HISTORIC VIEWS of OWOSSO and CORUNNA MICHIGAN
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1896 Owosso City Directory including Corunna and other Shiawassee
County Officers, Residents, Industry, Businesses and more.
1928 Owosso City Directory including Corunna and other Shiawassee
County Officers, Residents, Industry, Businesses and more.
1956 Owosso - Corunna Phone Book ... including Ovid
Business -- Industry -- Manufacturing
Owosso Speedway History
Owosso WWII Prisoner of War Camp
First New Pavement in 1898 - Looking East on Main St. at Washington St.
Main and Ball Streets looking East in about 1913
Looking North on Washington St. from Comstock St. in about 1906
Looking North on Washington St. from Comstock...about 1910
Looking North on Washington St. from Comstock St. in about 1914
Looking North on Washington St. from Comstock St. in about 1914 (close-up)
Looking North on Washington St. from Main.....about 1915
Owosso Fair sign.
1890's Baseball Team....Includes what look to be Rockland and Aurora uniforms... along with drummer boys. Some are holding a sign that says "OLD 487".
100 Block of West Main Street in about 1910
Main and Park Streets looking West...1940s....
Capitol Theatre
Looking north on Water St......Stereo View circa 1875
Fayette Square looking north circa 1916
George T. Semrau and his horse drawn Bread Wagon
in March of 1914
Paving Michigan Ave. in 1906. Today, this is the only remaining brick
paved street in the city. The lowest bid for paving Michigan Ave. went to Andrew Geeck at a cost of
$8,700. The Detroit Vitrified Brick Company of Corunna furnished the materials.
Looking southwest at 106 N. Washington St.
Card was mailed from Owosso in June of 1910. The business on the left is Davis Dry Goods Co. and the one on
the right with the crowd in front is F. W. Pearce Hardware, Furniture and Undertaking on the corner of
Washington and Main St.
"McCormick Day" celebration at Owosso circa 1900. People, horses, and farm
machines gathered on Main St. This view is looking east.
Several grain binders and a brass band are visible. "McCormick Days" were organized by McCormick
dealers to celebrate the delivery of new machines to customers. Dealers used
the events to promote the company and generate further sales.
Washington St. looking south from the corner of Washington and Exchange St. in 1953
The Street Car ...Looking east on Main St. in 1910
100 Block of East Main St. looking Northwest from Washington St.
Notice streetcar overhead power lines.
Looking north on Water St......Stereo View circa 1875
Fayette Square looking north circa 1916
Owosso Sept. 20, 1955 Panoramic view Looking West from Saginaw and
Main Streets
The Street Car... Looking east on Main St. in 1910
Main and Ball Streets looking East in about 1913
Bird's Eye View
Owosso Fire Dept. Ladder Truck
Owosso Police Chief Rex Smock in 1959
Owosso Police Dept. officers - 1900
Main and Washington Streets....looking west about 1910
100 Block of West Main Street in about 1910
Looking north on Water St......Stereo View circa 1875
Fayette Square looking north circa 1916
Washington St. looking south from the corner
of Washington and Exchange St. in 1953
100 Block of East Main St. looking Northwest from Washington St.Notice streetcar overhead power lines.
Looking North on Washington St. from Comstock...about 1910
Looking North on Washington St. from Main.....about 1915
1890's Baseball Team....Includes what look to be Rockland
and Aurora uniforms... along with drummer boys. Some are holding a sign that says "OLD 487".
Estey Manufacturing - Owosso - Before the Fire
Estey Manufacturing - Owosso - After the Fire
Tornado destroys the Estey Manufacturing Company - Nov. 11, 1911
The Estey building was called the White Elephant. Here it is after the 1911 tornado
Looking north on Water St......Stereo View circa 1875
Fayette Square looking north circa 1916
Owosso Sept. 20, 1955 Panoramic view Looking West from Saginaw and
Main Streets
1910 Fountain in McCurdy Park - Corunna
Memorial Hospital - Owosso - 1930's
Carnegie Library - Owosso - 1950's
George Bush sitting in Owosso made Woodard Furniture
Jimmy Cagney in Owosso Parade - 1940's War Bond Drive
Carrie Nations doing her thing in Owosso
Woodard Casket Co. parade at plant in Owosso
Curwood Castle under construction
James Oliver Curwood standing in front of his newly constructed Castle
Fillian in about 1905 on the 100 block of North Washington St. - Owosso
Fillian on the Ball. Try standing on a ball and rolling it up an incline with no net.
