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Christmas Party in St Joseph Hospital

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Published In
Ann Arbor News, December 20, 1937
Caption
CHILDREN AT ST. JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL: The children who have been patients in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in the past two years, with those there now, were guests at a Christmas Tree Saturday afternoon. The entertainment was in charge of the two Ann Arbor troops of Boy Scouts. Gifts from the Tree provided by the hospital are being given out above by Mrs. Lillian Gibson, a member of the nursing staff.

Year
1937
Month
December
Day
20
Description

Christmas Party in St Joseph Hospital

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Ann Arbor Merchants Prepare For A Bargain Festival, July 1939

Ann Arbor Merchants Prepare For A Bargain Festival, July 1939 image
Published In
Ann Arbor News, July 10, 1939
Caption
Directed by this committee of business men, Ann Arbor merchants are completing preparations for a Bargain Festival which will be held Thursday. Left to right are: seated, Harold J. Lepard, Julius Schaffer who is chairman of the arrangements' committee, and James A. McCarty; and standing, Paul C. Wagner and N. K. Buch.

Year
1939
Month
July
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Demolition of Westminster House

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Year
1938
Month
October
Description

Demolition of Westminster House in 1938 by the Ann Arbor Methodists to make room for the new wing of their new church on the site. Westminster House was begun in 1909 by the Rev. Dr. J. Leslie French and his wife, Edna, to provide housing for female Presbyterian students at the University of Michigan. A beautiful colonial house, it had been built in the early 1840s for Professor J. Louis Fasquelle (1808-1862), chair of the Modern Language Department, and later inhabited by his daughter, Caroline "Carrie" Matilda Fasquelle Hennequin (1845-1889) and her husband, Alfred Hennequin, (1846-1914), a professor of French and German. Then it became briefly the home of Dr. George Dock (1860-1951), Professor of Clinical Medicine, and his family. --- Information from Lost Ann Arbor, by Susan Wineberg, with additions by Wystan Stevens.

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Construction of Orchestra Shell, 1938

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Year
1938
Description

Orchestra Shell Construction at West Park, Ann Arbor. Orchestra Shell was constructed with funding from the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In early articles it was referred to as either the "West Park Orchestra Shell" or the "West Park Band Shell" but by the 1940s was referred to only as the "West Park Band Shell"

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Orchestra Shell Construction, May 1938

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Published In
Ann Arbor News, May 2, 1938
Caption
SPEED WORK ON ORCHESTRA SHELL: Completion of this joint municipal and WPA project is expected in early June. Beneath the 40-foot stage, the footings for which may be seen in the foreground, dressing and storage rooms will be constructed.

Year
1938
Month
May
Description

Orchestra Shell Construction at West Park, Ann Arbor. Orchestra Shell was constructed with funding from the Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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Construction of Water Softening Plant, August 1937

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Published In
Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1937
Caption
NEW WATER SOFTENING AND PURIFICATION PLANT: Despite heavy summer rains, which have put the work about six weeks behind schedule, construction is about 15 per cent completed on Ann Arbor's new plant for softening and purifying its water supply on Sunset Rd. The above photograph only half reveals the work already completed, for a large part of the construction done to date has been underground.

Year
1937
Month
August
Day
5
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Ann Arbor Flower Show Committee at Brumm Garden, May 1940

Ann Arbor Flower Show Committee at Brumm Garden, May 1940 image
Published In
Ann Arbor News, May 29, 1940
Caption
INTERESTED IN GARDEN SHOW: Four of those busy this week in connection with the flower garden displays at the Ann Arbor Flower Show which opens Saturday afternoon are shown above as they discussed gardens. They are, left to right, Prof. John L. Brumm, Mrs. A. C. Furstenberg, Fred Arnet and Mrs. Brumm.

Year
1940
Month
May
Description

Flower Show Committee at Mr. and Mrs. John L. Brumm garden

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Muck Fire Near Horseshoe Lake, October 1938

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Published In
Ann Arbor News, October 22, 1938
Caption
DIGGING TRENCHES TO CONTROL NORTHFIELD MUCK FIRE: A fire that has been burning both above and below ground for several days on the John Olson farm east of Horseshoe lake in Northfield township was restricted somewhat in the damage it caused by the digging of trenches. Wielding the shovels, from left to right, are: Rodric Olson, brother of the owner of the farm; Ernest Allen, neighboring farm boy; and Sanford Mayberry, a neighboring farmer.

