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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Battle Creek, [Michigan], to Helen...

Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, St. Mary's Lake, [Battle Creek, Michi...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Henry Clarke Wright sends a number of materials for inclusion in the Liberator, including a letter from Henry Willis, a letter Wright had published in the Battle Creek ... More

Letter from Hamilton Willis, Saint Marys Lake, [Battle Creek, Michigan...

Hamilton Willis writes to William Lloyd Garrison about his flour, calling it "Antislavery flour," and assuring Garrison he is "under no obligation to me in the Least because I sent you a Barrel." Willis then ou... More

[Lieutenant Louis von Trebra, Captain [Lieutenant] Adolph Metzner, and...

Drawing appears to show the rescue of two soldiers stranded near the Tennessee River during a flood. Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Code on mat (source unverified): II-53. Title on mat (source u... More

Mills & manufacturing establishments of the city of Battle Creek, Calh...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Shows buildings along the river. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 335 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and advertisement... More

Bird's eye view of the city of Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Mich.

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Letter from Sojourner Truth, Battle Creek, Mich., to William Lloyd Gar...

Writing at the request of Sojourner Truth, Frances W. Titus writes to William Lloyd Garrison informing him that Sojourner Truth proposes to have a supplement composed to her earlier work The Narrative of Sojour... More

Letter from Hamilton Willis, Battle Creek, to William Lloyd Garrison, ...

[Bird's-eye-view of Battle Creek, Mich.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 337 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Battle Creek, Michigan. Y.M.C.A. building

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Battle Creek, Michigan. Y.M.C.A. building

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Y.M.C.A. Battle Creek Mich. postcard

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Y.M.C.A. bldg., Battle Creek, Mich. A 7727

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Y.M.C.A. building Battle Creek, Mich.

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Panorama of Battle Creek, Mich.

Postcard shows panoramic view of intersection of three commercial streets in Battle Creek with horses and wagons, and pedestrians gathered at street corners. F58005 U.S. Copyright Office. Series 227.

Michigan annual M.E. conference, Battle Creek, Mich., 1913

J185734 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Lightnin Foto Service; September 25, 1913; DLC/PP-1913:44668. "Lightnin Foto Service" on photo; probably Lightning Foto Service. Copyright claimant's address: Ba... More

U. S. National Army Cantonment, Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich. Inter...

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"One of the Y.M.C.A. buildings," Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.

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Y.M.C.A. Auditorium. U. S. National Army Cantonment, Camp Custer, Batt...

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Interior Y.M.C.A. building Camp Custer. Mich.

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Y.M.C.A. Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.

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"One of the Y.M.C.A. buildings," Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.

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Y.M.C.A. auditorium. U. S. National Army Cantonment, Camp Custer, Batt...

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Interior of Y.M.C.A. U.S. National Army Cantonment, Camp Custer, Battl...

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U. S. National Army Cantonment, Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich. 24. I...

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Interior Base Hospitel Y.M.C.A. Camp Custer

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Interior Base Hospitel Y.M.C.A. Camp Custer

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Interior of Y.M.C.A. U.S. National Army Cantonment, Camp Custer, Battl...

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Interior of Y.M.C.A. U.S. National Army Cantonment, Camp Custer, Battl...

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U. S. National Army Cantonment, Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich. Inter...

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Michigan - Allegan through Battle Creek

Michigan - Allegan through Battle Creek Public domain photograph - aerial photo, work of US government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings - Camp Custer, Battle Cr...

Date Taken: 08/0/1918 Photographer: W.R. French American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings

Ceremonies - Camp Bowie thru Camp Forest - Military review at Camp Cus...

Photographer: D. M. Bennett Ceremonies - Camp Bowie thru Camp Forest Public domain photograph - World War One artillery, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceremonies - Camp Bowie thru Camp Forest - Review, Camp Custer, Battle...

