AACHM Oral History: Alice Brennan-Key
Alice Brennan-Key was born in Ann Arbor in 1953. Her parents met in Florida after her father immigrated from the Bahamas, and they moved to Ann Arbor in the 1940s. Brennan-Key grew up on Gott Street, next door to her current residence. She has seen the neighborhood change over the years due to gentrification. She went to Michigan State University as an undergraduate and received her master’s in social work from the University of Michigan. She spent most of her career working with developmentally disabled and mentally ill residents of Washtenaw County. She raised her daughter Khyla in Ann Arbor.
Washtenaw Dairy, 1958 Photographer: Rick Cocco, Doug Fulton
Year:
1958
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AACHM Oral History: Dolores and James Turner
Dolores Preston Turner was born in Ann Arbor in the early 1940s, and her family lived in a small historically Black neighborhood on Woodlawn Avenue. She graduated from Ann Arbor High School, where she met her future husband, James Turner. She remembers moving into their first apartment in Pittsfield Village as a result of fair housing protests in Ann Arbor in the 1960s. Turner has two master’s degrees and she taught English at Huron High School for 30 years. Dolores and James celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in September 2021.
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Ralph F. Pelz
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Washtenaw Dairy Ice Cream Counter, 1980 Photographer: Susan Wineberg
Year:
1980
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Jim Smith, Jr. learns to mount a scoop of ice cream from his dad, February 3, 1962 Photographer: Duane Scheel
Year:
1962
Ann Arbor News, February 3, 1962
Caption:
Doing What Daddy Does: Jim Smith of 2726 Hampshire Rd., a long-time employee of a local dairy stores, gives an expert ice cream eater, his son, Jim, jr., a lesson in the fine art of mounting a scoop of ice cream on a cone. The younger Smith is nine and a fourth grader at John Allen School.
Lottery Players Dream Of Instant Wealth
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Longtime regulars at Washtenaw Dairy, May 2009 Photographer: Eliyahu Gurfinkel
Year:
2009
Ann Arbor News, May 28, 2009
Caption:
Longtime regulars chat during their customary morning get-together at the Washtenaw Dairy in Ann Arbor on Wednesday morning. Clockwise from left are Bob Hanselmann, H.C. Collie, Dick Allport and Don Johnston.
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Milkshakes at Washtenaw Dairy, June 1958 Photographer: Doug Fulton
Year:
1958
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Milkshakes at Washtenaw Dairy, June 1958 Photographer: Doug Fulton
Year:
1958
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