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Map of West Bloomfield

Object ID: 1986-006-035

Date: 1872

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15 – 20 copy of 1872 map of W. Bloomfield .

Map of West Bloomfield

Object ID: 1986-006-034

Date: 1817

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15 – 20 copy of 1817 map of W. Bloomfield by Sam Carpender, Jr.

Map of West Bloomfield

Object ID: 1986-006-033

Date: 1839

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11 – 12 copy of B. Hubbard’s 1839(?) map of W. Bloomfield, saved by Ron Welch, custodian of Ealy School and donated by him (W. Bloomfield School District).

Cast Iron Crank

Object ID: 1986-006-032

Date: ???

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Cast iron 9 crank (probably for power generator) donated by Justin Burleigh, 5736 Shaun Rd, a Green School student in Mrs. Alfreda Rose’s class – found dug up on Apple Island near a fire pit. Permanent address 8420 Regis Way, Los Angeles 90045.

File Cabinet

Object ID: 1986-006-031

Date: ???

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Wooden four drawer file cabinetoversize ccc, donated by Mr. & Mrs.______________

West Bloomfield High School Yearbook

Object ID: 1986-006-030

Date: 1986

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W. Bloomfield High School 1986 Yearbook Exodus, donated by school superintendent, Dr. Seymour Gretchko

West Bloomfield High School Yearbook

Object ID: 1986-006-029

Date: 1985

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W. Bloomfield High School 1985 Yearbook Exodus, donated by school superintendent,Dr. Seymour Gretchko

West Bloomfield High School Yearbook

Object ID: 1986-006-028

Date: 1984

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W. Bloomfield High School 1984 Yearbook Exodus, donated by school superintendent,Dr. Seymour Gretchko

Andover High School Yearbook

Object ID: 1986-006-027

Date: 1985

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Andover High School – Hillcrest 1985 Yearbook. Donated by J.D. Laarman & Andover School.

Octogon Bird House

Object ID: 1986-006-026

Date: ???

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Hand crafted octogon three story wooden birdhouse by W. Hamlin’s father (caretaker of Orchard Lake) – W. Hamlin was caretaker of Walnut Hills, Kahn’s Summer cottage), donated by A. Kahn’s daughter, Mrs. Martin L. Butzel.

Name and Address Sign

Object ID: 1986-006-025

Date: ???

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Wooden address sign (5.5-16) and name sign (7.5-8) of the famous summer cottage on Walnut Lake of Albert Kahn, Architect, donated by daughter, Mrs. Rosalie Butzel.

Coat Rack

Object ID: 1986-006-024

Date: ???

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Four -hook coat rack from old W. Bloomfield Town Hall, donated by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Heiron of Keego Harbor. Ed was a long time township employee in Assessor’s office, and his father was W.B. fire chief.

George Washington

Object ID: 1986-006-023

Date: ???

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Print of George Washington, framed.

Phantom Canyon print

Object ID: 1986-006-022

Date: ???

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framed 18-34 Amick print titled Phantom Canyon by Scheind & Son, pictures of artistic merit for schools, 423 second st., Elyria, O donated to Whitfield School by class of 1942, namely: Delores Carol, Corrine Flintoft, Marvel Etta Bevington, Valerie Shepley, Jere Donaldson, Jerry J. Johnson, Donald Pollock, Jack Walden, Bob Roat, Leo Snyder, Fred Da(lt)on, Jr., Ralph Herburt Bentache III, Charles Prue. Brass plaque on front; signatures on back. Donated to GWBHS by Whitfield PTA 6/ 12/1986.

Charles A. Fisher

Object ID: 1986-006-021

Date: ???

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Framed 10-12 photo of Chas. A. Fisher (Fisher Brothers Architects, Whitfield School District, 1927, uncovered in Whitfield School attic by J.D.L. Donated by Whitfield School PTA 6/12/1986.

Daniel Whitfield School

Object ID: 1986-006-020

Date: ???

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12.5×16.5 photograph apparently of Harland L. Bicking, member of Daniel Whitfield School Board1922-1946, taken by Robinson Studio, donated by Whitfield School PTA 6-12-1986. Found in attic in school. In need of repairs by J.D. Charman.

West Bloomfield Map

Object ID: 1986-006-019

Date: 1896

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Framed 15 – 19 1896 Orchard Lake Scenic and Historical Society West Bloomfield map denoting acreage according to government survey, donated by J.D. Laarman.

