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City Workers Spread Liquid Asphalt On West Madison Street, August 1956

City Workers Spread Liquid Asphalt On West Madison Street, August 1956 image
Year:
1956
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 17, 1956
Caption:
SEALING A STREET: A city asphalt spreader moves down a section of W. Madison St. spraying the surface with a black, sealing substance. Gravel is then poured on the sticky surface and the weight of traffic gradually dissolves the gravel into the liquid asphalt, giving the street a smooth blacktop surface. Many city streets are being similarly improved.
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AADL Talks To: Bob and Patty Creal, Lifelong Ann Arborites and Washtenaw County History Society Board Members

Patty and Bob Creal
Patty and Bob Creal (Photo by Art Davidge)

Robert and Patty Creal, married 63 years this summer, are both board members for the Washtenaw County Historical Society with deep family roots in the Ann Arbor area. In this wide-ranging interview, Bob, a retired lawyer, and Patty, a former teacher, talk about their parents' and grandparents' Ann Arbor. They also paint a vivid portrait of Ann Arbor during the 1940s and 1950s with stories of growing up on opposite sides of town during the World War II era of rationing and Victory Gardens to a courtship involving no less than two iconic Ann Arbor institutions. Bob also discusses the signal achievements of his father, Cecil O. Creal, who served as mayor of Ann Arbor from 1959-1965.

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