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Employees Of Shaman Drum Bookshop Cross-Dress For A Day, September 1995

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Cross-dressing was the order of the day at the Shaman Drum Bookshop on South State Street. The reason: to poke fun at the flap over the dress code at Espresso Royale across the street and to honor former Shaman Drum employee Earl Gebott, who died last year of AIDS.
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The Guthe Home At 845 Brookwood Place Burns After A Gas Explosion During The Windstorm, May 1959

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EXPLOSION DEMOLISHES HOUSE: A gas explosion and resulting fire destroyed the house of Mr. and Mrs. Karl F. Guthe, 845 Brookwood Pl., as a result of this morning's severe storm. Exact cause was not known.
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Ann Arbor News, May 11, 1959
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Utility Lines Near Ferry Field Downed During The Windstorm, May 1959

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UTILITY LINES DOWNED: The storm knocked out electrical and telephone service for numerous persons as many utility lines and poles came down. This scene is by the Ann Arbor Railroad tracks and at the southwest corner of Ferry Field.
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Ferry Field Fence Damaged By A Fallen Tree During The Windstorm, May 1959

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LARGE TREE UPROOTED: The force of the storm is dramatically illustrated by this large, uprooted tree which fell into the Ferry Field fence.
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Yost Field House Roof Ripped Off By Windstorm, May 1959

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FIELDHOUSE DAMAGED: A large section of the Yost Fieldhouse roof was ripped away by the strong winds this morning. The damaged portion is at the south end.
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Downed Electrical Wire Burns In Tree After Windstorm, May 1959

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ELECTRICAL DANGER: Typical of electrical hazards resulting from the storm this morning is this downed wire burning in the crotch of a wet tree on S. State St.
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Remains Of The Guthe Home At 845 Brookwood Place After A Gas Explosion During The Windstorm, May 1959

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THE WORST DAMAGE: This is what was left of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Karl R. Guthe of 845 Brookwood Pl. after a gas explosion set it afire at the height of yesterday's storm. A tree in front of the house was blown over and its roots snapped a gas main leading into the house. Luckily, no one was in the house at the time of the blast.
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Ann Arbor News, May 12, 1959
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849 Brookwood Place Damaged By Fire During The Windstorm, May 1959

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SAVED BY FIREMEN: This house, owned by Mrs. Nancy Ashley, at 849 Brookwood Pl., is just west of the Guthe residence which was destroyed by flames. Firemen, pouring water on the sides of the Ashley home, saved it and another home alongside the Guthe dwelling.
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Michigan Stadium Damaged After The Windstorm, May 1959

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STADIUM SCENE: Trees were blown down, fences crushed and pressbox windows broken at the Michigan Stadium. Much debris was dumped into the football bowl.
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Residents Work To Clear Fallen Trees On Brookwood Place After Windstorm, May 1959

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CLEAN-UP JOB: Uncounted trees and limbs brought down by the wind had to be sawed into carrying lengths, heaved into trucks and hauled away. Traffic was routed around the worst of the damaged area to facilitate the work.
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Remains Of A Garage At 1327 Kay Parkway Disassembled By The Windstorm, May 1959

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GARAGE UNROOFED: This garage on Kay Pkwy was one of several unroofed and knocked down by yesterday morning's violent winds.
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Remains Of Trees Destroyed By The Windstorm, May 1959

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FALLEN GIANTS: Ann Arbor, justifiably proud of her magnificent trees, lost some of the city's finest specimens to yesterday's storm. Many homes, porches and garages were damaged by the fallen giants.
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Willard Reynolds Surveys His Shattered Car Windows After The Windstorm, May 1959

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WINDSHIELD SHATTERED: Willard Reynolds of McKinley Ave. holds a piece of shattered glass from the rear window of his car. The rampaging wind blew the entire windshield outward and moved windows on the left side of the car ahead about two inches. The car was parked in front of the Reynolds home.
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University Art Students Document The House Explosion On Brookwood Place, May 1959