Oakland County Roll Map

Object ID: 1986-006-018-2

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Pine Lake Map

Object ID: 1986-006-018-1

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18-24æ map of Pine Lake showing (date: ) current landowners. Donated by Joseph R. and Irene I. Montante (County Commissioner, District #6)

Pinewood Derby Racer

Object ID: 1986-006-017-3

Date: 1967

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Pinewood Derby hand carved 8long model racer with Gary Tarap etched on bottom.

Pinewood Derby Racer

Object ID: 1986-006-017-2

Date: 1967

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Pinewood Derby hand carved 8long model racer. Donated by Dennis Walker.

Pinewood Derby Trophy

Object ID: 1986-006-017-1

Date: 1967

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Pack 861 1st Place Styling 1967 Pinewood Derby trphy. Donated by Dennis Walker. 6 high/

Honor Book- Rand McNally World Atlas

Object ID: 1986-006-016

Date: 1930

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International Edition, 1930. Awarded to Robert Ross, champion at Metro Spelling Bee by the Detroit News – Donated to GWBHS by Dennis Walker.

Honor Book- Rand McNally World Atlas

Object ID: 1986-006-015

Date: 1929

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International Edition, 1929. Awarded to Robert Ross, champion speller at MooreSchool by the Detroit News – Donated to GWBHS by Dennis Walker.

History of Branch County, Michigan

Object ID: 1986-006-013

Date: 1979

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Donated by West Bloomfield Library

Grant Area, Yesterday/Today

Object ID: 1986-006-014

Date: 1979

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Donated by West Bloomfield Library

Collection of Recollections

Object ID: 1986-006-013

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Crystal Falls, MI 1880-1980, donated by W. Bloomfield Library.

Pictorial History of East Point, Georgia

Object ID: 1986-006-012

Date: 1982

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Donated by W. Bloomfield Library

Horizon

Object ID: 1986-006-011

Date: 1970

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Pierce Junior High School Yearbook. Donated by John Michael Thompson, class 0f 1973.

Waterlog.Vol XXIV, We’ve Only Just Begun

Object ID: 1986-006-010

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Waterford Twp. High School Yearbook, donated by John Michael Thompson, class of 1973.

High Lights

Object ID: 1986-001-009

Date: 1930

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Lyndhurst High School Yearbook donated by J.D.L.

Science Year, 1986

Object ID: 1986-001-008

Date: 1986

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Donated by World Book Encyclopedia

The Long Roll, MMA

Object ID: 1986-001-007

Date: 1892

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Vol. I- Xerox copy, 24 select pages.

Northville Historic District

Object ID: 1986-001-006

Date: 1972

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Book by Northville Historic District, 1972. (43p)

History of the Green Family

Object ID: 1986-001-005

Date: 1967


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Memoir by Mr. Howard Green (Hartwell), 1967. (7p)

Samuel Andrews

Object ID: 1986-001-004

Date: 1976

Collection:

Book by Charles Andrews, (1976) Benson 14382 Winston Ave, Redford, MI 48239 as submitted to Francis Gadd.

Apple Branch, A history of My Ancestors on Upper Straits Memoir

Object ID: 1986-001-003

Date: 1982

Collection:

Memoir by Jerry Stevens,1982. Donated by Mrs. Stephens Ashley-Jones of Milford, MI. (2pgs.)

Houses of Walnut Lake & Family tree of Walter Graves and Catherine Richardson

Object ID: 1986-001-002

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Booklet by Prof. Norma Goldman, Greek & Latin, Manougian Hall, Wayne State U. Donated by J. Laarman. (5pgs.)

Keep Your Eye On Keego Harbor

Object ID: 1986-001-001

Date: 1899

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Booklet by the Founders of Keego Harbor, J.E. Sawyer, Pontiac, MI @1899, donated by Faye Mapley 6084 Upper Straits Blvd., W.B. (14 pgs.)

The Lower Penninsula of Michigan- Historic American Engineering Records

Object ID: 1985-010-081

Date: 1976

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Book by Charles K. Hyde, Director,Diane D. Abbot, Editor, U.S. Dept. of Interior. 1976.

Sylvan Lake Lutheran Church Directory

Object ID: 1985-010-080

Date: 1979

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Sylvan Lake Lutheran Church Directory (20th Anniversary Edition), 1979

Sesquicentennial Committee Ribbons

Object ID: 1985-010-079

Date: 1983

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Sesquicentennial Committee Ribbons, 1983

Smithsonian Institution Annual Report

Object ID: 1985-010-078

Date: 1883

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Book (includes MMA book plate and library seal) 959 p, hardcover, broken.