Photographer: N. N. Hamm Ceremonies - Camp Bowie thru Camp Forest Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Michigan - Allegan through Battle Creek

Michigan - Allegan through Battle Creek Public domain photograph - aerial photo, work of US government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceremonies - Camp Bowie thru Camp Forest - Military review at Camp Cus...

Date Taken: 1918 Photographer: D. M. Bennett Ceremonies - Camp Bowie thru Camp Forest

Ceremonies - Camp Bowie thru Camp Forest - Military review at Camp Cus...

Date Taken: May 1918 Photographer: D. M. Bennett Ceremonies - Camp Bowie thru Camp Forest

Ceremonies - Camp Bowie thru Camp Forest - Camp Custer, Battle Creek, ...

Date Taken: May 9, 1918 Photographer: S. C. Funk, Battle Creek, Michigan Ceremonies - Camp Bowie thru Camp Forest

Ceremonies - Camp Bowie thru Camp Forest - Military review at Camp Cus...

Date Taken: 1918 Photographer: D. M. Bennett Ceremonies - Camp Bowie thru Camp Forest

American Library Association - Libraries - Kansas through Mississippi ...

Photographer: H.H. Hamm, Toledo, Ohio American Library Association - Libraries - Kansas through Mississippi

The Human U.S. Shield; 30,000 officers and men, Camp Custer, Battle Cr...

Formation photograph of shield. In album: Living and symbolic design photographs, composed of officers and men in U.S. Army and Navy service, presented to Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, by John D... More

R.L. Polk & Co's map of greater Battle Creek and suburbs

Greater Battle Creek and suburbs Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Coolidge and Bernard Jeddings of Battle Creek, Mich., 5/28/25

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Coolidge and Bernard Jeddings of Battle Creek, Mich., 52825

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

Central National Bank looking north, Battle Creek, Mich.

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View downtown Battle Creek, Battle Creek, Mich.

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Creston House Motel on U.S. 12, Battle Creek, Michigan

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Michigan Ave. looking west from Monument Square, Battle Creek, Mich.

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The Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich.

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Percy Jones General Hospital, Battle Creek, Mich.

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DeNooyer Brothers Co., complete specialized service

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Percy Jones General Hospital, Battle Creek, Mich.

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1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Michigan - Calhoun County - Ba...

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Michigan - Calhoun County

Battle Creek General Hospital from Irving Park, Battle Creek, Mich.

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Battle Creek, Mich. , January 12, 1981 -- Photograph of the original b...

The original database describes this as: Title: Emergency Management Institute Original Building Photo Production Date: 01/12/1981 Caption: Battle Creek, Mich. , January 12, 1981 -- Photograph of the origina... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt, from the 110th Fighter Group, Air National Guard ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Lee E. Rogers Release St... More

A US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt from the 110th Fighter Group, Air Nati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Lee E. Rogers Release St... More

SSGT Michael Bolton, 110th Fighter Group, Battle Creek, Michigan, pump...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Lee E. Rogers Release St... More

SSGT Michael Bolton, 110th Fighter Group, Battle Creek, Michigan, adju...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Lee E. Rogers Release St... More

A Marine Cobra helicopter taxis down the runway in the background whil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Mike Reinhardt Release ... More

1LT Gary Wolf, 110th Air National Guard, Battle Creek, Michigan flies ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Mike Reinhardt Release S... More

SSGT Jim Welter, a Weapons Loader from Naval Air Station Willow Grove,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Lee E. Rogers Release St... More

Two A-10 Thunderbolts from the 110th Air National Guard, Battle Creek,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Mike Reinhardt Release S... More

Aircraft inspector, SSGT Lynn Demaree, of the 110th Air National Guard...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Mike Reinhardt Release S... More

TSGT Kathy D. Lavender confirms the completed maintenance of an A-10 T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Lee E. Rogers Release St... More

LT. COL. Roger Seidell, an A-10 Thunderbolt pilot, gives MASTER SGT. B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Lee E. Rogers Release St... More

SSGT David Castillo, a radiology technician with 126th Medical Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Kumaka Country: French Guiana (GUF) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Michael Featherston Release Status: R... More

