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Jane Henning Assembles Strawberry Shortcakes, June 1948

Jane Henning Assembles Strawberry Shortcakes, June 1948 image
Year:
1948
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 30, 1948
Caption:
IT'S STRAWBERRY TIME - FOR CANNING AND SHORTCAKE: Washtenaw farm kitchens are unusually busy spots these days with strawberries demanding prompt attention. Mrs. George Henning, 6485 W. 7 Mile Rd., is shown above sorting out the biggest and ripest for the family's shortcake feast. The rest are being canned.

Warning Sounded On Pressure Pan

Warning Sounded On Pressure Pan image
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Month
July
Year
1946
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Legacies Project Oral History: Robert Harrington

Robert Harrington was born in 1939 in the East Side of Detroit. His father worked for the National Bank of Detroit, and his mother was a professor at Wayne State University. He remembers the everyday routines of the 1950s including milk delivery and food preservation. As a child he enjoyed visiting Belle Isle, Boblo Island, and going to the movies. A civil engineer, Harrington specializes in pavement for racetracks and is a consultant for NASCAR.

Robert Harrington was interviewed by students from Skyline High School in Ann Arbor in 2018 as part of the Legacies Project.

Project Grow Learning About Canning from Helen Fairman, July 1973 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

Project Grow Learning About Canning from Helen Fairman, July 1973 image
Year:
1973
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 19, 1973
Caption:
Not Too Soon To Check Equipment For Canning Already time to think about canning, Helen Fairman (third from left), home economist at the Cooperative Extension Service, tells representatives from GROW garden sites in the city. She hold on of the cans with a reusable ring top and shows the group how to place cans in a pressure canner. From left others pictured are: Chris Pickford and Lani Bennett from the County Farm Site, Linda Stamatoff from Marshall Road site, Carol Rothman of the Greenview site and Vlasta O'Connell (partially obscured) and Joe Lamson of the County Farm site.

Mary Sullivan & Vivian Kalmbach, 4-H Summer Camp Canning Demonstration Team, August 1937

Mary Sullivan & Vivian Kalmbach, 4-H Summer Camp Canning Demonstration Team, August 1937 image
Year:
1937
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 18, 1937
Caption:
DEMONSTRATION TEAMS WILL COMPETE AT EAST LANSING: The four girls shown here will make up two demonstration teams to compete in district judging eliminations Monday and Tuesday in East Lansing. Representing Washtenaw county, they are from left to right Mary Sullivan and Vivian Kalmbach, canning demonstration team; and above, left to right, Mary Tait and Delphine Phillips, baking demonstration team. These pictures were taken at Lakeside park near Brighton, where the annual girls 4-H summer camp has been held for the past two weeks. The county eliminations were held at camp, and five other girls were named to compete at Lansing in canning and clothing competition.