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We now offer items from the museum gift shop for purchase on-line or by mail. Most items are available for purchase by mail for $6.00 postage and handling. Those marked with an asterisk (*) need $10.00 postage and handling. All proceeds from sales go toward support of our Museum.

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Washtenaw County Historical Society
Post Office Box 3336
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-3336

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To save postage and handling, please call ahead, 734-662-9092, to make arrangements to pick up your items at the Museum on Main Street.

The Museum Shop has many other interesting items not shown here available for puchase including post cards, note cards, tiny hand-made bells, ornaments, and books pertaining to the current exhibit.  Contact us for more information.

Detroit Observatory Ann Arbor Headlight Ann Arbor Changing Scene
A CREATION OF HIS OWN: TAPPAN'S DETROIT OBSERVATORY, by Patricia Whitesell. A history of the Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor, MI. Published in 1998. Paperback. 236 pages. $25. ANN ARBOR HEADLIGHT: SOUVENIR EDITION-1896, reprint of a magazine published by Michigan Central Railroad with photos and information about Ann Arbor at the end of the 19th Century. Paperback. 42 pages. $3. *** SPECIAL PRICE *** ANN ARBOR: THE CHANGING SCENE, by Adam Christman. Personal memories of Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan, Burns Park and gardening circa 1920-1950. Originally published in the Ann Arbor News between late 1978 and March 1981. Reprinted by the Ann Arbor Historical Foundation in 1983. Paperback, illustrated. 151 pages. $9.
Ann Arbor in the 19th Century Ann Arbor in the 20th Century Ann Arbor Observed
ANN ARBOR IN THE 19TH CENTURY, by Grace Shackman. A pictorial history of Ann Arbor, MI. 2001. Paperback. 128 pages. $20. ANN ARBOR IN THE 20TH CENTURY, by Grace Shackman. A pictorial history of Ann Arbor, MI. 2002. Paperback. 128 pages. $20. ANN ARBOR OBSERVED, by Grace Shackman. Compilation of Ann Arbor Observer articles. 271 pages. $20.
Ann Arbor's First Lady Jewish Ann Arbor Another Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR'S FIRST LADY: Events in the Life of Ann L. Allen, by Russell Bidlack. History of early settler, Ann Allen. Soft cover. 118 pages. $7.50. JEWISH ANN ARBOR, by Richard and Ruth Adler. 128 pages. $20. ANOTHER ANN ARBOR, by Carol Gibson and Lola M. Jones.The black community in the Ann Arbor area is presented through photographs that present their history and follows their progress from 1857 through the late 1990s.  This book preserves a little known but integral part of Ann Arbor’s history. 128 pages. $20.
1880 Birdseye Map of Ann Arbor Celebrating Our History Historic Buildings Ann Arbor
BIRDSEYE MAP OF ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - 1880. 24 by 30 inches, rolled and in a mailing tube. $10. CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY: 160 YEARS OF THE ANN ARBOR NEWS, a photo album of the people and places within the Ann Arbor News circulation area. Family photos were loaned for the project. Paperback. 128 pages. $10. *** OUT OF STOCK *** HISTORIC BUILDINGS: ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, by Marjorie Reade and Susan Wineberg. Second edition, reprinted with slight revisions in 1998. Published by the Ann Arbor Historical Foundation and the Ann Arbor Historic District Commission. Paperback. 232 pages. $15.
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Lost Ann Arbor Electric Trolleys of Washtenaw County Northfield Harvest
LOST ANN ARBOR, by Susan Cee Wineberg. This book is a tribute to long-lost treasures and the 19th century way of life that accompanied these buildings.  This is a visual journey through Ann Arbor’s forgotten public landscape, discovering its incredible architectural heritage through archival photographs. 128 pages. $20. ELECTRIC TROLLEYS OF WASHTENAW COUNTY, by H. Mark Hildebrandt and Martha A. Churchill. Soft cover. 127 pages. $20. NORTHFIELD HARVEST, A PICTORIAL HISTORY, edited by Wystan Stevens. Covers Northfield Township and Whitmore Lake area. Published in 1999. Soft cover. 394 pages. $25.
Images of Saline Images of Saline Less Than Immortal
RIVERWALKS - Ann Arbor: Walking loops along the Huron River, by Brenda Bentley. 120 pages. $25. SALINE: IMAGES OF SALINE, MICHIGAN, by Susan Kosky. 128 pages. $20. LESS THAN IMMORTAL: THE RISE AND FALL OF FRANK PORTER GLAZIER OF CHELSEA, MICHIGAN, by Dr. Louis William Doll. 160 pages. $25.
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View of a Universe Tile: Museum on Main Street Indians of Washtenaw County
VIEW OF A UNIVERSE: A LOVE STORY OF ANN ARBOR AT MIDDLE AGE, by Milo Ryan. A delightful personal account of an Irish-American family in Ann Arbor before World War I. Published by the Ann Arbor Historic District Commission in 1985. Illustrated by William Shurtliff. Paperback. 211 pages. $10. TILE: MUSEUM ON MAIN STREET. 6 x 6 inch tile. $10. THE INDIANS of WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, by W. B. Hinsdale. Printed by Geo. Wahr Publishing, 1927. Reprinted by Washtenaw County Historical Society, 2003. Paperback. 68 pages. $7.
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Ann Arbor Railroad Argomania Windows of St. Andrews
THE ANN ARBOR RAILROAD, by D. C. Jesse Burkhardt. 128 pages. $20. ARGOMANIA-A LOOK AT ARGUS CAMERAS AND THE COMPANY THAT MADE THEM, by Henry J. Gambino. 222 pages. $40. THE WINDOWS OF ST. ANDREWS, by H. M. Hildebrandt. 48 pages. $25.
Ypsilanti in the 20th Century Ypsilanti History in Pictures Our Heritage: Down By te Depot in Ypsilanti
YPSILANTI: IN THE 20TH CENTURY, by James Thomas Mann. Pictorial history of Ypsilanti, MI. Soft cover. 128 pages. $20. YPSILANTI: A HISTORY IN PICTURES, by James Thomas Mann. Pictorial history of Ypsilanti, MI. Soft cover. 128 pages. $20. OUR HERITAGE: DOWN BY THE DEPOT IN YPSILANTI - VOLUME ONE, by Tom Dodd and James Thomas Mann. Stories collected by the authors, some written by them, some simply recorded as others told them and still others lifted from ancient local newspapers. Published by the Depot Town Association, Inc.  1999.  174 pages. $25
Third Marked Tree

