Water Works - c. 1917

Downtown looking south - Early 1950's

Masonic Hall - 1

Interior of the Masonic Lodge that occuptied the third floor of the building referred to in some pictures as the Masonic Block, located on the southeast corner of Broadway and Hammond Street. 


Note - Regarding the Masonic Lodge ...(from the publication titled "Historical Industrial and Social Record of Peerless Union City Michigan" edited, compiled, and published by Tom F. Robinson in March 1903) reads: Of Union City are most comfortably fixed as regarding lodge rooms. Masonic block was built some thirty years since, and the entire third floor is devoted to the uses of the four Masonic lodges which hold meetings therein. The rooms have been refitted within a few years and include lodge rooms, reception apartments, dinin-room, and kitchens.

Masonic Hall - 2

A second interior postcard of the Masonic Lodge that occuptied the third floor of the building referred to in some pictures as the Masonic Block, located on the southeast corner of Broadway and Hammond Street.


Note - Regarding the Masonic Lodge ...(from the publication titled "Historical Industrial and Social Record of Peerless Union City Michigan" edited, compiled, and published by Tom F. Robinson in March 1903) reads: Of Union City are most comfortably fixed as regarding lodge rooms. Masonic block was built some thirty years since, and the entire third floor is devoted to the uses of the four Masonic lodges which hold meetings therein. The rooms have been refitted within a few years and include lodge rooms, reception apartments, dinin-room, and kitchens.

Murdock and Dickerson Hardware

This postcard is at the corner of Hammond Street and Broadway. Stores identified in the picture are the Murdock & Dickerson Hardware Store, L. D. Balcom Dry Goods, and George F. Minto Company. Would guess the year to be after 1915.

Masonic Block

The picture in this postcard is of the Masonic Block as a reference to the corner building where the Masonic Lodge was located. The picture was taken in the 1910 time frame. Note - Regarding the Masonic Lodge ...(from the publication titled "Historical Industrial and Social Record of Peerless Union City Michigan" edited, compiled, and published by Tom F. Robinson in March 1903) reads: Of Union City are most comfortably fixed as regarding lodge rooms. Masonic block was built some thirty years since, and the entire third floor is devoted to the uses of the four Masonic lodges which hold meetings therein. The rooms have been refitted within a few years and include lodge rooms, reception apartments, dinin-room, and kitchens.

Weaver's Park, Union Lake - Postmark 1939

Methodist Church

Eastside of Broadway -1931

Charlotte Street

Peerless Portland Cement Factory - #1

Peerless Portland Cement Factory - #2

Peerless Portland Cement Train - The Daisy

Birds Eye View of Downtown and Peerless Factory

American Express/Post Office

American Express Company and Post Office on Hammond Street, the edge of the old Opera House on the right.

Sower's Band

The picture was scanned while visiting the Hammond House in May.  Note on the reverse side of the picture notes the Sower's Band. 

Union Hotel

The postcard is of a 1910 taxi in front of the Union Hotel on Broadway. The Union Hotel was located where Merchant's Hardware now sits.  The postmark on the postcard is June 18, 1910.  The picture was sent to me by Sharon (Katz) Goble.

Union City Jubilee, September 25, 1908 - #6

Barbecue in Union City at the Jubilee Celebration on September 25, 1908.

Note - The most likely event Union City would have been celebrating on September 25, 1908 would have been surviving the flood that devastated the town on March 8, 1908. The Broadway bridge was washed away, possibly the celebration was that the new bridge had been erected?? The postmarks on the postcards that celebrate the Jubilee are first seen in October of 1908. I am assuming the festival being celebrated on September 25, was in 1908.

Band Playing in front of the Union Hotel

The postcard is of a band playing in front of the Union Hotel on Broadway. The postmark on the postcard is June 18, 1910.

Union City Jubilee, September 25, 1908 - #1

Fixing the roast during the September 25th Jubilee. The roast is being roasted on East High street at the corner of Broadway. The fire station is in rear of the picture.

