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Ann Arbor Police, Sheriff's Deputies, & Local Divers, Search For The Body Of Richard Otto In Second Sister Lake, June 1961 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Ann Arbor Police, Sheriff's Deputies, & Local Divers, Search For The Body Of Richard Otto In Second Sister Lake, June 1961 image
Year:
1961
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 22, 1961
Caption:
DROWNING SEARCH: This was the scene at Second Sister Lake in Scio township yesterday afternoon shortly after Richard Otto, 15, drowned. Boats manned by city police and sheriff's deputies cruise the area while a buoy at left marks the spot where the youth was last seen. The shoreline in the background was used as the base of operations for the eight skindivers who participated in the search. The body was recovered after a two-hour
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USA Amphibian Jeep Demonstration, May 1943 Photographer: Attributed to Eck Stanger

USA Amphibian Jeep Demonstration, May 1943 image
Year:
1943
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 4, 1943
Caption:
BACK ON DRY LAND: The jeep works equally well on land or in the water, as these Army men discovered during yesterday afternoon's maneuvers. An Army specialist was present to instruct the students in handling the jeep, and also instructed several members of the Red Cross motor corps in handling the amphibian in the water.
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George H. Whistler's "Walk-In-The-Water", July 1939 Photographer: Eck Stanger

George H. Whistler's "Walk-In-The-Water", July 1939 image
Year:
1939
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 25, 1939
Caption:
DETROIT IN 1820: Shortly after Hiker Evans visited the city on the 4,000-mile tour. This picture, showing the steamer Walk-in-the-Water, is from a sketch by the famous painter Whistler's father, George H. Whistler. Detroit is on the distant shore of the river. The picture is reproduced here through the courtesy of its owner, Lloyd A. Brown, curator of maps at the Clements library in Ann Arbor.
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The Barton Hills Boat Club

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Ann Arbor Observer, August 2018
Month
August
Year
2018

Its fortunes are tied to a changing river.

"Some don't know we exist. Others think you have to live in Barton Hills to join," says architect Jan Culbenson, longtime Barton Hills Boat Club member. In fact, the club has existed since 1937, and no, you don't have to live in Barton Hills to join.

Ann Arbor Power Squadron advertises its boating classes, September 1970 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Ann Arbor Power Squadron advertises its boating classes, September 1970 image
Year:
1970
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 17, 1970
Caption:
Ahoy, County Buillding: A boat in front of the County Building downtown? Persons who thought they might have seen such a thing, really did. It's there to call attention to Ann Arbor Power Squadron's boating classes which will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 23 in Ann Arbor Pioneer High School. Squadron members here are (from left0 Lt. Sherman Watkins, Cmdr. Uolovi Lahti and Lt. Robert Hooker. The boat was built by Lahti.
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The University Of Michigan's Biological Station Cabin Cruiser On Douglas Lake, July 1952 Photographer: Eck Stanger

The University Of Michigan's Biological Station Cabin Cruiser On Douglas Lake, July 1952 image
Year:
1952
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 15, 1952
Caption:
Its shallow draft permitting it to come close in to shore, the University of Michigan Biological Station's cabin cruiser awaits a group of students to be transported across Douglas Lake near Cheboygan to study some phase of biology. This is the only boat of its kind the University owns.
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