Second Lieutenant (2LT) Christopher Melka, USAF, 107th Fighter Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE Base: Battle Creek Ang Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command S... More

Second Lieutenant (2LT) Christopher Melka, USAF, 107th Fighter Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Battle Creek Ang Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Sho... More

Spc. Matthew Whiston, a native of Battle Creek, Mich.,

Spc. Matthew Whiston, a native of Battle Creek, Mich., searches through a dresser in an Iraqi families home during a cordon and talk in northwest Baghdad April 19. Whiston serves as a team leader for 1st Platoo... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brad Spiech (front) and Staff

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brad Spiech (front) and Staff Sgt. Sean Reed from 110th MXS, change the main landing gear accuator for the C-21 aircraft at the 110th Airlift Wing, Battle Creek, Mich., Feb. 6, 2010. S... More

C-21 Training, US Air Force Photo

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Travis Burke, left, and Senior Airman Dustin Matchinski, assigned to the 110th Maintenance Squadron, conduct radio transmission training on a C-21 aircraft, Michigan Air National... More

New Construction in the Metals Shop

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Ron McKellar, 110th Airlift Wing, Metals Technology, cuts down an old support beam to make room for a new Computer Numeric Controlled mill, March 5, Air National Guard Base Battle Creek, Mich.

New DLA Facility, US Air Force Photo

U.S. Air Force Col. Rodger Seidel, 110th Airlift Wing Commander, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Twila Gonzales, director, Defense Logistics Agency Services, and Jeffrey Curtis, Executive Director Materia... More

Omar N. Bradley Award - A man in a military uniform presents a plaque ...

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dustin Hergert, Inspector-Instructor Staff, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, Naval Operational Support Center Battle Creek Michigan, receives the General of the Army Omar N. Bradley Award ... More

Armed Forces Day, US Navy Photogrpah

Arthur Kale, Calhoun County chairman, Calhoun County Board of Commissioners, gives proclamation during the annual Armed Forces Day luncheon while U.S. Navy Commander, T.R. Shaw, Military Affairs Committee, Batt... More

Armed Forces Day, US Air Force Photo

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Layton, 110th Airlift Wing Command Post takes a moment of prayer during the annual Armed Forces Day luncheon, 110th Airlift Wing, Air National Guard Base Battle Creek, Mich., May 20.

U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Byron

U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Byron Patton receives the Duane E. Dewey Award, presented by U.S. Navy Cmdr. T.R. Shaw and Robert Hencken, Kalamazoo, Mich. Marine Corps League, during the annual Ar... More

Security Forces Rifle Qualification

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Shataia Bolden, 110th Airlift Wing, Security Forces Squadron, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, qualifies with the M4 service rifle at Fort Custer Training Center, Augusta, M... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Justin Reed, 110th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Justin Reed, 110th Airlift Wing, Security Forces Squadron, prepares a vehicle operator for a vehicle inspection prior to entry on the base, 110th Airlift Wing, Air National Guard... More

19th Annual Air National Guard Eastern Invitational Golf Tournament ch...

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Cape, 110th Air Operations Group, wins the 19th Annual Eastern Invitational Golf Tournament, which was hosted by South Carolina Air National Guard. Cape is presented the first ... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kevin Paulson, Communications

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kevin Paulson, Communications Flight, 110th Airlift Wing, Michigan Air National Guard Base Battle Creek, prepares to take flight with Air Show pilot Bill Kerns in an Airguard Extra 300... More

Lt. Ben Walborn, lead solo pilot for the U.S. Navy

Lt. Ben Walborn, lead solo pilot for the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, performs a sneak pass during a demonstration at the Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival.... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Julia Coenen, 110th Airlift Wing

U.S. Air Force Maj. Julia Coenen, 110th Airlift Wing Medical Squadron, administers a flu mist vaccine to a member of the 110th Airlift Wing, Air National Guard Base Battle Creek, Mich., Aug. 6.