1906 Ringling Bros. Circus Poster from Owosso
Circus Parade going south in the 100 block of N. Washington St. - Circa 1900 - Owosso
1898 Circus Parade - Elephant in front of the Congregational Church in Owosso
Owosso - Corunna Steam Train on Corunna Ave.
Central Michigan Railraod Depot - Circa 1900 - Westown Owosso
Another view of the Grand Trunk Depot at Owosso
Old Junction Hotel - Westown Owosso
Another view of the Junction House Hotel
Owosso Hotel Hauck in 1909
Exchange Hotel - Southwest corner of Ball and Exchange Streets - Owosso
Lobby area of the National Hotel - southwest corner of Main and Washington St. Owosso
Wildermuth Hotel - Now Indian Trails Headquarters -Downtown Owosso
Corey Laundry of Owosso after the 1911 Tornado
Weatherproof Body Co. - Corunna Plant
Woodard Factory after the 1911 Tornado
Owosso Manufacturing Co. - 1884 - Looking north from Main St. - Chipman St. on far left.
Owosso Manufacturing Co. made Screen Doors and Windows, Snow Shovels and "Humpty Dumpty" Egg Crates
Owosso Motor Truck Co. - 1910 - Which Method Do You Use?
1857 Map of Owosso - Looking Northwest
Owosso Bryant School cicra 1900
Field Body Corp. of Owosso built many cabs for the Ford Model T chassis
Owosso Casket Co. - Now part of the Woodard Station Complex - Far left building
Owosso Coach Co. built many travel trailers - this ad is from 1948
Looking West at Owosso from about Hickory St. - 1955
Owosso Masonic Temple - Built about 1928 - Northwest corner of Washington and Mason Streets
Walker Candy Co. building - 1929 - later Redmond Motors
Washington School - 1915 - Located near 715 S. Washington St. where the Wesleyan Church is today
Owosso High School - 1928 - presently used as the middle school
Salem Lutheran Church in Owosso after the 1911 Tornado
Michigan Central Depot under construction in Laingsburg
Nurses Home at Owosso - present site of the E.R. at Memorial Hospital
Old Picture of Owosso City Hall
E. Petit was the Tea Agent for Grand Union Tea Company
1st National Bank (Surbeck Building) Corunna
Bear Pen at McCurdy Park - Corunna - 1930's
Biggam Trailer Corp. - Corunna -
Car Jacking Ring was rounded up in the 1920's
Carland Michigan Milk collection
Corunna Grand Trunk Depot - Circa 1900
Looking south on Shiawassee St. Downtown Corunna - 1914
Looking West at the old Parshall Flour Mill and Dam at Corunna
Looking North from State St. - 1913 - Corunna
Corunna Free Mthodist Church - 1913
Corunna Iron Bridge - Circa 1900
Inside the old Coruuna Post Office
New Corunna School - 1912 (now called Shiawassee St. School)
Old Corunna Water Plant....the Corunna V.F.W.
Old Corunna Weather Proof Body Corp. plant
Old wooden Corunna Court House
Shiawassee County Courthouse and Jail - circa 1910
Rust's Ford Dealership in Corunna - Circa 1918
Dean Woodard Furniture company employees - Oct. 1951 - company located at 400 Corunna Ave.
GAR Union soldiers reunion at Detroit in 1900
Methodist and Congregational Churches in Durand
Durand Depot in the good old days
Interurban at the Durand Depot
Durand Railroad Round House
Here is another view of the Durand Round House
Methodist Church - Byron - 1912
Perry in 1913 - Before the fire
H.A. Brown Horses and Feed Mill....Perry, MI
Frank Gilbert and his Threshing Machine
Rare 8" Rodman Cannon at Vernon Cemetery
Methodist Episcopal Church - Bancroft - 1913
Daughters of the American Revolution marker dedication at Shiawassee Town - 1930's
Business -- Industry -- Manufacturing
Owosso Speedway History
Owosso WWII Prisoner of War Camp
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OWOSSO
Owosso Fair sign.
Southwest corner of Ball and Exchange St.
Conner Ice Cream Company building on far leftCORUNNA
DURAND
Sadly, this rare brick full round house was torn downBURTON CORNERS
BYRON
PERRY
MISC.
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