Antique religious posters found at Livingston County museum

HAMBURG TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Ten religious posters that are more than 115 years old have been found amid a renovation project at a museum in Livingston County.

The Livingston Daily Press & Argus (http://bit.ly/1NTUvyw ) reports that the antique posters were rolled up and left under shutters in the attic in a section of the Hamburg Township Historical Museum that was originally a 168-year-old Methodist church. Museum president Wayne Burkhardt says the attic was sealed except for a trap door and no one had been up there for well over 50 years.

The 2-foot-by-3-foot posters were published in 1899 by David Cook Publishing Co. in Illinois.

Each of the posters depicts a scene from the Bible, including one of baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph and a lamb.

Burkhardt says the museum likely will sell the posters online.

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Information from: Livingston Daily Press & Argus, http://www.livingstondaily.com