Year
1938
Month
October
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Horseshoe Lake Flood, April 1937

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Published In
Ann Arbor News, April 27, 1937
Caption
Rains over the week-end raised Horseshoe lake over its shores and flooded all cottages on lower ground, as shown in the above picture. In many instances roads leading to groups of summer homes were washed out, preventing all but the bravest from approaching them.

Year
1937
Month
April
Day
26
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Presentation of Ann Arbor Flower Show Cups

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Year
1939
Month
May
Description

Ann Arbor Flower Show Cups Presented in Garden. The 1939 Ann Arbor Flower Show was held on June 5th and 6th in the Yost Field House. To read more about the history of the Ann Arbor Flower Show, read Grace Shackman's article in Then & Now.

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Ann Arbor Flower Show Cups Presented in Garden

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Year
1939
Month
May
Description

Ann Arbor Flower Show Cups Presented in Garden. The 1939 Ann Arbor Flower Show was held on June 5th and 6th in the Yost Field House. To read more about the history of the Ann Arbor Flower Show, read Grace Shackman's article in Then & Now.

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Ground-Breaking Ceremony At The North Lake 'Christmas Seal' Tuberculosis Camp, May 1937

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Published In
Ann Arbor News, May 8, 1937
Caption
Above are shown two views of the ground-breaking ceremony held yesterday morning at the "Christmas Seal" camp for underprivileged tubercular children at North Lake by prominent Detroiters who support and supervise the camp. A new office building and additional cabins to cost $38,000 will be erected on this site this summer. Dr. Burt R. Shurly, member of the Detroit school board and head of the Detroit Tuberculosis hospital, is shown in the cabin of the steam shovel operating the levers, with the aid of the unseen Marvin Miller of Ann Arbor, the regular operator. Standing beside the shovel are, left, Mrs. W. Bruce Howard and, right, Mrs. Joseph T. Sinclair.

Year
1937
Month
May
Day
6
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Flower Table Display from 1938 Ann Arbor Flower Show

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Year
1938
Description

Flower Table Display from 1938 Flower Show. In 1938 the Ann Arbor Flower Show was held at the Masonic Temple, 327 S 4th Ave, currently the parking lot for the Federal Building. To read more about the history of the Ann Arbor Flower Show, read Grace Shackman's article in Then & Now.

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Ann Arbor Daily News Flower Show Cup

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Year
1938
Description

Ann Arbor News award cups for the annual Ann Arbor Flower Show. In 1938 the Ann Arbor Flower Show was held at the Masonic Temple, 327 S 4th Ave, currently the parking lot for the Federal Building. To read more about the history of the Ann Arbor Flower Show, read Grace Shackman's article in Then & Now.

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Peter Weber With Two Of His Children Who Survived Horseshoe Lake Cottage Fire, September 1937

Peter Weber With Two Of His Children Who Survived Horseshoe Lake Cottage Fire, September 1937 image
Published In
Ann Arbor News, September 28, 1937
Caption
FATHER AND TWO SURVIVORS OF BLAZE: Peter Weber, 29-year-old Detroit truck driver, is shown comforting two of his four children who escaped from the fire in which three others perished at Horseshoe Lake last night. Mr. Weber is holding the hand of Dorothy, 7, while Robert, 9, looks on - their faces showing the strain of the tragedy.

Year
1937
Month
September
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Casper Enkemann, Ann Arbor Police Department, Makes New Bullets From Old, August 1938

Casper Enkemann, Ann Arbor Police Department, Makes New Bullets From Old, August 1938 image
Published In
Ann Arbor News, August 2, 1938
Caption
MAKING NEW BULLETS FROM OLD: Slugs and casings from discharged bullets are salvaged and made into new bullets by Patrolman Casper M. Enkemann and Clark J. Earl for police target practice. Officer Enkemann is shown operating the complicated but fool-proof reloading machine, with the slug re-sizer and lubricator to his right. On the table and in the stacked boxes are several thousand of the "home-made" bullets, while the trays are filled with slugs and old casings. A can of powder and a box of primers are on the table in the foreground.

Year
1938
Month
August
Day
2
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