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The Earle

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Ann Arbor News, May 15, 1987
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Earle Honored - The Germania Hotel, 119-123 W. Washington St. (top)--now known as The Earle--was built in 1883 by Michael Staebler. It contained the largest 'sample rooms' in the state, where traveling salesmen could exhibit their wares. The hotel lobby, a saloon, restaurant and Staebler's coal and implement business were all located on the ground floor. The modified Italianate structure was also home to the Germania Verein, a music club. In 1976, under the supervision of Terry Alexander, of Alexander & Associate Architects, paint was stripped and the storefronts were redone. Later, the upper floors were renovated for office use. The building is now owned by Cooperative Investment Inc. and houses the well-regarded restaurant, The Earle (bottom) [this photo]. In celebration of Preservation Week, which runs through Sunday, the Ann Arbor Historic District Commission has recognized the rehabilitation of The Earle. Pictures of preservation award winners have run in The News during the week. The awards honor preservation of Ann Arbor's architectural heritage through respectful rehabilitation or--better still--excellent long-term maintenance. Awards will be presented at a reception at the Kempf House Center for Local History from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

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1987
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May
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15
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Zion Lutheran Church

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Ann Arbor News, April 25, 1962
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Zion Lutheran Church: For the first year, churches have been added to the Women's City Club house tour. The Zion Lutheran Church located at 1501 W. Liberty St., will be open for tour groups to examine the interior which is typically Georgian with white walls and enameled woodwork.

Year
1962
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April
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Metzger's Restaurant being Handed Down to Next Generation

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Ann Arbor News, June 26, 1959
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Family' Transaction: The Metzger's Restaurant business has been sold to Walter Metzger (extreme left) and Fritz E. Kienzle (extreme right) in a within-the-'family' transaction. Walter is the son of William Metzger (center, left), who examines a legal document with his son, legalizing the sale. Kienzle is the nephew of Christian Kuhn (center, right).

Year
1959
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June
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Demolition of Old Zion Lutheran Church's Parish House

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Ann Arbor News, September 13, 1963
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Parish House Coming Down: The old Zion Lutheran Church's parish house off the northeast corner of E. Washington St. and S. Fifth Ave. in one of two structures being razed to make way for a new, $250,000 Huron Valley National Bank building. Also to be demolished is the adjacent old Zion church topped with a spire that has been a familiar landmark downtown for generations. Stan's Wrecking is doing the razing work, and a spokesman, when aksed the procedure to be used in demolishing the spire, said, "We'll tackle that problem when we get to it."

Year
1963
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September
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Demolition of the Lutz Building

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Ann Arbor News, April 5, 1958
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One Story To Go: Just one floor of the three-story Lutz Building at 109-111 E. Washington St. remains to be torn down to make way for a three-story addition onto the State Bank and Trust Co. Besides the addition, the exterior and interior of the present bank is to be remodeled. This picture was taken from the First National Building.

Year
1958
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April
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Addition to the Argus Camera building on Fourth St

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Ann Arbor News, October 4, 1952
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Argus Expands for Defense: With the steel superstructure erected and the brickwork being laid, the 10,000-square-foot second-floor addition to Argus Cameras, Inc., at 405 Fourth St. nears its completion date, Oct. 20. The structure, necessitated by defense contracts, will house an optical assembly department. The general contractor for the project is Henry W. deKoning.

Year
1952
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October
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Bonnie Day and Scott Foster at Ann Arbor Brewing Company

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Ann Arbor News, July 13, 1995
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Assitant brewer Bonnie Day and bartender Scott Foster keep the suds flowing at the Arbor Brewing Co. at 114 E. Washington St. The pair served the brewery's first beers to about 500 people.

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1995
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July
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Christian Pozzar, with one of his 10-foot circular ovens at Brewbakers

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Ann Arbor News, December 2, 1996
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Christian Pozzar, an engineer turned stone mason, with one of his 10-foot circular ovens at Brewbakers

Year
1966
Month
December
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Brewbaker's was located in the basement of Kerrytown

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Hugh Wanty, president of local distributor O & W Inc.

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Ann Arbor News, June 4, 1989
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Hugh Wanty, president of distributor O & W Inc., and his company stock plenty of imports such as Heineken. Budweiser is still king, but local consuption of imported beer is three times the national average.