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RECORD OF DISASTER: University art students sat on a porch across the street from three burned houses on Brookwood Pl. and painted the scene.
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A Resident Inspects His Home For Damage Caused By The Windstorm, May 1959

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UP ON THE ROOF: Residents of the storm-hit area spent much of their time yesterday afternoon examining roofs and making emergency repairs. Ripped-off shingles and snapped television antennas were commonplace. Many chimneys were blown down.
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Window Panes Of Glass Shattered By Windstorm, May 1959

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GLASS SHATTERED: Dozens of glass panes were broken out at the old Hoover Ball & Bearing plant, now owned by the University. The piece of plywood (top) was jammed into the window by the savage force of the wind.
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Bystanders On Brookwood Place Watch The House Fire Caused By The Windstorm, May 1959

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Crowds of the curious quickly gathered to survey the havoc wrought by the storm.
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Detroit Edison Workers Restore Electrical Service Lost In The Windstorm, May 1959

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WIRE WORK: Detroit Edison Co. crews worked through the day and last night to restore badly disrupted electrical service in the storm area. All power was restored by early this morning.
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Damage To Homes Still Visible On Brookwood A Week After Windstorm, May 1959

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ONE WEEK LATER: This is a view of the 800 block of Brookwood Pl. where a furious wind and rainstorm caused extensive damage a week ago yesterday. The ruins of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Karl F. Guthe of 845 Brookwood Pl., which was destroyed after a gas explosion set it afire, are visible between the two fire-scorched houses on the right.
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University Student James Buscetta Explains The Fundamentals Of Electrical Power To Preschoolers, February 1969

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Lori Juide (left) and Lorenzo Roach (center), preschoolers on scholorships at Beth Israel Nursery, watch intently while University student observer, James S. Buscetta, explains the fundamentals of electrical power. (News photo by Cecil Lockard)
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Ann Arbor News, February 26, 1969
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845 Brookwood Place - New Apartment Building On Site Of House Destroyed In May 1959 Windstorm, May 1960

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A YEAR'S DIFFERENCE: This is how the spot at 845 Brookwood Pl. appears today a year after the city's "worst" storm. Prof. and Mrs. Guthe sold their house site and final touches are now being applied to a new four-unit apartment house erected there. The Guthes moved to 1407 Ferdon Rd. after their home was destroyed.
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Ann Arbor News, May 10, 1960
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Rehearsal Of Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club Hockettes, February 1969

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The Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club Hockettes, a precision-skating team composed of 37 young women, have been invited to perform in New York's Madison Square Garden March 30 along with the top amateur figure skaters in the world. A drive to raise $3,000 to pay for the Hockettes' travel expenses is now under way. Persons who wish to donate to the fund may send their checks to Mrs. Nathan Gross at 3010 Geddes Ave. Checks should be made out to the Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club Hockettes Travel Fund. Director of the Hockettes, shown at a rehearsal yesterday, is Dr. Richard Porter.
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Construction of Washtenaw Intermediate School District's Administrative Service Building, February 1969

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Here is a portion of the Washtenaw Intermediate School District's administrative services building, presently under construction on grounds at the corner of Wagner and Scio Church Rds. School officials say the new 23,000-square foot facility, which will house more than 100 employees, is scheduled for completion this fall. Work was begun on the building in September of 1968. The facility will cost nearly $1 million.
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Ann Arbor News, February 17, 1969
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Lt. Col. John F. Harris Is Decorated For His Service In The Korean War, December 1951

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ARMY SURGEON DECORATED HERE: A citation for his work in the treatment and evacuation of wounded soldiers in Korea last summer caught up with Lt. Col. John F. Harris (center) today. Here Col. Charles C. Sloane (left), presents a Commendation Ribbon with Medal Pendant (first oakleaf cluster) to Lt. Col. Harris while Col. Charles D. Wiegand, chairman of the U-M Department of Military Science and Tactics looks on. Col. Harris, regimental surgeon with the Ninth Infantry Regiment, Second Division, in Korea, is now studying in the University School of Public Health under an Army program. Col. Sloane, commanding officer of the Ninth Regiment, is here spending a leave at his home, 519 Onondaga St.
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Taylor Calhoun Is Loaded Onto A Survival Flight Helicopter, September 1995

