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Enterprising Images, Michigan Historical Museum

About the Exhibit

York, Pennsylvania

East Saginaw, Michigan

The Goodridge Legacy

Time Line

Exhibit Credits and Acknowledgements

Enterprising Kids' Activities

The Goodridge Legacy

Robert Jones, Mary Caldwell and Anne Helen Fisher, 1853, sixth-plate daguerreotype. G. J. goodridge Extra Skylight Gallery, York, PA. The Historical Society of York County, PA.Between 1847 and 1922, Glenalvin, Wallace and William Goodridge made thousands of photographs in formats ranging from daguerreotypes to motion pictures.

Woman in plaid dressFrom national newspapers to the 1889 Universal Exhibition in Paris, to modern history books, those images have illustrated industry, lumbering, fashion and city life.

Champion Load, A.J. Scott Lumber Camp, 1888. Collection of Beffrey Family.The Goodridges are remarkable because they demonstrated an extraordinary ability to adapt and change with the times.

Baseball Team, Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad, after 1880. Collection of John V. Jezierski.The fascination of their images and the inspiration of their story of family, talent and exceptional enterprise create a legacy that will survive for years to come.

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