Brookwater Farm Burr Oak Farm
THE THIRD MARKED TREE, Paths Through the Wilderness – John Williams of Webster Township and His Descendants, by James Baldwin Parker and Osbert Oliver Williams. Hard cover. 314 pages. $20. BROOKWATER FARM OF WEBSTER TOWNSHIP – The Story of the Boyden, Alexander, Mumford and Zeeb Families of Webster Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan by James Baldwin Parker and Jeannette Mumford Straub. Hard cover. 370 pages. $25. NEW!BURR OAKS FARM – The Kleinschmidt Family of Webster Township and Washtenaw County, Michigan Featuring Paul & Alvin Kleinschmidt's Memories with Those of their Sister, May Mast, by James Baldwin Parker. Hard cover. 338 pages. $25.
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Barefoot Boy - A Year in the Life of a 1930s Farm Boy Images of America, Milan, Michigan Webster: A Time, A Place, A People
Barefoot Boy - A Year in the Life of a 1930s Farm Boy, by Ray Schaier. Recollections of growing up on a farm near Ann Arbor during the Depression. Soft cover. 99 pages. $13. IMAGES OF AMERICA - MILAN, by Martha Churchill. Pictorial history of Milan, Michigan. Soft cover. 128 pages. $20. *** PRICE REDUCED *** WEBSTER: A Time, A Place, A People, by Grace Shackman. (About Webster Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.) 274 pages. Soft cover, $17.  Hard cover, $22.
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Geddes Family of Washtenaw County WWII Front Line Nurse Down the Myrtle Path
THE FAMILY OF GEDDES TO THE 2ST CENTURY, WASHTENAW COUNTY BRANCH, 2nd Edition by Hannah Geddes Wright. Soft cover. 132 pages. $25. WORLD WAR II FRONT LINE NURSE, by Mildred A. MacGregor. Personal memories of Lt. Mildred A. Radawiec, Army Nurse Corp. Soft cover. 454 pages. $27. DOWN THE MYRTLE PATH – The history of Town Hall School, by Hannah Geddes Wright. Soft Cover. 114 pages. $16.
Wicked Washtenaw Wicked Ann Arbor Underground Railroad in Michigan
NEW!WICKED WASHTENAW COUNTY - STRANGE TALES OF THE GRISLY AND UNEXPLAINED, by James Thomas Mann. Soft cover. 126 pages. $20. NEW!WICKED ANN ARBOR, by James Thomas Mann. Soft cover. 126 pages. $20. NEW!UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN MICHIGAN, by Carol Mull. Hard cover. 223 pages. $40. *** Autographed by the Author! ***
Revised: December 19, 2012
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