Rural School Methods

Object ID: 1985-010-077

Date: 1925

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Book by Elmer L. Ritter and Alta L. Wilmarth 1925. 453 pages, hardcover.

Farm Economy

Object ID: 1985-010-076

Date: 1921

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Book- Twelve Courses in Agriculture, pub. by Better Farming Assoc, 1921. 1247pgs., hardcover.

Historic Michigan Travel Guise

Object ID: 1985-010-075

Date: 1980

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1980-81 edition. Thomas L. Jones, editor, 88 p, softcover.

Michigan State and Local Government

Object ID: 1985-010-074

Date: 1909

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Book by W.J. McKone 1909 (5th edition) 226 pages, hardcover.

Michigan In Four Centuries

Object ID: 1985-010-073

Date: 1954

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Book by F. Clever Bald, 1954. 498 pages, hardcover.

Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State

Object ID: 1985-010-072

Date: 1970

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Book by Willis Frederick Dunbar, 1970. 800 pgs, hardcover.

Michigan Social Register

Object ID: 1985-010-071

Date: 1944

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Michigan Social Register, 1944, Mary Ward Dillon, editor. 255p, hardcover.

Great Lakes Indians

Object ID: 1985-010-070

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Agreat Lakes Indians, a pictorial guide by William J. Kubiak, 255 p, hardcover.

West Bloomfield Civic Center Dedication

Object ID: 1985-010-069

Date: 1976

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5 indoor gardening shovel-memoir commemorating W.B. Civic Center Dedication 09-18-1976.

Artrain Button

Object ID: 1985-010-068

Date: 1976

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One and three quarter inch diameter Artrain button, 1976.

Glass Flask

Object ID: 1985-010-067

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Five inch antiqued glass flask.

Newton Glass co.

Object ID: 1985-010-066

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Newton Glass Co. Flyer, Newton, Mass. With signatures.

McConnell’s

Object ID: 1985-010-065

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McConnell’s advertising flyer from Pontiac, MI.

Arrowhead

Object ID: 1985-010-064

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Note on arrowhead donation

O.L.F.C. Silver Stick Pin

Object ID: 1985-010-063

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1st prize slver stick pin 15/16 with fish engraving, donated by Mrs. Harcourt Patterson, grand-niece of Richard C. Cummings, of Franlklin (Historic Site) Buggy Shop/Tea Room on 4/8/1981.

Pipe Tobacco Tins

Object ID: 1985-010-062

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Two pipe tobacco tins from Gordon Kittell, donated by Francis Gadd.

School Registration

Object ID: 1985-010-061

Collection:
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3 copies of letters establishing Orchard Lake School Registration as a State Historic Site anddata sheet for same (61.1-61.4)

West Bloomfield Community

Object ID: 1985-010-060

Date: 1980

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West Bloomfield Community Directory, 1980.

Huron Clinton Information Guide

Object ID: 1985-010-059

Date: 1973

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Huron- Clinton Metropolitan Authority inter-office communication (39 pgs.) dated August 23, 1973titled: Information Guide & Current Facilities for 1973 titled: Information Guide & Current Facilities for 1973

Annual Equalization

Object ID: 1985-010-058

Date: 1973

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Annual Equalizaton report, 1973 (58.1) 6 pgs.and report on local taxes, Oakland Co., (58.2) 12 pgs.

City of Orchard Lake

Object ID: 1985-010-057

Date: 1976

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City of Orchard Lake Village Parks and Recreation comisssion City Map dated Jan. 3, 1976. 1 pg.

Apple Island Survey

Object ID: 1985-010-056

Date: 1824

Collection:
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Xerox copy – 2 pages of survey notes of Apple Island dated March 28, 1824, signed by Edwin Baldwin and Ratfih J. Chittenden, Pg. 215, and Wm. Brookfield, D.S., surveyer,pg. 216, showing area equal to 37.88 acres.

W. B. School DistrictBoard Budgets

Object ID: 1985-010-055

Date: 1924-1935


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W. Bloomfield School District Board Budgets, xerox copies 1924 – 1935, 22 pages.

Orchard Lake Schools Archive Storage

Object ID: 1985-010-054

Date: 1980

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Letter referencing archival storage space at Orchard Lake Schools, dated April 25, 1980.

