Oliver Farm – We have twelve little lams now and is a little to cold for them. We had one get chilled so I brought him in the house, put him in some warm water for a while, then rubed him off good and dry. Grandma got the old whiskey jug out and gave him some warm milk and a table spoon of whiskey. We all tell her she is starting this young man out the wrong way, but now the little lam is growing good and looks just fine. Excerpt from a letter to Tommey Lawton from Wlater Oliver, March, 1940.

Cyril Oliver homestead located on Greer Road – East of Hiller (1976).

Object ID: 2002-001-916

Collection: Farms
Subjects: Photo

Cyril Oliver homestead located on Greer Road – East of Hiller (1976).

Cyril Oliver homestead (1875)

Object ID: 2002-001-915

Collection: Farms
Subjects: Photo

Cyril Oliver homestead (1875) – Boy we sure have been bissey this winter with all our chores and wood to cut. Write now we have got 54 head of cattle 21 sheep 5 horses 180 chickens. By the time one of us get the morning chores done it is time to start the night chores. We have got a nice big wood pile cut to keep us warm another winter. Excerpt from a letter to Tommey Lawton from Walter Oliver, March, 1940. Spelling and grammar left intact.

Ward’s point – Margaret North

Object ID: 2002-001-914

People: North, Margaret

Collection: Ward
Subjects: Photo

Ward’s point – Margaret North

The Homestead A.D. Noble property before it was torn down in 1951

Object ID: 2002-001-913

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Photo

The Homestead A.D. Noble property before it was torn down in 1951 by Aryle Noble prior to building the present home (built in 1951) – on Old Orchard Trail.

The boat house – A.D. Noble property on Upper Straits Lake

Object ID: 2002-001-912

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Photo, upper straits

The boat house – A.D. Noble property on Upper Straits Lake – on Old Orchard Trail.

Aslyle Noble Home given by D. Weatherston.

Object ID: 2002-001-911

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Photo

Aslyle Noble Home given by D. Weatherston.

The original Homestead – A.D. Noble property on Upper Straits Lake.

Object ID: 2002-001-910

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Photo

The original Homestead – A.D. Noble property on Upper Straits Lake.

Casey Castle – Upper Straits

Object ID: 2002-001-909

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Photo

Casey Castle – Upper Straits

Orville C. Morris House at 3288 Pine Lake built in 1897.

Object ID: 2002-001-908

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Photo

Orville C. Morris House at 3288 Pine Lake built in 1897.

Object ID: 2002-001-907

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Photo

Orville C. Morris House at 3288 Pine Lake built in 1897.

Object ID: 2002-001-906

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Photo

Orville C. Morris House at 3288 Pine Lake built in 1897.

Object ID: 2002-001-905

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Photo

Orville C. Morris House at 3288 Pine Lake built in 1897.

Dr. Morley of Orchard Lake

Object ID: 2002-001-904

People: Morley, Bill

Collection: Biography
Subjects: photographic, print

Dr. Morley

Dr. Morley of Orchard Lake

Object ID: 2002-001-903

People: Morley, Bill

Collection: Biography
Subjects: photographic, print

Dr. Morley

Christmas card from Bill and Edith Morley.

Object ID: 2002-001-902

Collection: Biography
Subjects: photographic, print

Christmas card from Bill and Edith Morley.

Object ID: 2002-001-901

People: Morley, Bill

Collection: Biography
Subjects: photographic, print

Christmas card from Bill and Edith Morley.

Miller Farm – Shenandoah Barn

Object ID: 2002-001-900

Collection: Farms
Subjects: photographic, print

Miller Farm – Shenandoah Barn North side of Walnut Lake Road

Russell Mason and Tom Roberts working on woodpile (about 1950).

Object ID: 2002-001-899

Date: 1950

People: Mason, Russell Roberts, Tom

Collection: Farms, West Bloomfield
Subjects: photographic, print

Russell Mason and Tom Roberts working on woodpile (about 1950).

Russell Mason and Tom Roberts working on the woodpile – about 1950.

Object ID: 2002-001-898

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: photographic, print

Russell Mason and Tom Roberts working on the woodpile – about 1950.

Russell Mason and Tom Roberts working on the woodpale (about 1950).

Object ID: 2002-001-897

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: photographic, print

Russell Mason and Tom Roberts working on the woodpale (about 1950).

Richard Roberts and Trigger about 1948.

Object ID: 2002-001-896

Date: 1948

Collection: Biography, West Bloomfield
Subjects: cabinet, photograph

Richard Roberts and Trigger about 1948.

Mason Farm on West Maple Road in West Bloomfield.

Object ID: 2002-001-887

Date: 1939

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: postcard, Wilkins

Mason Farm on West Maple Road in West Bloomfield at the Spring 1939 sale of the farm.

R. and L. Mason about 1948.

Object ID: 2002-001-895

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: cabinet, photograph

R. and L. Mason about 1948.

Leona, Russell and Margaret Mason about 1944.

Object ID: 2002-001-894

Date: 1944

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: photographic, print

Leona, Russell and Margaret Mason about 1944.

About 1942 – apples still 25 cents per bushel and up. Russell Mason

Object ID: 2002-001-893

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: photographic, print

About 1942 – apples still 25 cents per bushel and up. Russell Mason in shed door Leo Golinski leaning on trailer, L. Mason on tractor.