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1989
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June
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Construction Crane for Addition to State Bank and Trust Company, August 1958

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Ann Arbor News, August 16, 1958
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Towering Boom: Workmen on the State Bank & Trust Co. addition on E. Washington St. today sectioned this towering boom to lift the steel work. It rises above surrounding structures, including the First National Building.

Year
1958
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August
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16
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Filling in the "Bomb Crater" at 1510 Hill St to Mark the End of the Vietnam War

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Year
1975
Month
May
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Members of the Rainbow People's Party and the commune at 1510 Hill St fill in the bomb crater they had dug nearly 3 years earlier in the front lawn.

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Flag Sewn on Bottom of Pants

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Ann Arbor News, March 25, 1970
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Sheriff's Lt. Charles Anderson Shows Flag on Pants

Year
1970
Month
March
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Washtenaw County Sheriff Leiutenant Charles Anderson shows the pants that got Bradford M. Bogue arrested for improper display of the American flag.

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Cheng Guan Lim at Press Conference, August 1959

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Ann Arbor News, August 31, 1959
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Recluse Talks: Cheng Guan Lim (center) looked like this as he appeared in the City Council chambers this morning for a press conference attended by 30 newsmen. Robert B. Klinger (left) and Dean Walter B. Rea (right) of the U-M were present.

Year
1959
Month
August
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Hideout of Cheng Guan Lim in First Methodist Church Attic, August 1959

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Ann Arbor News, August 31, 1959
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Church Hideout: The Rev. Eugene A. Ransom of the First Methodist Church inspects the crude living accomodations which 28-year-old Chheng Guan Lim used during his four years as a recluse in the rafters of the church

Year
1959
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August
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The Iguanas, June 1966

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Ann Arbor News, June 22, 1966
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To Sound Off In Europe: The Iguanas, who will be traveling from Ann Arbor to Europe this summer to dispense their own brand of music, are (left to right, front) Jim McLaughlin and Don Swickerath and (left to right, back) Tom Ralston and Nick Kolokithas.

Year
1966
Month
June
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French Dukes Practicing for President Nixon's Inaugural Parade

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Ann Arbor News, January 2, 1969
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Dukes going To Washington - Practicing for their trip to Washington Jan. 20 to march in Richard M. Nixon's Inaugural Parade are 12 of the French Dukes - Ann Arbor's award-winning precision drill team. The selection of the 24-man drill team was announced Tuesday. Pictured (from left) are Commander Carlton Bell, Namon Wright, Jerry Ginyard, Jerome Wright, Al Casey, Robert Franklin, Grant Sleet, Wendell Ulmer, Ricky Thomas, Charles Carter, LeRoy Carter and Leonard Scott. Not pictured are John McDonald, Melvin Arnett, Hugh Harris, Phil Sleet, Terry Ginyard, Mark Wilson, Robert Foster, Walter Blissett, Jesse Thomas, Michael Franklin, James Bryant and Kenneth Mitchell. Local contributions to help pay for transportation, food and lodging for the youths while they are in Washington may be sent to John P. Paup at the Ann Arbor Trust Co., 100 S. Main. The team is sponsored by Elks Pratt Lodge.

Year
1968
Month
December
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French Dukes Win First Place for Fifth Year, September 1968

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Ann Arbor News, September 8, 1968
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French Dukes Pose - The French Dukes, a 28-man precision drill team which last week won first-place honors for the fifth year at the National Elks Pratt lodge Convention in New York, pose in uniform. They are (extreme left) vice commander Carlton Bell and center, Mark Wilson. The formation at left includes (all from left) Jerome Wright and Robert Franklin, first row; Rick Thomas and Al Casey, second row, and Hugh Harris, back row. In the formation at right, Wenlell Ulmer and Phil Sleet stand in the front row; Grant Sleet, Melvin Arnett, Harvey Churchill and Robert Foster are in the second row. Leonard Scott stands in the back row. Not all of the French Dukes are pictured.

Year
1968
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September
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French Dukes Precision Drill Team Practices Behind Jones Building, July 1966

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Ann Arbor News, July 26, 1966
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All Together, Now - Hup! - Members of the Al Toras, the Elk's Angels, the Continentals and the French Dukes practice en masse as they prepare for Saturday's exhibition. Capt. Chris Clemens (far right) sees that the group is in step as they prepare to start a maneuver during one of their nightly, hour-long practice sessions.

