1918 OVERLAND PANORAMIC PHOTO Morning Star, December 11, 2011, pg. 4 There are still copies of my books "Growing Up in Albion," and "Albion in Review" available at the Albion Chamber of Commerce. These would make great Christmas gifts. Continuing with our Overland automobile story from last week, in 1917 the Albion Garage Sales Agency moved to its new building location at 302 N. Superior St. The firm continued to sell Overland automobiles. In 1918, a group of 17 Overlands arrived in town, and a panoramic photograph was taken by local photographer B. C. Tuttle in front of the new Albion Garage Sales Agency building. From our Historical Notebook this week we present the center portion of this photograph, courtesy of Tom Richards. We'll post the full photograph on the www.albionmich.com website when this article is placed there. Notice that this building was right on the corner of N. Superior St. and E. Michigan Avenue. There is a gas pump on the far left, and on the far right. The price is "19c," meaning 19 cents a gallon! Also in 1918, Harry Richards, Sr. bought out his partners, and the corporation was dissolved in 1920. The Albion Motor Sales was organized in 1921, and it was at that time the dealership switched to becoming a Ford dealership. Also new partners with Mr. Richards were W. E. King of Homer, and banker Byron Doolittle of Tekonsha. Richards subsequently bought them out in 1922 and reorganized the firm, adding his sons Max and Harry Jr, and others to the partnership. Albion Motor Sales moved across the street to 110 E. Michigan Avenue in 1934. The N. Superior St. building was then demolished to make way for a Hi-Speed service station, which during the 1960s was the Pure Oil service station. Albion Garage Sales Agency building, Full Panoramic Collage Left Center Right Next: 1954 CHRISTMAS PARADE Back to the Top of this Page All text copyright, 2026 © all rights reserved Frank Passic  |  Artwork copyright Maggie LaNoue © 2026 Frank Passic — Albion Historian An Albion native and 1971 graduate of Albion High School, Frank Passic has been researching and writing Albion history since 1976. He is the creator of the Albion Historical Notebook, with hundreds of articles appearing weekly in the Morning Star and The Recorder. Frank maintains an extensive personal archive including Riverside Cemetery records, family surname files, genealogies, photographs, city directories, and high school yearbooks. Support his 2026 research at the Historic Albion Michigan Facebook page. Historical Notebook  |  From the Archives  |  Subject List  |  100 Years Ago  |  Alphabetical Index  |  Frank Passic Home Page  |  Albion History Books  |  Contact Frank Michigan Prints by Maggie LaNoue Michigan Prints offers limited-edition archival Giclée prints, miniprints, notecards and boxed sets featuring Michigan landmarks, nature, resorts and nostalgia. Each print and card includes a legend on the back with stories about Michigan history. Albion scenes include the Kalamazoo River waterfall and the Blizzard of 1978. Find Michigan Prints online and at local shops. Michigan Prints  |  Albion Scenes  |  Custom Cards  |  Zazzle Gifts AlbionMich.net — General Guide to Albion AlbionMich.net is a hub for community life in the greater Albion area, featuring current news, city council updates, river restoration stories, parks and trails. See Albion's beautiful Kalamazoo River waterfall as it looks today — and follow the story of its future restoration. Includes news from The Recorder and stories about Albion's 17 parks. AlbionMich.net  |  Albion Blog  |  Frank Passic on AlbionMich.net General Guide to Albion AlbionMich.net offers two General Guides to the Albion area — one covering community life including city council, veterans, history, youth and wellness resources, and one covering the outdoors including roads, rivers, parks, trails and downtown. Both guides feature stories by local writers including contributors to The Recorder, sorted by topic for easy reference. General Guide — Community  |  General Guide — Outdoors Robin James — Indices Unlimited Robin James is the editor of the Albion Historical Notebook and has kept Frank Passic's thousands of articles organized and searchable for decades. A trained librarian and archivist, Robin specializes in back-of-book and online indexing, multimedia collection management, and corporate information distribution. He also enjoys strange music and is a contributing editor for Igloo electronic music magazine. For more about his indexing services, visit Indices Unlimited. AlbionDesign.com — Communications Specialists Since 1981  |  Advertise on AlbionMich.com