Highlights from the Rod and Susan Wilson Collection of Rochester History
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Item Children of owner Thomas Cole in front of Winkler Mill(The Detroit News, 1969-08)Three boys, children of Thomas Cole, sit in the grass outside Winkler MillItem Homes under construction at a new Rochester subdivision(The Detroit News)A car marked "Village of Rochester" pulls up on a construction scene of new homes being builtItem Parke-Davis employees at the Parkedale Farm(The Detroit News, 1959-03)Black-and-white image depicting five Parke-Davis employees at the Parkedale facilityItem Farmland near Rochester(The Detroit News, 1957-10-17)High school students Ellen McDowall and Jemarice Lovell pause on way to classes to admire peaceful farm scene, similar to many found surrounding Rochester.Item Apple Picking(The Detroit News, 1953-09-24)Two men on ladders picking apples. Two other men loading pickup truck with full crates of apples.Item Detroit Sugar Company agreement and photos(1903)Agreement with J. J. Snook and the Detroit Sugar Company for growing beets. Two photos at the bottom, ca. 1900, of the Detroit Sugar Factory on Sugar Avenue (now Woodward) and Paint Creek. Built 1899, torn down 1907.Item Theatre showbills for the Idle Hour Theatre(1936)Posters for the Idle Hour Theatre, Rochester's first movie theater. Two posters for "Ramona" and "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town."Item Rochester landmarksIllustrations of Rochester's Yates Cider Mill, Van Hoosen Farm, Avon Township Hall, Opera House, and Home Bakery.Item Western Knitting Mill(1917)A crowd of people and vehicles outside of the Western Knitting Mill in 1917.Item Van Hoosen Ice Cream signVan Hoosen FarmsSign reading "Try Van Hoosen Home Made Ice Cream | It's Delicious | It's Richer | It's Better | All Popular Flavors"Item Dillman & Upton booklet(1930) Dillman & UptonBooklet cover that reads: Cheerful LIVING | in | October "Always with a Smile" The image on the cover is of three children. The bottom reads: DILLMAN & UPTON | Main Street and M. C. R. R. Phones 25 and 255 | ROCHESTER, MICHIGANItem The Centennial Trip(1900) Snook, J. J.Copy of J. J. Snook's self-printed poem “The Centennial Trip” owned by his wife. "Mrs. J. J. Snook | Rochester | Michigan | Overlook Farm" is written on the inside cover.Item New Poems and Glad Outings(1907) Snook, J. J.Cover and title page of J. J. Snook’s privately printed book of poetry, New Poems and Glad Outings.Item Portrait of J. J. Snook(J. J. Snook, 1907)Portrait of J.J. Snook from New Poems and Glad Outings, 1907Item Workers inside the Western Knitting Mills(1917) Kingsbury Studio, Rochester, Mich.Workers inside the Western Knitting Mills, ca. 1917Item Women workers and children inside the Western Knitting Mills(1917) Kingsbury Studio, Rochester, Mich.Women workers and children inside the Western Knitting Mills, ca. 1917Item Rochester panorama(Peninsular Engraving Co., Detroit, 1900) Rochester Board of Commerce"Panorama of the Country Surrounding Rochester, Michigan"Item Detroit, Rochester, Romeo, and Lake Orion Railway bookletDetroit, Royal Oak, Clawson, Big Beaver, Troy, Rochester, Washington, Romeo, Goodison, Orion and Oxford. Booklet contains advertising, images and text about the named cities, including photographs of residential and commercial buildings.Item Detroit United Lines Flint Division scheduleTrain schedule showing times of arrival and departure from stations in Detroit, Royal Oak, West Utica, Rochester, Junction, Washington, Romeo, ALmont, Imlay City, Orion, Oxford, Ortonville, Goodrich, Atlas, Flint, Saginaw and Bay City.Item Scenics: A picture Tale(Peninsular Engraving Co., Detroit, 8/15/1900) ALPBooklet of Oakland County landscape scenes in Rochester, Lake Orion, Romeo, Stony Creek, with text describing a railway trip through countryside and cities via the Detroit, Rochester, Romeo and Lake Orion Electric Railway.