Year
1966
Month
July
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Dennis David Johnson (center, behind flag, wearing a dark cap)

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Erosion on Lake Michigan Shore near Manistee

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Ann Arbor News, January 7, 1973
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Shoreline residents in the Manistee area and elsewhere on the Lake Michigan coast have watched the waters of the lake slowly inch upward for the past three years. Docks went first, then cottages tumbled into the water. Some have tried various erosion controls -- pilings, breakwalls, rockpiles -- but the inexorable advance of the waters prevailed, as the photos left, right, and below [this photo] clearly show. The pilings, right, have helped some, but the water is coming around the ends. A recent storm pulled the footings out from under a number of trees, below right [this photo].

Year
1973
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January
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Erosion on Lake Michigan Shore near Manistee

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Ann Arbor News, January 7, 1973
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Shoreline residents in the Manistee area and elsewhere on the Lake Michigan coast have watched the waters of the lake slowly inch upward for the past three years. Docks went first, then cottages tumbled into the water. Some have tried various erosion controls -- pilings, breakwalls, rockpiles -- but the inexorable advance of the waters prevailed, as the photos left, right, and below [this photo] clearly show. The pilings, right, have helped some, but the water is coming around the ends. A recent storm pulled the footings out from under a number of trees, below right.

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1973
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January
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Erosion on Lake Michigan Shore near Manistee

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Ann Arbor News, January 7, 1973
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Shoreline residents in the Manistee area and elsewhere on the Lake Michigan coast have watched the waters of the lake slowly inch upward for the past three years. Docks went first, then cottages tumbled into the water. Some have tried various erosion controls -- pilings, breakwalls, rockpiles -- but the inexorable advance of the waters prevailed, as the photos left [this photo], right, and below clearly show. The pilings, right, have helped some, but the water is coming around the ends. A recent storm pulled the footings out from under a number of trees, below right.

Year
1973
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January
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Pilings to Prevent Shore Erosion on Lake Michigan

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Ann Arbor News, January 7, 1973
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Shoreline residents in the Manistee area and elsewhere on the Lake Michigan coast have watched the waters of the lake slowly inch upward for the past three years. Docks went first, then cottages tumbled into the water. Some have tried various erosion controls -- pilings, breakwalls, rockpiles -- but the inexorable advance of the waters prevailed, as the photos left, right [this photo], and below clearly show. The pilings, right [this photo], have helped some, but the water is coming around the ends. A recent storm pulled the footings out from under a number of trees, below right.

Year
1973
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January
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Buhr Park Fireworks, July 4, 1974

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Ann Arbor News, July 5, 1950
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Salute To The 4th: Fireworks light up the sky over Buhr Park Thursday night as an estimated 20,000 persons watch the annual July 4th fireworks display put on by the Ann Arbor Junior Chamber of Commerce. A story and more photos are on Page 13. (News photo by Robert Chase)

Year
1974
Month
July
Day
4
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Lawaine Van Eyck, Proctor & Gamble National Jingle Contest Winner, February 1959

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Ann Arbor News, February 27, 1959
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Prize Winner: Mrs. Marvin R. Van Eyck of 1800 Mershon Dr. receives food coupons for $2,500 worth of groceries from David DeVore (left), manager of the local Wrigley's supermarket, and keys to a 1959 station wagon from a Proctor & Gamble representative. He is James Lundberg of Toledo, Proctor & Gamble unit manager. Mrs. Van Eyck won the car and groceries as second prize in a national limerick contest.

Year
1959
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February
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Ann Arbor Police Department - Walter Krasny Takes Over from Chief of Police Rolland J. Gainsley

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Ann Arbor News, October 4, 1966
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Old Hand, New Job: Walter E. Krasny (right), name plaque already in place, officially takes over from Retiring City Police Chief Rolland E. Gainsley.

Year
1966
Month
October
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Sheriff Doug Harvey Given an Honorary Barber Award

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Ann Arbor News, April 21, 1970
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Sheriff 'Honorary Barber': Sheriff Douglas J. Harvey examines a plaque which designates him an "honorary barber." The plaque, presented yesterday at the County Building, was given by Barbers Union Local 689. Harvey is defendant in a U.S. District Court suit in Detroit in which eight University students allege their constitutional rights were violated by haircuts given them during a brief stay in jail. Harvey is being sued for $200,000. The eight were arrested during a campus demonstration. Harvey promised to display the plaque in his office. Ypsilanti barber William Boatwright, who made the presentation, said the local's 94 barbers in the county "support Sheriff Harvey and his prevention of disease in the county jail."

