects: Photo

Ward – Strong boathouse (August 1975).

Ward – Strong boathouse (Doughty Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-052

Collection: Ward
Subjects: Photo

Ward – Strong boathouse (Doughty Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-051

Collection: Ward
Subjects: Photo

Ward – Strong boathouse (Doughty Collection)

Ward – Summers House

Object ID: 2002-002-050

Collection: Ward
Subjects: Photo

Ward – Summers House

Ward – Summers House – Stairway from 3rd Floor to Tower

Object ID: 2002-002-049

Collection: Ward
Subjects: Photo

Ward – Summers House – Stairway from 3rd Floor to Tower. Behind camera, two furnished rooms, a bedroom and the six-sided sitting under the Tower. Beyond the door, four bedrooms for overflow at holidays for relatives or servants. These were not nicely furnished. They surrounded a large water storage tank, I think lake water, used for washing. Drinking water used separate pipes from a well. These extra rooms were above two large nice servants rooms and bath on second floor. Back stairway went from kitchen to third floor.

Ward – Summers House

Object ID: 2002-002-048

Collection: Ward
Subjects: Photo

Ward – Summers House. Larger of two-room suite west of center hall (above drawing room) Bed and rocking chair is the Summers’ first furniture after marriage in 1917.

Ward – Summers House – Guest Room

Object ID: 2002-002-047

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – Summers House – Guest Room. Small room of two – room suite east of 2nd floor center hall

Ward – Summers House – Upstairs Center Hall

Object ID: 2002-002-046

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – Summers House – Upstairs Center Hall. Upstairs center hall, opening to veranda at 2nd floor level. Rosewood piano carted over the Allegheny Mountains long after that, Mrs. Summers bought it for $15. The wide hallways were lined with rocking chairs in the 1890s as a sitting and visiting room for the relatives during large family holiday gatherings in the Wards Time.

Ward – Summers House

Object ID: 2002-002-045

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – Summers House. Nine foot wide stairway. Visitors always commented Perfect for a wedding. Both Summers daughters took advantage of the beautiful setting.

Ward – Summer House – Dining Room

Object ID: 2002-002-044

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – Summer House – Dining Room. Stairway down five steps to door opening to porte cochere. Carved wooden pieces on the silverware chests are knife holders, lid lifts from the middle, and inside are places for each knife to be inserted.

Ward – Summer House – Master Bedroom

Object ID: 2002-002-043

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – Summer House – Master Bedroom. First Floor, Cass Lake side

Ward – Summer House – Library

Object ID: 2002-002-042

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – Summer House – Library. Our family’s living room. Right window looks out to port cochere (carriage door) main entrance from driveway. Cass Lake side.

Ward – Summer House – Drawing Room

Object ID: 2002-002-041

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – Summer House – Drawing Room. Aubusson carpet made (for the Wards) especially to fit the room: (corner for fireplace).

Ward – Summer House – Center Hall

Object ID: 2002-002-040

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – Summer House – Center Hall. Coming in from front veranda and looking into library. Grandfather clock belonged to Harold Ward – he left it there for years. It had the sun and moon movements above the face of the clock.

Ward – Summers House – Looking toward Cass Lake

Object ID: 2002-002-039

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – Summers House aerial view showing the cupola – Looking toward Cass Lake

Ward – Summers House (1892-1970 changed hands in 1936)

Object ID: 2002-002-038

Collection: Ward
Subjects: Photo

Ward – Summers House (1892-1970 changed hands in 1936) showing the cupola

Ward Family – Bobsledding, First Trip On Cutter

Object ID: 2002-002-037

Collection: Ward
Subjects: Photo

Ward Family – Bobsledding, First Trip On Cutter

Bobsled Party (Ward Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-036

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Bobsled Party (Ward Collection)

Willis Ward Home on Apple Island (1920-1946).

Object ID: 2002-002-035

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Willis Ward Home on Apple Island (1920-1946).

David Ward House

Object ID: 2002-002-034

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

D. Ward House showing the cupola

West Bloomfield Lakes Office – Northeast Shore of Orchard Lake

Object ID: 2002-002-033

Collection: Businesses
Subjects: photographic, print

West Bloomfield Lakes Office – Northeast Shore of Orchard Lake (Ward Collection) – This was Willis Ward’s real estate office and still sits on the grounds of Orchard Lake St. Marys’ at the corner of Commerce Road and Old Indian Trail.

David Ward House

Object ID: 2002-002-032

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

David Ward House showing the cupola that was removed before demolition and restored as part of an addition to an exisitng house on Pontiac Trail.

Ward Collection (stereograph) – Stupendous Log Raft, Columbia River, Oregon.

Object ID: 2002-002-031

Collection: Union Lake, Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward Collection (stereograph) – Stupendous Log Raft, Columbia River, Oregon.

Ward – Summers House (Doughty Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-030

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – Summers House (Doughty Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-029

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – Summers House (Doughty Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-028

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – Summers House (Doughty Collection)

Ward Summers House – (Doughty Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-027

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward Summers House – (Doughty Collection)

Ward – (Doughty Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-026

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – (Doughty Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-025

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – (Doughty Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-024

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – (Doughty Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-023

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – (Doughty Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-022

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – (Doughty Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-021

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – (Doughty Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-020

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – (Doughty Collection)

Ward – Summers House (Doughty Collection)

Object ID: 2002-002-019

Collection: Ward
Subjects: photographic, print

Ward – Summers House (Doughty Collection)