Museum Gift Shop

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.

Order by mail:

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

Please make out the check to Washtenaw County Historical Society.

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.

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, $10.	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, by Grace Shackman. A pictorial history of Ann Arbor, MI in 2001. Paperback, 128 pages, $20.	ANN ARBOR IN THE 20TH CENTURY, by Grace Shackman. A pictorial history of Ann Arbor, MI in 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: 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,. 128 pages, $20.
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.	CLOTHESLINE, by Irene Rawlings and Andrea Vansteenhouse. 96 pages, $20.
GRANDMOTHER'S GARDEN, by May Brawley Hill. Documents garden style, 1865-1915. Hardcover, black and white as well as color illustrations, 240 pages, $50.	HEIRLOOM FLOWERS, by Tovah Martin. Beautiful color photographs and resource list. Describes vintage flowers for modern gardens. Soft cover, 192 pages, $16.	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.
LANDSCAPES & GARDENS FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS, by Favretti & Favretti. Soft cover handbook for reproducing and creating authentic historic landscapes. Soft cover, 202 pages, $25.	LEGENDS and LEGACIES, The Greeks in Ann Arbor, Michigan, by Pearl Kastran Ahnen. Soft cover, 200 pages,: $15	LESS THAN IMMORTAL: THE RISE AND FALL OF FRANK PORTER GLAZIER OF CHELSEA, MICHIGAN, by Dr. Louis William Doll. 160 pages, $25.
LOST ANN ARBOR, by Susan Cee Wineberg. Photos of buildings that have been demolished. 128 pages, $20.	MY BOYHOOD MEMORIES OF ANN ARBOR, by Robert Jesse Kauffman, $10.	NORTHFIELD HARVEST, A PICTORIAL HISTORY, edited by Wystan Stevens. Covers Northfield Township and Whitmore Lake area. Published in 1999. Soft cover, 394 pages, $25.
OGLE'S 1895 ATLAS OF WASHTENAW COUNTY. 15" x 15", rolled in tube, $7.	ONE HUNDRED-FIFTY YEARS OF HISTORY: The Ann Arbor News: 1835-1985*, copies of selected front pages over the past 150 years. Paperback, 150 pages, $10.	PIPE ORGANS OF ANN ARBOR, published by the Ann Arbor News. Paperback, 152 pages, $12.
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.	SALINE VIDEOTAPE, by Al Eicher. Documents the history of Saline, MI with old photos and narrative. 60 minutes, $20.
SCHULER'S, by Jonathan and Hans Schuler. Fresh recipes and warm memories. 184 pages, $30.	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.
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, 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, $20
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.	VOICES OVER THE VALLEY, by James K. Cameron. A transcription of an oral history of the Saline Valley Farms, 1932-1953. 231 pages, $20.	ILLUSTRATED ATLAS OF WASHTENAW COUNTY*, reprint of Everts and Stewart's 1874 atlas, 128 pages; George A. Ogle & Co.'s 1895 atlas, 85 pages; and 1915 atlases of Washtenaw County, MI, 130 pages. Reprinted by Heritage Collection. Hard cover, $45.
WASHTENAW COUNTY PLAT MAPS*. Reprint of Bechler & Wenig's 1856 and 1864 atlases of Washtenaw Co., MI. Reprinted in 1997 by Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County. Hard cover, 174 pages, $35.	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.	WEBSTER: A Time, A Place, A People, by Grace Shackman. (About Webster Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.) 274 pages Soft cover, $27.50.  Hard cover, $32.50.
		Covers Soft Cover $27.50 Hard Cover $32.50
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.	A HISTORY OF ANN ARBOR, by Jonathan Marwil. Soft cover, 193 pages, $15.
MEN, WIND, AND COURAGE, A Pioneer Aviation story of O. E. Williams and His Associates, by Nancy Lynn Mess. Soft cover, 406 pages, $15.	THE HURON RIVER - Voices from the Watershed, edited by John Knott and Keith Taylor. Soft cover, 240 pages, $25.