Year
1970
Month
April
Day
20
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White Swan Laundry Co.

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Ann Arbor News, February 28, 1948
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Laundry On Catherine St. Changes Owners: Harry Zielinski, former manager of the Washtenaw Cleaners, has taken over the White Swan Laundry at 201 Catherine St. from Mr. and Mrs. Lester Pollock. Mrs. Pollock has owned and managed the business for the past 31 years. The firm name has been changed to the Vogue Dy Cleaners and Launderers.

Year
1948
Month
January
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Delivering Equipment to Portage Lake Observatory at Peach Mountain

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Ann Arbor News, December 14, 1949
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DILEMMA AT PEACH MOUNTAIN ASTRONOMICAL STATION: Trouble brewed at the University's new branch astronomical station near Portage Lake yesterday when truckers who had delivered the parts of the new telescope to be mounted there found it impossible to get one of the bulkier mechanisms into the observatory. The heavy casting -- the four-ton "polar axis" for the telescope--is shown hanging in mid-air after dome doors refused to open because of electrical difficulties. Electricians worked overtime to solve a wiring problem, and the dismantled telescope was expected tohave a roof over its head before sunset this evening.

Year
1949
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December
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Ypsi-Ann Drive-In Marquee

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Ann Arbor News, July 17, 1958
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Watch Out For Those Monthly Payments! The marquee on the Ypsi-Ann Drive-In Theater seems to offer a remarkable bargain today: "Solid Gold Cadillac" - "No Down Payment." However, it's just an amusing combination of movie titles.

Year
1958
Month
July
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Snow Business Halts Show Business, March 1956

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Ann Arbor News, March 19, 1956
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Snow Business Halts Show Business: Saturday's heavy snowfall wrecked the operation of area drive-in theaters, which has just opened for the season. it also caused this hastily erected explanation on the marquee of the Ypsi-Ann Drive-In on Washtenaw Rd.

Year
1956
Month
March
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Freshmen Given Instructions

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Ann Arbor News, August 23, 1965
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Fresmen Given Instructions: Some 2,300 of the estimated 4,800 freshmen who will enroll at the University for the fall term receive orientation information during a sessions this morning in Hill Auditorium. Some 1,500 transfer students from other colleges and universities filed into the auditorium for orientation instructions after the freshmen left. About 2,500 freshmen previously went through orientation during the U-M's Summer Orientation Program which began early in the summer term. A record number of 30,900 resident credit students, an increase of 1,800 over last fall, are expected to begin classes next Monday.

Year
1965
Month
August
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Pursuit Through Sewers, August 1964

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Ann Arbor News, August 19, 1964
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Pursuit Through Sewers: City Patrolman Robert Flynn and Superintendent of Public Works Fred A. Mammel, foreground, use pry bars on a manhole cover during last night's sewer line search for an escaped convict., Sgt. Robert C. Conn, left, holds lights while Chief Civil Engineer Erwin B. Carbeck indicates the direction of the sewer being searched.

Year
1964
Month
August
Day
19
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Donald Noland Jr. Prepares Fishing Boat, June 1969

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Ann Arbor News, June 29, 1969
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Preparing For Adventure Donald Noland Jr., aided by his 11-year-old son, Toby, prepared his boat for a 40-day isolation fishing journey on the outer reef off the Florida keys. (Ann Arbor News Photograph by Jack Stubbs)

Year
1969
Month
June
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Campus Theater, Lobby, Gala Opening, March 1957

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Ann Arbor News, March 15, 1957
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Carpeted floors and an acoustical ceiling with built-in lights mark the entrance lobby of the new Campus Theater. There is also a touch of walnut trim. The far door leads into the auditorium. The theater will be open to the public at 1 p.m. tomorrow. A private showing for invited guests only is scheduled to be held tonight.

Year
1957
Month
March
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Campus Theater, interior, Gala Opening, March 1957

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Ann Arbor News, March 15, 1957
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Theater Interior: Within this 1,054-seat Campus Theater auditorium, simplicity of design and well engineered "floor pitch" are prime characteristics. The "pitch" or slope is planned to provide maximum view of the screen from all angles.

Year
1957
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March
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