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A patient is loaded onto a University of Michigan Survival Flight helicopter after a two-car crash late Monday on I-94 in Lima Township west of Ann Arbor that claimed two lives - a Jackson man and Taylor Elizabeth-Blair Calhoun, a 16-year-old junior class president at Huron High School.
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Rock In Front Of Huron High School Painted In Memory Of Taylor Calhoun, September 1995

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Huron High School freshmen girls walk by the large rock in the front of the school that was painted in memory of Calhoun, who was the junior class president. Support staff were counseling grieving students today.
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Jan Johnston, Outside First Presbyterian Church, At A Memorial Service For Taylor Calhoun, September 1995

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Jan Johnston, a senior at Huron High School, mourns the loss of her friend and schoolmate, Taylor Calhoun, at a memorial service Tuesday night at the First Presbyterian Church in Ann Arbor. Johnston was helping hand out flowers to all who attended the service.
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Ann Arbor High School students collect over 1900 canned goods as part of their European Relief campaign, December 1947

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COLLECT FOOD FOR EUROPE: Student committee members are shown examining the collection of 1,943 cans of food contributed during the Ann Arbor High School campaign for help to Europe's needy. The students had set their campaign goal at 1,500 food tins. In the foreground are Betty Schovill, campaign chairman, and Jim Marshall. The three other committee members are (left to right) Kathleen Keely, Ruth Laughlin and Barbara Trubey.
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Ann Arbor News, December 24, 1947
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Dixboro Church Christmas Party for wards of the Michigan Children's Aid Society, December 1947

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SANTA WILL REMEMBER: Nor forgotten at Christmas will be approximately 50 Washtenaw county children who are wards of the Michigan Children's Aid Society. Some of the 50 are shown here listening to Rupert Otto play the piano at a pre-Christmas party held Saturday at the Dixboro Methodist Church. Santa Claus paid them an "unofficial" visit there and gave assurances that he would also be on hand with gifts on Christmas Day.
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Ann Arbor News, December 15, 1947
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Front page of the April 21, 1865 issue of the Weekly Michigan Argus with article about Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, October 1966

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On A Long-Ago Friday:

On another Friday more than a century ago -- April 21, 1865 -- Ann Arbor's Weekly Michigan Argus, a forerunner of The News, displayed little emotion, typographically, with its account of Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Note the headlines are hardly larger than the body type and the news itself is 12 days old and copied from a publication which had app[eared six days before. Communications were less advanced in the days of this Front Page From The Past but our grandfather has told us the news details were as welcome then as we hope they are today. The reproduction is carried as part of our observance of National Newspaper Week which runs through tomorrow.
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Front page of the May 7, 1915 issue of The Daily Times News with headline about the sinking of the Lusitania, October 1966

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Headline Of Long Ago:
As a feature of National Newspaper Week, October 9-15, The News is presenting some of its old front pages carrying news stories which made history. The May 7, 1915, edition above recalls the "Lusitania Incident" of World War I. Although the United States did not enter the war until two years later, the loss of 114 American lives in the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine inflamed public opinion on the side of the Allies. As noted by the headline, first reports were the no lives were lost. Other headlines show that war news had "taken over" the front pages, although it is reassuring to note that as early as half a century ago the "location of Ann Arbor" was established.
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Ann Arbor News, October 10, 1966
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Front page of the May 21, 1927 issue of the Ann Arbor Times News with headline about Charles Lindbergh's arrival in Paris, October 1966

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Lindbergh Thrilled The World

Our readers 45 or more years old can remember the excitement that accompanied Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris in May, 1927. The picture on Page 1 of the May 21, 1927, Ann Arbor Times News (above) was a stock shot from the newspaper's morgue. Today The News would be able to print a picture of the arrival taken the same day in Paris. This is one of a series of old front pages presented by The News during National Newpaper Week. Readers noting the "3 Cents" a copy price in the upper right corner of the page are asked not to bring it to our attention. After all, sirloin steak was selling then for 25 cents a pound and you could get your hair cut for 50 cents.
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Front page of the December 8, 1941 issue of the Ann Arbor News with headline about Pearl Harbor, October 1966

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Day After "Day Of Infamy'

A nation's shock, anger, and its beginning moves toward retaliation are reflected in this Front Page From The Past -- The Ann Arbor News of Dec. 8, 1941. It is published as part of The News' observance of National Newspaper Week.
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Sorting greeting cards during Christmas rush at the Ann Arbor Post Office, December 1955

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SORTING IS BIG JOB: With Christmas greeting cards flooding the Post Office, sorting of letter mail is a round-the-clock process for postal employees. These two women are part of the sorting crew. The local Post Office has added about 130 temporary employees for the Christmas rush, augmenting the normal force of approximately 200.
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A mail sorting box at the Ann Arbor Post Office is key to handling holiday mail, December 1955

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THE KEY TO THE SYSTEM: These labelled sorting boxes are the key to the problem of Christmas mail handling. In this one, there are cubicles for Canadian points and all other foreign countries. Similar boxes have spaces for mail bound to every Michigan postal station, no matter how small, and to principal cities all over the nation. Such detailed sorting at the start eliminates time-consuming operations at terminal points and speeds the flow of mail all along the line.
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Bags of post at the Ann Arbor Post Office during the Christmas rush, December 1955

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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT SHOWS: This closeup of sacks of parcel post mail plainly shows its nature, as gay Chrismas wrappings are visible through the sack openings. On a big day during the Yuletide season, the Post Office will process as many as 1,000 such bags of parcel post, not to mention more than 200,000 letters.
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A postman looks over his load at the Ann Arbor Post Office during Christmas rush, December 1955

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CARRIERS NEED STRONG BACKS: Mail carriers' sacks are bulging these days. Here, a postman looks over his prospective load for the day, probably reflecting that he's going to be more than a little weary when his rounds are completed.
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Holiday packages ready for shipment sit in the basement of an office building at N. Main and Depot Sts, December 1955

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READY TO GO OUT: To help handle the bulky package mail, the Post Office is using the basement of an office building at N. Main and Depot St. for some of its parcel post operations. Here is a batch ready for shipment.
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Part-time workers sort mail at the Ann Arbor Post Office during the Christmas season, December 1955

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MORE SORTERS AT WORK: Normally, the Post Office has 15 of these sorting boxes in operation, but for the Christmas season the number has been increased to 34. Many of the part-time workers are vacationing students, and some of them are working a 150hour shift, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
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Accumulated parcels in the "rural room" of the N. Main St. Post Office, December 1955

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PACKAGES, PACKAGES: Mailing of Christmas gift packages steps up enormously the volume of parcel post mail. Here's an accumulation of parcels in the "rural room" in the basement of the N. Main St. Post Office.
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A busy Christmas season at the Ann Arbor Post Office, December 1955

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EFFICIENCY'S THE WORD: The Christmas season represents the biggest challenge of the year for the Ann Arbor Post Office, and this is the biggest Christmas mailing season yet. But methods evolved through long years of experience enable the huge mail-handling chore to proceed smoothly and efficiently. The complex mail-sorting process, for instance, stars right at the very beginning -- when the mailer turns in his cards, letters and packages. Instead of dropping them into slots, he hands them to a girl in the Post Office lobby,. She sorts them into three classes -- city mail, state mail and out-of-state mail.
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Front page of the May 7, 1937 issue of the Ann Arbor News featuring headline on Hindenburg disaster, October 1966

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Hindenburg Horror Recalled:
The horror of death in the sky perhaps never has been so well illustrated as with this picture of the German dirigible exploding above Lakehurst, N. J. This is another memory stirrer in The News' series of Front Pages From The Past -- printed in observance of National Newspaper Week. This was Page 1 ofyour May 7, 1937, issue.
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Photograph of Page 1 of an 1858 issue of the Local News and Advertiser newspaper, December 1958

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1958
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CENTURY-OLD NEWS: This is Page 1 of a newspaper printed in Ann Arbor in 1858 and kept in the family of J. F. Summers of 1204 Wells St. Subscription and adsvertising rates, a list of "agents" who apparently were reporters for various towns and advertisements appear in the first column at the left of the old newspaper.
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Ann Arbor News, December 31, 1958
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Joan Gibson, a junior at Pioneer High School, models back-to-school fashion, September 1969

Joan Gibson, a junior at Pioneer High School, models back-to-school fashion, September 1969 image
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September
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1969
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Experts predict that the Afro look will be around for a long time. Joan Gibson, right, a junior at Pioneer High School and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lee Jones of Fair Street, models an imported African print handmade by her sister, Janet.
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Ann Arbor News, September 7, 1969
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Members Of The Washtenaw Medical Care Facility Auxiliary, February 1969

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19
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February
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1969
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In the shelter workshop, Mrs. William E. M. Lands (center), a member of the Washtenaw Medical Care Facility Auxiliary, learns new techniques involved in taking around the auxiliary's personal service cart, affectionately called the 'goodie' cart.Her teacher is Mrs. Charlie E. Webb (right), chairman of the personal service cart standing committee. Ida Kelley, a patient at the facility, is sewing. (News photo by Cecil Lockard)
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Ann Arbor News, February 19, 1969
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Fifth-graders at Mitchell Elementary School take part in a team-building exercise, January 2007

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20
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January
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2007
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Ji Lee, third from left, passes a board to the head of the line as Mitchell fifth-graders take part in a team-building exercise that involves crossing an imaginary river. Completing the exercise requires cooperation and group decision making.
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Ann Arbor News, January 20, 2007
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Robert Oppenheimer with Mitchell Elementary Students, January 2007

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20
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January
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2007
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Robert Oppenheimer of Growing Tree, a nonprofit organization that helps young people learn conflict resolution and coping skills, explains a team-building exercise to fifth-graders A.J. Gilbert, left, and Ji Lee at Mitchell Elementary School in An Arbor.
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Ann Arbor News, January 20, 2007
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Accident Scene Of Parked Car Hit On N. Fourth Avenue, June 1947

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June
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1947
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THREE CHILDREN HURT IN PARKED CAR: Kenneth, 3, and Herbert, 5 - sons of Dunbar Center director Douglas Williams - and Jackie Taylor, 7, of 114 E. Kingsley St., suffered minor cuts and bruises when the above car, in which they were sitting, was knocked through the plate-glass window of Sadie's Beauty Shop by another machine that went out of control in the 200 block of N. Fourth Ave. this morning. The other automobile, being driven the wrong way down the one-way street by Jack A. Predovich, 26, a disabled war veteran, hit two other vehicles and burst into flames after knocking down a gasoline pump at the Abbott Gasoline station, N. Fourth and Ann. The driver was only slightly injured.
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Delta Gamma Sorority's Pledge Class, February 1969

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February
Year
1969
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Delta Gamma Sorority's Pledge Class...They Make A Full House
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Ann Arbor News, February 16, 1969
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The Scott Family - Ronald, Tina, Cindy, Marnita & Greg, February 1969

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2
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February
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1969
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Eighteen-month-old Tina Scott, a handicapped youngster adopted by Prof. and Mrs. Ronald Scott of 3076 Rumsey, nestles in the lap of her dad during a family session in the living room. The other Scott children, also adopted, are Cindy, 3, and Greg, 6. Tina has a congenital club hand on which surgery has been performed.
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Ann Arbor News, February 2, 1969
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