As we start a new year, I thought I would share some winter scenes at Cranbrook from 105 years ago. In the Winter of 1916, Henry Wood Booth and his daughter Alice Booth Miller took a stroll around the grounds of a snow-covered Cranbrook Estate. The journey was documented in pictures now in the Estate Albums in Cranbrook Archives.
Henry Wood Booth and Alice Booth Miller on the trail between the Cottage and Cranbrook House, March 1916.
Henry Wood Booth and Alice Booth Miller on the road to the Service Court, just above the Sunken Garden, at Cranbrook House, March 1916.
Henry Wood Booth and Alice Booth Miller beside Tower Cottage (then known as the Summer Cottage and water tower), March 1916.
Henry Wood Booth and Alice Booth Miller on the arched bridge over the Mill Race, March 1916.
Henry Wood Booth and Alice Booth Miller at the Cascades (now the site of the Morris Mill), March 1916.
Best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year from your friends at Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research!
– Leslie S. Mio, Associate Registrar, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
It’s always fun to see photos of the estate in the very early days. And I always find it remarkable to be able to walk in the exact footsteps of four prior generations of my family. Thank God they enjoyed not only owning cameras, but using them. And they had the wherewithal to spend on photo processing—that and saving so much for posterity. (No one I know has such a huge, familial treasure trove to refer to.)
Cranbrook Kitchen Sink 
Cool pics!
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It’s always fun to see photos of the estate in the very early days. And I always find it remarkable to be able to walk in the exact footsteps of four prior generations of my family. Thank God they enjoyed not only owning cameras, but using them. And they had the wherewithal to spend on photo processing—that and saving so much for posterity. (No one I know has such a huge, familial treasure trove to refer to.)
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I believe Alice would be George’s sister.
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Stunning!
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It is fun to see these old photos of the estate. Thank you.
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