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Your local unreliable narrator.
I drive the car, I take the picture, I post the history.
All photos are my own unless #vintage 📸
I also share my wife's magnificent artwork✨💃🏻
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She/They/He🏳️‍⚧️ 32👵🏻 Married💖 Metro Detroit❄️
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Yet Again (b.1890)
Dexter, Washtenaw County Michigan.

#photography #night #nightphotography #autumn #architecture #victorian #turret #queenanne #oldbuildings #houses #historic #lightroom #village #dexter #washtenaw #michigan
A Queen Anne style house with a corner wrap around porch and a square turret.
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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James Litchfield House (b.1850)
Dexter, Washtenaw County Michigan.

The house stayed in the Litchfield family until 1950.

#photography #night #nightphotography #autumn #architecture #greekrevival #oldbuildings #houses #historic #lightroom #village #dexter #washtenaw #michigan
A lavish Greek Revival style manor. Symmetrical with a doric colonnade. Trees surround the house, besides in the front.
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Dexter Agriculture Association (f.1919) (b.<1920)
Dexter, Washtenaw County Michigan.

The co-op converted an old house into an elevator in 1920. It burnt down in 1949.

#vintage #photos #oldbuildings #grainelevators #farming #mills #agriculture #historic #dexter #washtenaw #michigan
Dexter's old wooden grain elevator some time in the 1940's. It looks like a Greek Revival style house converted into an elevator. A large shed sits behind it to the left, and a 1940's flatbed truck sits under a canopy held up by the elevator. The Dexter Co-op grain elevator is completely engulfed in flames. All that can be seen is the top of the elevator with a sign that says "Dexter Co-op Co." Firefighters and civilians crowd around the village landmark. A truck similar to the one in the first picture is pulled up on the side near a group of on-lookers.
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Dexter Agriculture Association (f.1919) (b.~1950)
Dexter, Washtenaw County Michigan.

They changed their name to the Dexter Co-op Co. in 1927.

#photography #night #nightphotography #oldbuildings #grainelevators #farming #mills #agriculture #historic #lightroom #dexter #washtenaw #michigan
A grain elevator built in the mid-century. There's a vintage Purina sign hung on the upper wall of the building. The image is edited to have a dark blue and green hue.
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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I just passed this in Bloomfield Hills and I wanted to share it with y'all 😹
A green sign that says: PET ----LIES PLUS
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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City Of Tiny Lights (b.1924)
Dexter, Washtenaw County Michigan.

#photography #night #nightphotography #autumn #architecture #craftsman #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #village #dexter #washtenaw #michigan
Two craftsman style houses on a wet street illuminated by lamps on either side. Hardly visible trees loom in the dark background.
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company Offices (b.1926)
Detroit, Wayne County Michigan.

#historic #photo c.1937
Historic black and white image of a warehouse in Detroit
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Westinghouse Electric (b.1926)
Detroit, Wayne County Michigan.

Designed by Albert Kahn

In the Elijah McCoy neighborhood.

View is north from Stanley and Trumbull.

#photography #autumn #architecture #artdeco #oldbuildings #warehouse #abandoned #urbangaze #lightroom #urban #detroit #wayne #michigan
An art deco style brick and concrete warehouse. The image has a blue/green/yellow tint to it. Designed by prolific Detroit architect Albert Kahn.
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Westinghouse Electric (b.1926)
Detroit, Wayne County Michigan.

In the Elijah McCoy neighborhood.

View is south down Trumbull by the viaduct.

#photography #autumn #evening #overcast #architecture #oldbuildings #watertower #warehouse #abandoned #urbangaze #lightroom #urban #detroit #wayne #michigan
An urban landscape with a water tower and railroad bridge crossing over a street. Wayne State University banners adorn the lamp post.
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Character(s) (b.1923)
Clawson, Oakland County Michigan.

#photography #autumn #night #nightphotography #architecture #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #suburban #clawson #oakland #michigan
A two story townhouse with a sunroom partially obscured by a red leafed autumn tree.
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Anne Bonny (b.1929)
Pleasant Ridge, Oakland County Michigan.

#photography #autumn #night #nightphotography #architecture #tudor #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #suburban #pleasantridge #oakland #michigan
A classic Tudor designed house with lights coming out from inside.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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A delicious and crisp purple soft drink titled "Mountain Dew Baja Midnight"
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Call the Kettle (b.1910)
Pleasant Ridge, Oakland County Michigan.