Cadet Latimer/MMA

Object ID: 1985-010-053

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Robert L. Newton memo to F. Gadd about Cadet Latimer(MMA) and Latimer’s grandson, Mr. Murray Straith.

MMA /Pi Delta Koppa Fraternity

Object ID: 1985-010-052

Date: 1981

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Three Letters about MMA Pi Delta Koppa Fraternity by one William R. Doty, F. Gadd, and W. R. Doty. (52.1 dated feb 17, 1981, 52.2 dated April-June, 1981, & 52.3 dated Apr. 5, 1981.

Commerce Twp. Sesquicentennial Historic Tour

Object ID: 1985-010-051

Date: 1984

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Brochure dated Saturday, May 12, 1984. 32 p, newsprint.

Switchboard Operation

Object ID: 1985-010-050

Date: 1943

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Switchboard Operation Voice Control Receptionist Hotel Front Office Routine by F.M. Utt, founder Florence Utt Hotel School, Inc and Florence Utt Switchboard Schools @1943.

Orchard Lake Memorabilia

Object ID: 1985-010-049

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Packet especially prepared for GWBHS, including Seventy Five Years of the Orchard Lake Seminary ,1885-1960. Brochure – 104p soft cover, with index.

Fifty Years at Orchard Lake, 1909-1959

Object ID: 1985-010-048

Date: 1959

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2 copies (48.1 & 48.2) 24 p soft cover brochure donated by F. Baranowski.

S. Mich.Cooperative Growers Assoc.

Object ID: 1985-010-047

Date: 1948-1949

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Letters to/from British West Indies Central Labour Org. dated June 1948-18th of May, 1949

Laura Todd Harger

Object ID: 1985-010-046

Date: 1919

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4 black and white photos of Laura Todd Harger, first female clerk of W.B. Township…first female to serve W. Bloomfield. 1919 at the age of 43. Specifics on back of prints- provided by B.S. DuPree W.B. clerk, identified as 46.1, 46.2, 46.3, & 46.4

Boughner House

Object ID: 1985-010-045

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8 negatives Kodak safety film #6075 (perhaps of the Boughner House interior and basement.)

The Ward Family

Object ID: 1985-010-044

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One sheet, typed copy from the transcript of a genealogical chart of the Ward family. (46 ptranscript in the Marine ity Public Library.)

Doctor David

Object ID: 1985-010-043

Date: 1959

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Article by F. Clever Bald, copy pp135-141 from Michigan Alumnus, vol. LXV, No.14, Feb 28, 1959of the Quarterly Review, Winter 1959 – The Alumni Assoc. of the University of Michigan

A View of the Changes That Occurred Due to the Transportation Revolution, and the People Who Changed With It

Object ID: 1985-010-042

Date: 1979

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Booklet by Thomas Frisk, Ag.495, Dr. Houdek, Western MI Univ.,1979. 16p. Donated by the author.

Everybody Lives Somewhere

Object ID: 1985-010-041

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An Imcomplete story of Rome Park Subdivision, January, 1980, the 60th Anniversary by Wil. Muratzki. 2 copies, 17p. (041.1 – 041.2).

Bloomer: Interior View

Object ID: 1985-010-040-9

Date: 1983

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1985-010-040.11

Bloomer: Interior View

Object ID: 1985-010-040-8

Date: 1983

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1985-010-040.10

Bloomer: Front Porch Views

Object ID: 1985-010-040-7

Date: 1983

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1985-010-040.8, 040.9

Bloomer: Living Room Views

Object ID: 1985-010-040-6

Date: 1983

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1985-010-040.5, 040.6, 040.7

Bloomer: South View

Object ID: 1985-010-040-5

Date: 1983

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1985-010-040.4

Bloomer: West Side View

Object ID: 1985-010-040-4

Date: 1983

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1985-010-040.3

Bloomer: East Side View

Object ID: 1985-010-040-3

Date: 1983

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1985-010-040.2

Bloomer Entry Gate

Object ID: 1985-010-040-2

Date: 1983

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1985-010-040.1

Bloomer Home Site

Object ID: 1985-010-040-1

Date: 1983

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Kodak ssafety film 6075 transparencies and 3.5 inch color prints of Bloomer Home Site,

Francis Gadd Testimonial Dinner

Object ID: 1985-010-039

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54 – 35mm Kodak safety film 5035 transparencies of Gadd Testimonial Dinner.