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31st Michigan at war
In 1898, these soldiers were photographed in the tent of the 31st Michigan Infantry’s adjutant while deployed to Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The 31st was...
Gerald Ford, Jr.
This 1918 photograph shows Gerald R. Ford, Jr., who grew up to become the 38th President of the United States. Ford was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He wears a...
No guns for black men
G. P. Miller, a black physician from Michigan, wrote this letter to U.S. Secretary of War Simon Cameron in October 1861. He proposed to raise a regiment of “sharp...
Private Emory Eugene Kingin
Private Emory Eugene Kingin was a soldier with the 4th Michigan Infantry when this photo was taken sometime during the Civil War. Most men of the 4th were from the...
Signatures and pictographs
Representatives of the Ottawa, Chippewa, Potawatomi, and Wyandot tribes signed this treaty with the United States on November 17, 1807, ceding millions of acres in...
Teenage Betty Ford
This is a photographic portrait of 14-year-old Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Bloomer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Betty grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she graduated...
Wolverine headgear, ca. 1933
This leather football helmet is an artifact from President Gerald R. Ford's days as an all-American University of Michigan football player.
Search results 1 - 7 of 7 for the tag Michigan