Whitney Township Digital Image Collection
Most of these images are only minimally identified. If you recognize any of the people, places, events or dates, please contact us. Your information and stories will help improve our archives for future generations.
Click on the photo to start a gallery. Navigate forward and backward manually. Photo captions/descriptions accompany the photos, and also are in PDF format accessed by the links below the galleries.
About the settlement of Delano
Named after Ezra Delano (a land agent who migrated from Maine in 1886), Delano was an early Whitney Twp settlement. It had a two-room schoolhouse that functioned from 1897 to 1965. It remains as a local landmark. Michigan State University holds the “Merton J. Whitman memoirs and History of the Delano Settlement 1887-1900.” Today, Delano remains as a residential and agricultural community near Au Gres, in the vicinity of the intersection of North Delano Road and West Whitman Road, with most properties on Delano Road.
Whitney Twp Documents
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Whitney Twp News Clippings
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Middle row: Mary Swartz, Lillian Felsing, Edwin Kammerzell, Devere Albrecht, Ralph Schrader, Lindy Nusselt
Front row: Bertha Heinrich, Betty Jane Williamson, Norine Williamson, Matilda Jantzi, Gloria Albrecht, Gladys Swartz, Dan Thaut.
Oliver Banks (in front of Gerald Banks), Bill Olar (in plaid jacket in front of Oliver Banks), Helen Butts, Anna Mae Bodorgian, Ann Sass, Florence Sass (in front of Ann Sass), Leon Butts, Thelma Butts, Celia Butts, Nina Reynolds
Emily Banks (small girl peeking out next to Bill Olar), Barbara Butts (above Emmily Banks), Vivian Olar (opened coat), Louise Banks (black streak across face), Joann Bodorgian (striped dress), Marion Keversian, Julia Fika (striped skirt)
Names from Ann Sass Baker, 2005.
2nd row: Audrey Miller, Betsey Ellison, Jean Broadworth, Delores Swartz, Karen Edmonds
3rd row: John Gingerich, Betty Wright, Darlene Broadworth, Janice Bills, Colin Broadworth
4th row: Don Swartz, Dale Wright, Julia Dittenber (teacher), Herb Pendred. Carol Pendred.
Whitney Twp Photos
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Whitney Twp Postcards
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