"The Land of Healthful Delight": Highlights from the Rod and Susan Wilson collection of Rochester History

Items

• Farmland near Rochester
  Caption from back: High school students Ellen McDowall and Jemarice Lovell pause on way to classes to admire peaceful farm scene, similar to many found surrounding Rochester.
  Temporal Coverage1950s

  SubjectWomen--MichiganFarmsHigh school studentsWomenMenMen--Michigan
• Miss Weir, teacher
  Hand-tinted photograph of Miss Weir, teacher in Rochester, Michigan in 1870s.
  Temporal Coverage1870s

  SubjectWomenTeachersWomen teachersPortrait photographyPortraitsWomen--Michigan
• Mrs. Kidder
  Portrait of Mrs. Kidder, wife of Reverend Kidder. From back: R.S. Hough ; Photographer 141 Saginaw Street Pontiac, Mich. Negative preserved.
  CreatorHough, Richardson S.

  SubjectWomen--MichiganWomenPortrait photographyPortraitsWomen--Portraits
• Crossing Main Street
  Group of women and children in crosswalk on busy street. Caption from back: Rochester's business district looking north on Main Street (M-150) ; Handwritten on back: Rochester Suburbia ; Looking north from 5th on Main ; Stamp: By Detroit News Staff Photographer Martin ; Reporter: Lowman
  Temporal Coverage1950s

  SubjectSuburbsWomenChildrenPedestrian crosswalksWomen--MichiganChildren--MichiganCentral business districts
• Adeline Kettell
  Handwritten on back: "Dau. of James Kettell III and Sarah Greenlief ; b. 1798 d. 1887 ; m. Col. John Frank 1849, Avon, Mich."
  SubjectWomen--MichiganPortrait photographyWomenKettell, Adeline