Percy W. Cromwell cartoons ca. 1918-ca. 1932

Detroit Tigers (Baseball team)

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Cobb, Ty, 1886-1961

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Ty Cobb played for the Detroit Tigers (1905-1926) and the Philadelphia Athletics (1927 & 1928). He served as player-manager for Detroit from 1921-1926. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. Bobby Doerr played his entire career with the Boston Red Sox (c. 1937-1951). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986. From the description of Letter, 1951, May 3. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 45557619 Ty Cobb played for the Det...

Cromwell, Percy W.

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Little is known of the life of Percy W. Cromwell, except that he was an editorial cartoonists for the Detroit Times in the period of approximately 1918 to 1932. From the guide to the Percy W. Cromwell cartoons, ca. 1918-ca. 1932, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) ...

House of David

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A religious cult that flourished in Benton Harbor, Michigan, in the 1910s and 1920s. The group was led by King Benjamin Purnell. He proclaimed himself the younger brother of Christ and the Seventh Messenger Angel who, according to the Book of Revelation, would gather together the 144,000 people who were to have immortal life on earth. From the description of Scrapbooks, [ca. 1921]-1924. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 23933396 ...

Ford, Henry, 1863-1947

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Industrialist and philanthropist Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863, grew up on a farm in what is now Dearborn, Michigan. Mechanically inclined from an early age, he worked in Detroit machine shops as a young man and became an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in 1891. Henry and Clara Jane Bryant, married in 1888, had one child, Edsel, born in 1893. In that same year, Henry tested his first internal combustion engine, and by 1896 completed his first car, the Quadricycle. Ford partnered in ...

Ku Klux Klan 1915-....

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The Ku Klux Klan was formally incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia on Dec. 4, 1915. The incorporated organization is a continuance of the earlier post Civil War Reconstruction Era unincorporated Ku Klux Klan and of the Knights of the White Camellia. Women of the Ku Klux Klan was incorporated at a late date as a separate entity. The stated purpose of the KKK was to promote an all White, Protestant United States, excluding all other races and religions. From the descript...

Groesbeck, Alexander J. (Alexander Joseph), 1873-1953

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Green, Fred W. (Fred Warren), 1872-1936

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Republican governor of Michigan, 1927-1930, from Ionia. From the description of Fred Warren Green papers, 1881-1939. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418362 Fred Warren Green was born Oct. 20, 1872, in Manistee, Michigan. He graduated from the Law School of the University of Michigan in 1898, then served in the Spanish-American War, commanding Company G, 31st Michigan Volunteer Infantry in Cuba. After the war, he practiced law in Ypsilanti, also b...