Leo Golinski on bean sprayer and Russell Mason on Allis Chalmers Tractor

Object ID: 2002-001-892

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: photographic, print

Leo Golinski on bean sprayer and Russell Mason on Allis Chalmers Tractor (about 1942).

About 1941, Leo Golinski center, Russell Mason right sawing wood for fuel.

Object ID: 2002-001-891

People: Mason, Russell Golinski, Leo

Collection: Keego Harbor
Subjects: photographic, print

About 1941, Leo Golinski center, Russell Mason right sawing wood for fuel.

Curly, led by Leo Golinski, ignores her recalcintrant daughter, encouraged

Object ID: 2002-001-890

People: Mason, Russell Golinski, Leo

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: photographic, print

About 1940, Curly, led by Leo Golinski, ignores her recalcintrant daughter, encouraged by Russell Mason, on the way to pasture.

About 1940, view of 4670 Middlebelt from east side of Middlebelt.

Object ID: 2002-001-889

Date: 1940

Collection: West Bloomfield
Subjects: photographic, print

About 1940, view of 4670 Middlebelt from east side of Middlebelt.

Mason Farm on West Maple Road in West Bloomfield.

Object ID: 2002-001-888

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: postcard, Wilkins

Mason Farm on West Maple Road in West Bloomfield.

William V. Mason farm.

Object ID: 2002-001-886

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: Durfee, photographic, print

William V. Mason farm. The farm was located in the block between Inkster and Middlebelt Rd. on the South side of West Maple Rd.

Leona Mason Heitsch – West Bloomfield Farm on W. Maple Road. (Sale – 1939)

Object ID: 2002-001-885

Date: 1939

Collection: Biography, Eldred, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: photographic, print

Leona Mason Heitsch – West Bloomfield Farm on W. Maple Road. (Sale – 1939)

Walter Mason, with Polly and Molly at the Spring 1939 sale of Wm. V. Mason farm.

Object ID: 2002-001-884

Date: 1939

People: Mason, Walter

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: photographic, print

Walter Mason, with Polly and Molly at the Spring 1939 sale of Wm. V. Mason farm.

The Mason children, about 1961

Object ID: 2002-001-883

Date: 1961

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: cabinet, photograph, sailboat

The Mason children, about 1961, left to right, Arthur, Elmose, Russell, Walter, Charles, Grace and Edward.

About 1933, two learning to walk, Leona Mason and calf, with Russell Mason.

Object ID: 2002-001-882

Date: 1933

People: Mason, Russell, Mason, Leona

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: Keego Harbor, photographic, print

About 1933, two learning to walk, Leona Mason and calf, with Russell Mason.

Walnut Glen Fruit Farms.

Object ID: 2002-001-881

Date: 1940

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: Keego Harbor, photographic, print

Walnut Glen Fruit Farms. 4670 Middlebelt Rd. (Middlebelt at the corner of Lone Pine, southwest corner). Farm owned by T.T. Boberts managed by Russell Mason. Bean Fruit sprayer parked by water supply tank at the side of the appleshed. The supply tank, with its large volume filler hose, was necessary to save time in filling the 300 gallon bean. The farm pump was kept running to fill the supply tank while the men were out spraying. The team of bay horses, Prince and Bob, in the barnyard, are most likely hitched to the manure spreader. This was one of the first springtime chores. Sign on shed, which was a bag tacked over it since apples aren’t in season, had proclaimed Apples to be 25 cents and up. Fence was built in 1939 by Walter Mason, Jr. Note that Middlebelt Rd. was not paved… about 1940.

Walnut Glen Fruit Farms.

Object ID: 2002-001-880

Date: 1940

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: Keego Harbor, photographic, print

William V. Mason Farm

Object ID: 2002-001-879

Collection: Biography, Mason, West Bloomfield
Subjects: iceboat, Orchard Lake, photographic, print

William V. Mason farm located on the southside of West Maple between Inkster and Middlebelt. By placing barn photo to the left, a composite view is obtained.

Jim Laarman

Object ID: 2002-001-878

People: Laarman, Jim

Collection: Biography, West Bloomfield
Subjects: iceboat, postcard

Jim Laarman (right)

Horace E. Dodge house built by Albert Kahn in 1912.

Object ID: 2002-001-877

Collection: Biography, Walnut Lake
Subjects: iceboat, photographic, print

Horace E. Dodge house built by Albert Kahn in 1912. Large red sandstone mansion on Jefferson Avenue in Grosse Pointe with early English Renaissance-banks of large mullioned windows that took advantage of commanding view across Lake St. Clair, as did classical porch with Tuscan columns and balustrade. (fabulous Dodge yacht Delphine docked at waterfront.)

Edsel B. Ford House built by Albert Kahn in 1927.

Object ID: 2002-001-876

Collection: Biography, Walnut Lake
Subjects: iceboat, photographic, print

Edsel B. Ford House built by Albert Kahn in 1927. Research of quaint Cotswold houses of Worcestershire resulted in duplication of original building with additions built through the years and centuries to give characteristic rambling appearance. Faced with Briar Hill sandstone and roof stones imported from England along with workmen to properly place them. Interior includes imported weathered oak, huge fireplaces, paneling etc… hundreds of years old.

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