#photography #autumn #night #nightphotography #architecture #craftsman #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #suburban #pleasantridge #oakland #michigan
A craftsman style house with a wide covered porch and a bay window on the second floor. The dark image is tinted purple and blue.
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Craftsman style house in the dark
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Berserker (b.1923)
Pleasant Ridge, Oakland County Michigan.

#photography #autumn #night #nightphotography #architecture #craftsman #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #suburban #pleasantridge #oakland #michigan
The silhouette of a Craftsman style house, partially illuminated by the front porch light at night.
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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My first attempt at using a screen recorder 😛

Following the Saginaw Trail from Detroit to Saginaw on a highly detailed map of the Michigan Territory c.1826.

#historic #maps #history #michigan #puremichigan
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Pleasant Ridge & Ridge Road
"Royal Oak Township," Oakland County Michigan

Ridge Road is an old pathway of the Saginaw Trail network of roads developed by the indigenous people (mostly Ojibwe) who traveled regularly between the Detroit River and Saginaw Bay.
A historic plaque reading: "RIDGE ROAD" "One of the historic trails leading out of Detroit and built on a sandy ridge to avoid swamplands on either side, Ridge Road was originally part of the Saginaw Trail. This route meandered north from Detroit to Pontiac, Flint, Saginaw and finally terminated at the Straits of Mackinac. Originally an Indian pathway connecting Indian villages on the Detroit River with those in Oakland County and other interior areas, the Saginaw Trail was widened by federal troops in 1819. In the years that followed, settlers by the thousands, traveling by covered wagon, ox cart and stagecoach, used the Ridge section of the trail to reach homesteads in Oakland and other inland counties. It has remained a vital highway ever since. The City of Pleasant Ridge incorporated as a village in 1919 derives its name in part from this road." Historic map of Royal Oak Township, Oakland County Michigan c.1840. Ridge "Rochester" Road is highlighted yellow. Additional info: The diagonal pathway is the main branch of the Saginaw Trail. It became a turnpike when Michigan gained statehood. A land route developed by Native Americans during a time when rivers were the principal network to travel. The Saginaw Trail connected the trading and fishing grounds near the Detroit River to Saginaw Bay. Along the way, the path intersects the Grand Traverse of the Flint and Cass Rivers, where modern day Flint, Michigan is today. Historic map of Royal Oak Township, Oakland County Michigan c.1908. Ridge Road is highlighted yellow. Present map of Royal Oak Township, Ferndale, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge, Berkley, Royal Oak (city), and parts of Clawson and Birmingham, Oakland County Michigan. Ridge Road is highlighted red.
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Shadow People (b.~1900)
New Haven, Macomb County Michigan.

#photography #autumn #night #nightphotography #victorian #architecture #dutchcolonial #turrets #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #village #newhaven #macomb #michigan
A Dutch Colonial style house with a wrap around Queen Anne style porch and a conical turret.
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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In Time (b.~1900?)
New Haven, Macomb County Michigan.

#photography #autumn #night #nightphotography #architecture #victorian #secondempire #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #village #newhaven #macomb #michigan
A second empire style house with a second story covered balcony above the porch.
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Sleeping Lessons (b.~1900?)
New Haven, Macomb County Michigan.

#photography #autumn #night #nightphotography #architecture #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #village #newhaven #macomb #michigan
A plain house with a covered front porch. The 3/8 of the door is painted white, the other 5/8 is red.
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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They Came In (b.1928)
New Haven, Macomb County Michigan.

#photography #autumn #night #nightphotography #architecture #gabledell #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #village #newhaven #macomb #michigan
A gabled ell style house with a half moon attic window and both a front and side covered porch.
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Private Visions Of The World (b.1920)
New Haven, Macomb County Michigan.

#photography #autumn #night #nightphotography #victorian #architecture #dutchcolonial #turrets #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #lights #village #newhaven #macomb #michigan
A Dutch Colonial style house illuminated by a street lamp.
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Frontier Psychiatrist (b.1917)
New Haven, Macomb County Michigan.

#photography #autumn #night #nightphotography #victorian #architecture #secondempire #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #lights #village #newhaven #macomb #michigan
A late Victorian second empire style house on a well lit street. A water tower is dimly lit behind the house reading "New Haven"
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The Gleaming Armament of Marching Genitalia

#photography #bridges #trees #scape #dark #horror #autumn #lightroom #midwest #tags #graffiti
A partially obscured tag scrawled on a bridge "armpit pussy" is revealed by recently dying brush in the autumn.
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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The Horrors of Isolation

#photography #trees #birds #nature #dark #horror #autumn #migration #motion #lightroom #midwest
A bird flies away from its companions.
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM