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The Picture Before 'The Picture', November 1979

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Ann Arbor News, November 11, 1979
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Joe Rodriguez, fifth from the left, first row, thumbs hooked in pockets, was one of the 18 survivors of E Company who made it to the top of the Mount Suribachi and had their picture taken by Associated Press Photographer Joe Rosenthal in 1945. Moments later Rosenthal took the famous flag-raising shot, shown in insert. The company was in the second wave of Marines to hit the Iwo Jima each and lost 130 men in the first four days of fighting.

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1979
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Medals Belated Awarded To Vietnam Veteran Vinny Ferraro, April 2008

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Ann Arbor News, April 2, 2008
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Vinnie Ferraro, left, becomes emotional as he talks about being a soldier in the Vietnam War. Dick Crawley, another Vietnam veteran, listens as the two sit in Ferraro's home in Chelsea.

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Dick Crawley Points To Medals Belated Awarded To Vietnam Veteran Vinny Ferraro, April 2008

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Ann Arbor News, April 2, 2008
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Dick Crawley points to the medals earned by Vinnie Ferraro, left. Crawley helped Ferraro track down the missing Army records that proved he was in Vietnam, and helped him get his medals.

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March
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March of Dimes Kickoff Variety Show at Hill Auditorium, January 1959

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Ann Arbor News, January 7, 1959
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'Cool' Entertainment: An outdoor variety show (top) was held in front of Hill Auditorium yesterday, despite the cold. It was part of the National Foundation's 1959 March of Dimes kickoff in Ann Arbor. The Men's Glee Club is on the auditorium platform left of the stage. A number of nationally-known figures took part.

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1959
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Euline McCorkle Uses Adaptive Telephone to Overcome Polio Disabilities, January 1959

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Ann Arbor News, January 20, 1959
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Benefits From March Of Dimes: Miss Euline McCorkle, 22, who was stricken with polio 11 years ago, uses her special telephone hook-up in an answering service she conducts for the Ann Arbor Convalescent Home where she is a patient. She will soon have a new electric wheel chair to replace the one she is sitting in as the result of a wish granted University coed Carol Jenkins at the recent "Queen for a Day" telecast here in conjunction with the national March of Dimes kickoff.

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1959
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January
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City & County March of Dimes Chairwomen Plan Fundraising Drive, December 1958

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Ann Arbor News, December 20, 1958
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Plan Polio Drive: Mrs. William Wood (left), county chairman for the annual "March of Dimes" polio drive, and Mrs. William B. Stegath (right), Ann Arbor city chairman for the drive, inspect a poster which will be used to advertise the campaign to fight the dread disease. The annual drive, which has been enlarged this year to include not only funds for relief of polio victims but also to fight arthritis, virus disease, birth diseases and diseases of the central nervous system, will be held from Jan. 2 through Jan. 31.

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1958
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Local Winners in the National March of Dimes Bowling Tournament, February 1958

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Ann Arbor News, February 10, 1958
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March of Dimes Winners: Four bowlers, two from Livingston and two from Washtenaw, won prizes in the finals of the March of Dimes bowling tournament rolled off at the Temple alleys in Ypsilanti yesterday. From left to right, the prize winners are James Murray of Brighton and Shirley Kaiser of Pinckney, both from Livingston county and Charles A. Smith of Gregory and Barbara C. Chapman of Ypsilanti representing Washtenaw. Mrs. Carl Johnson (right) of the March of Dimes committee is making the presentations. The four winners qualified for the National March of Dimes tourney.

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1958
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February
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Mercy Flight Brings Polio Patient to University Hospital, January 1958

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Ann Arbor News, January 23, 1958
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Mercy Flight: Ground crew members are shown at Willow Run Airport as they prepared to transfer Mrs. Florence Claghorn, 58, of Quincy, Ill., (in iron lung) from a Military Air Transport Service plane to an ambulance and University Hospital yesterday.

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1958
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George Beaudette Raises Dollars for March of Dimes at the Huron Inn, January 1958

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Ann Arbor News, January 31, 1958
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Dollars For Polio: George J. Beaudette, owner of the Huron Inn at 625 N. Huron St., displays more than 150 one-dollar bills hung by customers on a clothesline in the tavern. The dollars are to be turned over to the March of Dimes drive which ends today. Two years ago, Beaudette's customers covered five mirrors with dimes for polio.

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1958
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January
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Mothers' March on Polio Volunteers Receive Salk Vaccine, January 1957

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Ann Arbor News, January 31, 1957
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'Armed' For The March: Before tonight's county-wide Mothers' March for polio funds, three team captains take a moment to receive Salk vaccinations. They are (left to right) Mrs. C. W. Carpenter (seated), Mrs. Allen Eschelbach and Mrs. William R. Stevens. Dr. George V. Fink is giving the shots in his office.

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1957
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Ann Arbor Firemen Address Envelopes for March of Dimes Campaign, January 1957

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Ann Arbor News, January 3, 1957
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Firemen Aid 'March Of Dimes': Addressing envelopes which are being mailed to Ann Arbor families for contribution to the "March of Dimes" campaign are Ann Arbor firemen (left to right) Gordon Spence, Ben Zahn, jr., John Rayburn and Russell Taylor. Standing is Mrs. Charles Kreul, who is in charge of this phase of the campaign.

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1957
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Patricia Kuohn Attends Ann Arbor High School Full-Time Despite Polio, January 1957

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Ann Arbor News, January 15, 1957
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The Long Road Back: Patricia Kuohn, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kuohn of 807 Princeton St., has shown remarkable progress after having been stricken with polio nine years ago. She is shown here after a full day of classes at Ann Arbor High School. She will be honored guest at the annual March of Dimes dinner from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Home.

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Ann Arbor Men's Bowling Association Donates To Polio Fund, February 1957

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Ann Arbor News, February 14, 1957
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Bowlers Contribute To Polio Fund: Mrs. Paul D. Hogg, Ann Arbor chairman of the March of Dimes campaign, is shown at the right holding a check for $1,000 donated to the Polio Fund by local bowlers. Carl W. Baker, President of the Ann Arbor Men's Bowling Association (center) and Don Laubengayer, chairman of the Bowl for Polio fund, made the presentation to Mrs. Hogg. The finals in the Bowl for Polio Sweepstakes will be held March 2 at 4 p.m. at the Huron Lanes.

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1957
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March of Dimes Poster Child Martha Ann King, December 1957

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Ann Arbor News, January 5, 1958
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Poster Girl And Poster-Maker: Martha Ann King, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. King of 1200 Washtenaw Ave., Ypsilanti, is Washtenaw county's 1958 polio poster girl. She poses here with Joseph E. Edwards, president of Edwards Brothers, Inc., which for the past five years has produced the posters for the local chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis without charge. Martha Ann, stricken with polio when four days old, was left with both arms and legs completely paralyzed. She has recovered full use of her left arm and has partial use of the other limbs. She is still receiving treatment with funds donated by givers to the annual March of Dimes drive.

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1957
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Ann Arbor Public Schools Students and Staff Tally Up Funds Raised to Fight Polio, January 1954

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Ann Arbor News, January 16, 1954
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School Children Help In Polio Fight - Busy with the job of counting and recording money turned in by Ann Arbor schools for the March of Dimes drive are Mrs. Lloyd N. Cody, school dime card chairman; Miss Helen M. Platt, Ann Arbor dime card treasurer; Miss Katherine E. Harrington, principal of Northside School; Dick Hardy, Burns Park School service committee chairman; and Miss Marion Cranmore, Burns Park Principal. The cards were collected yesterday. A report on the school collection is not yet ready, but incomplete returns in the city-wide drive total $10,238 to date.

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1954
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Busy Mother Makes Plans to Help In Polio Drive, December 1953

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Ann Arbor News, December 23, 1953
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To Help In Polio Drive - Mrs. Michael Adelstein (left) of 3181 Baylis Dr., a polio victim herself, makes plans to help in the 1954 March of Dimes drive by telephoning women who will help in the Mothers March scheduled Jan. 28. Mrs. Adelstein does her own housework and cares for her two children from a wheel chair. Shown with her are daughter, Janet, 5, Mrs. Carl Rehberg, chairman of the rural area drive, Jay, 2, and her husband, a University graduate student in English.

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Bobby Snyder Receives Treatment for Polio at University Hospital, December 1953

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Ann Arbor News, January 4, 1954
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Dimes Support Respirator Center - Among the many facets of the fight against polio supported by this month's March of Dimes is the Respirator Center at University Hospital, where youngsters like 19-month-old Bobby Snyder of Hillsdale are treated. Bobby was brought to the center when only six weeks old and kept in an iron lung for eight months. He is now being taught to stand, and it is hoped he may learn to walk, although he must wear a heavy corset with a neck extension and leg braces. Looking on are Mrs. Douglas Gregory, head of the county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis; Mrs. Robert S. Dunham, chairman of the University division of the March of Dimes; Dr. William W. Nichols; and Nurse Rosemary Murray.

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Ypsilanti High School Athletes Featured On Polio Poster, December 1953

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Ann Arbor News, December 7, 1953
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Stricken Athletes On Polio Poster - Two Ypsilanti High School athletes stricken with polio during the football season will be on the 1954 March of Dimes poster to be used during the January drive for funds to fight the disease. They are James Bush (left), 17, son of Leroy Bush of 19 N. Hamilton St., and Lloyd Henry, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernor Henry of 3227 N. Prospect Rd. Both are patients at University Hospital, Ann Arbor. With them as they look over the polio poster layout is Mrs. Robert Langford, executive secretary of the Washtenaw chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Edwards Bros., Inc., is making and donating the posters for the drive.

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1953
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Union Members Will Raise Funds To Fight Polio, December 1953

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Ann Arbor News, January 2, 1954
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Small 'Iron Lungs' Used As Canisters - These six small-scale replicas of iron lungs are being used as canisters during the March of Dimes polio fund drive this month. Four will be placed at Willow Run Airport and two in Ann Arbor. Material for the canisters was donated by Washtenaw Building Trades Council, and union members volunteered their labor. Pictured left to right are Clarence Kollewehr, secretary of the Building Trades Council; Mrs. Gerhart H. Bower, member of the Ann Arbor canister committee for the polio drive; Mrs. Joseph Cox, chairman of the Ypsilanti canister committee; Mrs. Harold Bjornstad, chairman of the Ypsilanti campaign; and Mrs. J. Rane Pray, county March of Dimes chairman. The campaign will extend through January.

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Old German Will House the Grizzly Peak Brewing Company, January 1995

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Ann Arbor News, January 5, 1995
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Above Jon Carlson is seen through a hole in the wall of one of the buildings he and two other partners bought to start the Grizzly Peak Brewpub. Below [this photo] the Old German Restaurant, which will soon be another landmark lost from downtown Ann Arbor.

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Glasses of Freshly-Brewed Beer at the Grizzly Peak Pre-Opening Party, August 1995

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Ann Arbor News, August 4, 1995
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Grizzly Peak Brewing Co. and its five in-house beers are just about ready to pour onto the downtown Ann Arbor entertainment scene. John Carlson, Grizzly Peak's proprietor, says he plans to open the 120 W. Washington St. brewpub and restaurant by the middle of next week, possibly as soon as Monday. Chris Cho is shown here pouring beer samples during a pre-opening party Thursday at the brewpub, which occupies part of the former Old German restaurant. Patrons will be able to watch the suds being made because Carlson put the brewhouse, including a large, copper-topped brew kettle, next to the restaurant's glass facade. There's plenty of seating too, with room for some 240 thirsty drinkers at the 6,000-square-foot brewpub. News photos Allen Smith

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Chris Cho Pouring Beer at the Grizzly Peak Pre-Opening Party, August 1995

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Grizzly Peak Brewing Co. and its five in-house beers are just about ready to pour onto the downtown Ann Arbor entertainment scene. John Carlson, Grizzly Peak's proprietor, says he plans to open the 120 W. Washington St. brewpub and restaurant by the middle of next week, possibly as soon as Monday. Chris Cho is shown here [this photo] pouring beer samples during a pre-opening party Thursday at the brewpub, which occupies part of the former Old German restaurant. Patrons will be able to watch the suds being made because Carlson put the brewhouse, including a large, copper-topped brew kettle, next to the restaurant's glass facade. There's plenty of seating too, with room for some 240 thirsty drinkers at the 6,000-square-foot brewpub. News photos Allen Smith

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Brewing Equipment Delivered To Grizzly Peak Brewing Company, May 1995

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Workmen unload the 14-barrel open-top fermenting vessel that will be used for ale processing at the Grizzly Peak Brewing Co.

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Jon Carlson In One of Buildings That Will House the Grizzly Peak Brewing Company, January 1995

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Above [this photo], Jon Carlson is seen through a hole in the wall of one of the buildings he and two other partners bought to start the Grizzly Peak Brewpub. Below the Old German Restaurant, which will soon be another landmark lost from downtown Ann Arbor.

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Barry Seifer and Jennifer Kirscht Plan for Grizzly Peak Brewing Co. in Former Cracked Crab, August 1992

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Ann Arbor News, August 10, 1992
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Barry Seifer and Jennifer Kirscht on the third floor of the former Cracked Crab restaurant building in Ann Arbor. They plan to renovate the building and hope to open a brewpub.

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1992
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Grizzly Peak Brewing Co. Owner Barry Seifer, June 1994

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Barry Seifer at the site of his soon-to-be bar.

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1994
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Martha Cook Dormitory Switchboard, 1975

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One Last Call - Martha Cook Director Olive Chernow, left rear, and Mary Margaret Bartley, props master for the University Players, look on as Switchboard Operator Vesta Corman makes one last connection. The Martha Cookies now have their own individual room phones, and the switchboard will be cast in a supporting role in the Players' production of "Hot l Baltimore."

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Injured Passenger Removed From New York Central's Wolverine Passenger Train After Collision With Freight Train, January 1952

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Ann Arbor News, January 10, 1952
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Mrs. Helen Barnes of Detroit, one of seven victims in last night's New York Central train wreck at Dexter, is shown being removed from a passenger coach to an ambulance which took her to St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital. She suffered abdominal injuries and concussion. In the vestibule is Sheriff's Deputy Carl Dickson.

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New York Central's Wolverine Passenger Train After Collision With Freight Train, January 1952

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Ann Arbor News, January 10, 1952
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Smashed Trains Locked Together: Wreckage of the 70-car freight train and the New York Central's Wolverine passenger train which collided last night in Dexter (top picture) shows how the trains were crushed together in the crash. Some of the cars had to be pried apart. Seven persons were injured. Lower picture [this photo], taken today while a work train (smoke in the background) was putting cars back on the tracks, shows how far the Wolverine left its tracks. The passenger train's engine skidded along until it struck the switch where the group of men is standing, then bounced back toward its own track. Main line tracks are just visible at extreme right in picture. (Other pictures on pages 7, 10 and 15.)

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Passenger Cars Windows Shattered on NYC's Wolverine Train, January 1952

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Ann Arbor News, January 10, 1952
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Crash Shatters Windows: Extent of damage to the Wolverine's coaches was bared this morning when the freight train which collided with the passenger train last night was pulled away from the crack flyer. All of this coach's windows were shattered by the sideswiping collision.

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Extensive Damage to Passenger Cars on NYC's Wolverine Train, January 1952

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Ann Arbor News, January 10, 1952
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Extensive Damage: This hole was punched into the side of a New York Central Pullman car in the Wolverine's collision with a 70-car freight train last night that caused damage estimated at $1,000,000. Miraculously, only seven passengers were hurt of approximately 250 on board the flyer. The collision occurred in Dexter.

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March of Dimes Ball To Be Held at Intramural Hall to Raise Funds For the Fight Against Polio, January 1947

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Ann Arbor News, January 25, 1947
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Plan For March Of Dimes Ball - Completing plans for the March of Dimes ball, finale to the fund raising campaign now being conducted for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, are Harvey E. Ward (left), Mrs. Hickman Price, jr., chairman of the county drive, and Edward Heffernan. Ward and Heffernan are co-chairmen in charge of arrangements for the dance, which will be held from 9 to midnight Saturday night, Feb. 1, in the Intramural building.

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Ann Arbor Public Schools Students Collect Dimes In the Fight Against Polio, January 1948

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Ann Arbor News, January 30, 1948
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Aids Polio Drive With Roosevelt Dimes: David Lumbard (left) seven years old, a second grade Tappan School student, admires a few of the Roosevelt dimes Robert Thompson, 10, an Eberbach fifth grader, has contributed to the March of Dimes drive for the fight against infantile paralysis. Bob started his collection a year ago and this week handed in $5 in Roosevelt dimes for the campaign which was originated by the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, himself a polio victim. David takes a special interest in the collection as he, too, is a victim of infantile paralysis and his father, Robert A. Lumbard of 1319 Wells St., is city chairman for the 1948 dimes drive which ends today. Bob's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Thompson of Morton Ave. Those wishing to help in the drive may still send their contributions to Ann Arbor Post Office Box No. 278.

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University of Michigan All-American Bob Chappuis Contributes To March of Dimes Campaign, January 1948

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Ann Arbor News, January 15, 1948
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An All-American Drive - Russell Trubey, an infantile paralysis victim himself, holds the dime box as All-American Bob Chappuis makes a contribution to the March of Dimes drive which starts today and continues through Jan. 30. With them is Mrs. Hickman Price, jr., of Barton Hills, county campaign chairman. Russell is one of the many who have been aided by the Washtenaw Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis which receives its funds from the Dimes drive.

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Ann Arbor News Carrier Collects The Most Funds in the Fight Against Polio, January 1949

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Ann Arbor News, January 26, 1949
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Helps March Of Dimes - George Anderson, 232 Murray Ave., wears a big smile as he holds the March of Dimes canister which he filled so quickly and well that he won a five-dollar prize from Stofflet News Co. George collected $42.77 for the March of Dimes campaign in the space of three hours and thereby topped all 22 of his newsboy friends who were in the contest. He thinks his collection will help March of Dime campaigners who are raising money for the fight against infantile paralysis.

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1949
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Angell School Students Present Basket of Dimes Raised in the Fight Against Polio, January 1949

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Ann Arbor News, January 24, 1949
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Help Collect Dimes: Ricky T. Stowe (left) and William B. Krag, Angell School students, proudly pose with the basket of dime cards filled by their fellow students for the March of Dimes drive. With them are the Angell School principal, Miss Dorothy Buckley (right) and Ricky's mother, Mrs. J. E. Stowe, who is city chairman for the annual drive. Angell School students have contributed $82.50 thus far to help in the fight against infantile paralysis. The drive ends Jan. 31. Bill is particularly interested in the efforts of his fellow students as he was a polio victim in 1944.

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March of Dimes Committee Plans Fundraisers In Fight Against Polio, January 1951

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Ann Arbor News, January 9, 1951
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Set Up March Of Dimes Canisters - Preparing for the opening, Jan. 15, of the March of Dimes campaign for the fight against infantile paralysis, members of a committee headed by Mrs. Francis E. Wessinger of Baldwin Ave. met yesterday afternoon to arrange campaign canisters. The canisters will be used for collections in local business establishments during the drive. Above (left to right) are Mrs. Wessinger, Mrs. E. W. Schmidt of Hermitage Rd., Mrs. Richard H. Carbeck of Shadford Rd., Mrs. Fred M. Arnold of E. Stadium Blvd., and Mrs. James K. Annis of Shadford Rd.

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1951
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Sandra Ellis Plays Fortune Teller to Raise Funds In Fight Against Polio, July 1952

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Ann Arbor News, July 30, 1952
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Carnival Helps Polio Fight - Sandra Ellis, 10, tells the fortune of James Grittenden, 8, of 2757 Maplewood Pl., at a carnival held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Ellis, 1227 Marlboro Dr., to earn funds to fight polio. The group collected $7.05 in the carnival which featured a fun house, acts and refreshments.

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Carolyn Exelby Beats Polio With Help From University Hospital, January 1952

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The wheelchair and crutches are a thing of the past for Carolyn Exelby, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl V. Exelby of 212 Oakwood Ave., Ypsilanti. Carolyn was stricken with the county's first polio case of 1951 one year ago today. She is shown dressed in the uniform of the Ypsilanti Girls Drum and Bugle Corps. Admiring the uniform is Miss Virginia Wilson, University Hospital physical therapist.

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Mothers March Campaign Kicks Off Fight Against Polio, January 1952

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Ann Arbor News, January 28, 1952
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Ready To March On Polio Thursday - Preparing for Thursday night's "Mothers' March" campaign to raise funds for the March of Dimes are these 13 Ann Arbor area women. They are (left to right) Mrs. John Huss, Mrs. Richard Berkeley, Mrs. C. W. Carpenter, Mrs. E. L. MacQuiddy, Mrs. Harry Sakada, Mrs. Forrest Fuller, Mrs. Charles Baird, Mrs. Dudley Scholten, Mrs. Harold M. Levinson, Mrs. William Couper, Mrs. William Wood and Mrs. James Nichols. About 1,000 volunteers will take part in the drive.

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Neighborhood Circus Raises Funds For Fight Against Polio, June 1952

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Perform To Fight Polio - These five performers in a neighborhood "circus" raised $2.15 for the fight against polio. Staged for friends and neighbors in the 800 block of Princeton Ave., the circus featured (left to right) Coriene Hedel, 8, Tippy, Patricia Kuohn, 10, Wendy Manausa, 9, and Katherine Lyke, 11. The girls decided to give to the polio fund because Patricia is a former victim of the disease. Other donations made later swelled the girls' polio fund to $11.74.

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1952
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Check Will Cover Costs For Polio Patients in Washtenaw Hospitals, December 1952

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Help For Polio Patients - Blake Ferris of Detroit (third from left), eastern state representative of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, hands a check for $5,000 to six-year-old Tina Bjornstad of Ypsilanti. The check will help cover costs of county polio patients in hospitals here. Looking on are J. Wayne Meadows (left), treasurer of the Washtenaw county chapter, and Mrs. A. Harold Bjornstad of Ypsilanti, mother of Tina, who had polio three years ago.

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1952
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Fundraisers Collect March of Dimes Proceeds at Post Office, January 1953

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Dimes To Fight Polio - That's valuable mail that Post Office employe Victor W. Shewman is handing over to Mrs. Harold Goldman and Mrs. Harold W. Riggs. It contains $840 for the March of Dimes drive in dime folders and special gifts. A total of $4,170 has been collected to date from such mail. The drive will continue through Jan. 31. Mrs. Goldman is treasurer for the Ann Arbor drive, and Mrs. Riggs is chairman of the dime card collection.

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1953
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Scholarship Winners Will Study Medical Social Work to Help Polio Patients, January 1953

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Studying To Help Polio Patients - Learning to ease the way for polio patients and other sick persons are these two young women studying medical social work under National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis scholarships. Miss Margaret L. Graham (left), daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Samuel A. Graham of 1718 Hermitage Rd., is in her first year of graduate study. Miss Marjorie Franck of Big Rapids will finish the two-year course in June.

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Steven Goslee Holds Lighted Lamp, Symbol of the Mothers March on Polio, January 1953

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Prepare For Mothers March: Steven Goslee, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Goslee of East Ann Arbor, holds aloft the lighted lamp -- symbol of the "Mothers March on Polio" slated Thursday night -- as chairman of the march for various areas of the county look on. Steven was a victim of polio last summer and still wears braces and uses crutches. Pictured are (first row, left to right) Mrs. William M. Flanders, East Ann Arbor; Mrs. Lee G. Begole, Dixboro; Mrs. William W. Steinberger, Willow Village; Mrs. Earl Schanz, Dexter; Mrs. George C. Hoppert, Ypsilanti; (second row) Mrs. Robert Button, Milan; Mrs. James A. Nichols, Ann Arbor; (third row) Mrs. Homer Cleary, Pittsfield Village; Mrs. Harold Carter, Dexter; Mrs. George Feack, Manchester; Mrs. Delores Bennett, Ypsilanti; Mrs. Waldemar J. Grossman, Chelsea; (fourth row) Mrs. Edwin J. Sutter, Chelsea; and Mrs. Norman Elfring, Saline.

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1953
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Neighborhood Captains In The March Against Polio, January 1953

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Ann Arbor Captains (left to right) Mrs. Richard W. Berkeley, Mrs. Jess M. Mosher, Mrs. John Hedlesky, jr., Mrs. Frederick N. McOmber, Mrs. W. Paul Clark, Mrs. William T. Dobson, Mrs. C. W. Carpenter, Mrs. Marion E. McArtor and Mrs. Ronald S. Johnson.

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Kids Put On Circus To Raise Money For Polio Fund, August 1953

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Ann Arbor News, August 11, 1953
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Early Start For Polio Fund: Mrs. James A. Nichols, Ann Arbor chairman of the 1954 March of Dimes, watches Robert Kirk, 2115 Alice St., put his dog, Tippy, through one of the acts of a circus that neighborhood children staged to aid the polio fund. A circuit and a carnival were held by two groups in the new Northwest elementary school area and $5.74 was turned over to the polio fund. Among others who took part were Gordon Jones (left), 1806 Linwood Ave., and Mary Kay Hamilton, 306 Westwood Ave.

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1953
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Area Chairmen for Polio Campaign Plan Kickoff, December 1953

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Prepare For Polio Campaign - Area chairmen for January's March of Dimes polio fund campaign met at the Michigan League in Ann arbor yesterday to hear Blake Ferris, Detroit representative of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, speak. Among those attending the meeting were (left to right) Mrs. Delores Bennett, chairman of the drive for the Ypsilanti Negro community; Mrs. Harold A. Bjornstad, Ypsilanti general chairman; Mrs. Walter Mast, Webster township chairman; and Mrs. William Steinberger, Willow Village chairman.

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1953
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Patients at University Hospital School, March 1955

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Easter Seal Dollars Give Physical, Spiritual Uplift: Shown above are two patients at the University Hospital school who are beneficiaries of the dollars donated to the Washtenaw Crippled Children and Adults Society. Easter Seal dollars also help in the rehabilitation of young and old patients in other hospitals in the county, at Rackham School at Ypsilanti and in various homes. The two here are Larry Ehinger, 8, of Adrian, who was flown here from Africa after suffering an attack of polio, and Marilyn Lovejoy, 11, of Hillsdale.

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1955
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Christmas at University Medical Center Children's Rehabilitation Service Center, December 1962

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Santa Spreads More Cheer: Jolly old St. Nick (portrayed by Miss Marge Becker, a physio-therapist) highlighted a party in the Children's Rehabilitation Service Center yesterday at the University Medical Center. Dr. Kathleen Flanagan holds one of the children up to give her a closer look at Santa.

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Canisters Raise Funds in the Fight Against Polio, January 1940

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One Way To Contribute To Paralysis Fund: As one phase of the four-way campaign in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw county to raise funds for the war against infantile paralysis, coin collection boxes similar to, but smaller than, the display size model shown in the above photograph, have been placed in public buildings, banks, stores and schools in every community in the county. Any amount, from one cent up, may be dropped in the boxes. Half of the sum raised will go to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc., for research and half will be returned to Washtenaw to aid local victims. In the above picture are Mrs. James S. Gault (left), chairman of the campaign in the schools, and Mrs. Bradley Patten (right), who is in charge of the coin collectors. The campaign will continue through this week.

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1940
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New Physiotherapy Pool for Polio Patients at University Hospital, January 1940

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Examining Work For Paralysis Sufferers: One of treatments for infantile paralysis victims is a bath in the physiotherapy pool at University hospital. In the above photograph a patient is being lowered into the water under the supervision of Dr. Carl E. Badgley, while members of the Washtenaw county committee in charge of the campaign to raise funds for the war on the disease look on. In the picture, left to right, are Dr. Badgley, Mrs. Cyrus C. Sturgis, Mrs. Frederick A. Coller, Dr. Harley A. Haynes, Dr. Max M. Peet, Mrs. Charles Noble, Mrs. R. Bishop Canfield.

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Boy Scouts Deliver March of Dimes Fund-Raising Cards, January 1942

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Ann Arbor News, January 20, 1942
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'March Of Dimes' Cards Start Marching: Boy and girl scouts, aided by the Red Cross motor corps, began the distribution here yesterday afternoon of 10,000 'March of Dimes' cards by which dimes may be contributed to the nationwide fund-raising campaign of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The photograph above shows several boy scouts piling out of car driven by a member of the motor corps to take the cards to residential houses.

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1942
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January
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Nancy Jane Hackbarth Benefits From March of Dimes Contributions, January 1943

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Ann Arbor News, January 29, 1943
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Contributions Bring Happiness: Victims of infantile paralysis lead lives as nearly normal as possible when aided by funds contributed to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Nancy Jane Hackbarth, 317 Montgomery Ave., (shown with her radio), is one local victim who has been benefited by the fund. Gifts may be sent to the Foundation's Ann Arbor office in the First National building.

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1943
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