Note - The most likely event Union City would have been celebrating on September 25, 1908 would have been surviving the flood that devastated the town on March 8, 1908. The Broadway bridge was washed away, possibly the celebration was that the new bridge had been erected?? The postmarks on the postcards that celebrate the Jubilee are first seen in October of 1908. I am assuming the festival being celebrated on September 25, was in 1908.

Union City Jubilee, September 25, 1908 - #2

The postcard picture is looking north on Broadway, probably taken from the second level porch of the Union Hotel on the corner of Broadway and West High Street.

Note - The most likely event Union City would have been celebrating on September 25, 1908 would have been surviving the flood that devastated the town on March 8, 1908. The Broadway bridge was washed away, possibly the celebration was that the new bridge had been erected?? The postmarks on the postcards that celebrate the Jubilee are first seen in October of 1908. I am assuming the festival being celebrated on September 25, was in 1908.

Union City Jubilee, September 25, 1908 - #3

Serving the Ox noted in the postcard picture. The postmark on the postcard is September 12, 1909, so an assumption is made that this is the same event as the Jubilee on September 25, 1908.

Note - The most likely event Union City would have been celebrating on September 25, 1908 would have been surviving the flood that devastated the town on March 8, 1908. The Broadway bridge was washed away, possibly the celebration was that the new bridge had been erected?? The postmarks on the postcards that celebrate the Jubilee are first seen in October of 1908. I am assuming the festival being celebrated on September 25, was in 1908.

Union City Jubilee, September 25, 1908 - #4

The Barbecue ( a series of postcards) in Union City, Michigan celebrating a Jubilee event on September 25, 1908.

Note - The most likely event Union City would have been celebrating on September 25, 1908 would have been surviving the flood that devastated the town on March 8, 1908. The Broadway bridge was washed away, possibly the celebration was that the new bridge had been erected?? The postmarks on the postcards that celebrate the Jubilee are first seen in October of 1908. I am assuming the festival being celebrated on September 25, was in 1908.

Union City Jubilee, September 25, 1908 - #5

Cooking the Ox in Union City, Michigan. at the Jubilee Celebration on September 25, 1908.

Note - The most likely event Union City would have been celebrating on September 25, 1908 would have been surviving the flood that devastated the town on March 8, 1908. The Broadway bridge was washed away, possibly the celebration was that the new bridge had been erected?? The postmarks on the postcards that celebrate the Jubilee are first seen in October of 1908. I am assuming the festival being celebrated on September 25, was in 1908.

Circus Parade - 1901

The Hollman Brothers-Schuman Circus Parade down Broadway in 1901 in Union City. The photograph was taken by Roy Barton Cline. The only store front identified in the picture is that of Leo Johnson Grocery.

Note - Roy Barton Cline was born on 29 May 1877 (birth record lists his given name as Leroy) to James Lewis and Maryette "Barton" Cline in Union Township. He married Nellie M. Mowry in Coldwater on 04 Dec 1901. Roy and Nellie had two children, a son Lewis and a daughter Marjorie. Roy died on 17 June 1949 and his wife Nellie died on 05 December 1938. All four are buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Union City in Section 7A.

George H. Spring

The attached biography for George H. Spring was in the "Industrial and Social Record; Peerless Union City, Michigan; Edited, Compiled, and Published by Tom F. Robinson in March 1903. As with all pictures, click on the image to enlarge, and use the back arrow of your browser to return to the blog.

Food Served on Broadway

The picture of a food stand located at the northeast end of downtown on Broadway. Appears to be a Sunday afternoon as everyone has their Sunday cloths on. The food booth's sign notes it is the "Merry Stand, Holly Waffle" and also has a sign noting you can get "Lemonaide, 2 glasses for 5 cents". In the background are the store fronts for the Oliver Chilled Plow and the George Spring Hardware. The postmark on the postcard is dated August 24, 1911.

North Broadway looking downtown - late 1940's

A 1940's postcard looking north towards downtown from north Broadway.  Hookers Standard Station and Howard Berry's Chevrolet Sales in the foreground.

Moving day at the school

Date the picture was taken is not noted on the picture.  Most likely was when the elementary classes moved into the new elementary school in 1952.  The picture was found and scanned from the picture collection at the Hammond House in Union City.