Members of the 110th Airlift Wing Michigan Air National

Members of the 110th Airlift Wing Michigan Air National Guard Base participate in Ability To Survive and Operate Training, Battle Creek, Mich., Aug. 7. The 110th Airlift Wing members are in preparation for an u... More

Sgt. Scott Nagle gives instruction to driver Spc. Matthew

Sgt. Scott Nagle gives instruction to driver Spc. Matthew Angell at the start of a convoy mission during the 2011 Warrior Exercise held here. Nagle, from Coldwater, Mich., and Angell, from Battle Creek, Mich., ... More

During 2011 Warrior Exercise held here, Pfc. Ethan

During 2011 Warrior Exercise held here, Pfc. Ethan Mosely ground guides a vehicle. The 2011 WAREX is one of several major exercises conducted by the U.S. Army Reserve. Mosely is from Sunbury, Ohio, and assigned... More

Hoop dreams in Iraq, 82nd airborne division

Spc. Phillip A. Roach from Battle Creek, Mich., a Shadow aircraft operator from 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, shoots some hoops waiting for... More

Service members from the Battle Creek Air National

Service members from the Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Mich., pay tribute on the anniversary of September 11, 2001 eleven years later on Tuesday, September 11, 2012. Airmen, civilians, faculty, and stud... More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal 3rd Class Jonathan Hamm, from Battle Creek...

ARABIAN SEA (Sep. 17, 2012) Explosive Ordnance Disposal 3rd Class Jonathan Hamm, from Battle Creek, Mich., checks equipment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is deployed to the U.S... More

Airmen earn CCAF degrees, Air National Guard

Battle Creek Air National Guardsman Tech. Sgt. Sherilyn Swisher, 110th Airlift Wing Maintenance Group (MXG), Quality Assurance section earns her associates degree in Human Resources Management from the Communit... More

Pvt. Travis Samate, from Colorado Springs, Colo., And

Pvt. Travis Samate, from Colorado Springs, Colo., And a signal support systems specialist with HHT, 4th 'Dark Horse' Sqdn., 9th U.S. Cav. Regt., 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div., simulates applying a tourniquet to a sold... More

Vehicle maintenance, US Air Force Photo

Battle Creek Air National Guardsman Tech. Sgt. Phillip Mercer, 110th Airlift Wing Logistics Readiness Squadron Vehicle Maintenance installs new ball joints for a vehicle operated by Security Forces Squadron, at... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Patrick Hann, 110th Airlift

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Patrick Hann, 110th Airlift Wing, 172 Airlift Squadron, patrols the range for safety concerns prior to a cargo drop at Grayling Air Gunnery Range, Frederic, Mich., Jan. 26, 2013. Hann ... More

Airmen from the 110th Airlift Wing Civil Engineers

Airmen from the 110th Airlift Wing Civil Engineers Squadron, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base qualify with the M4 rifle at the Fort Custer Training Center, Augusta, Mich., March 16, 2013. Airmen were qualif... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Brush, 110th Airlift

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Brush, 110th Airlift Wing Maintenance Squadron, Metals Technology, uses a band saw to complete various work order requests at the Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Battle... More

Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion transport

Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion transport bridge equipment across a lake using an improved ribbon bridge during a training exercise here, June 11. The IRB uses a series of floating platforms to safe... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Ronald Wilson, 110th Airlift Wing

U.S. Air Force Col. Ronald Wilson, 110th Airlift Wing Commander and Capt. Jennifer Prichard, pilot a C-21 during a fini-flight at the Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Battle Creek, Mich., June 15, 2013. T... More

A Canadian Alpha Jet flies into the sun during Operation

A Canadian Alpha Jet flies into the sun during Operation Northern Strike, Canadian Alpha jets participated in a wide range of close air support mission training, both over land in northern Michigan and over the... More

Gonzales bids farewell to DLA Disposition Services

DLA Director Navy Vice Adm. Mark Harnitchek presents Twila C. Gonzales with the DLA Exceptional Civilian Service Award for her time as DLA Disposition Services director.