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Car Hit By Train, William St. and Ann Arbor Railroad Tracks, October 1940

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Year:
1940
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 19, 1940
Caption:
SCENE OF FATAL CROSSING ACCIDENT: Joel S. Culp, 69-year-old carpenter, of Platt subdivision, met death in the wreckage of the car pictured above when it was hit by an Ann Arbor railroad train at the W. William St. crossing yesterday afternoon. It was the third fatal traffic accident here this year and the first railroad crossing fatality here in nine years. (Story on page 1).
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Locals Go Loco for Steam Locomotive

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Ann Arbor News, July 15, 1990
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15
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July
Year
1990
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Locomotive Will Be All Steamed Up

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Parent Issue
Ann Arbor News, July 12, 1990
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12
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July
Year
1990
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Train Trip

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Ann Arbor News, July 28, 1986
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28
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July
Year
1986
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Sentimental Journey

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Ann Arbor News, July 28, 1986
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28
Month
July
Year
1986
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Karl Malcolm & Debbie Lincoln Riding the Train at Wolverine Day Camp, June 1938 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Karl Malcolm & Debbie Lincoln Riding the Train at Wolverine Day Camp, June 1938 image
Year:
1938
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 9, 1938
Caption:
ANTICIPATING PLAYDAYS: Karl Day Malcolm, son of Dr. and Mrs. Karl D. Malcolm, and Debbie Lincoln, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Joseph N. Lincoln, tried out the train at the Wolverine day camp yesterday, anticipating pleasures of their summer vacation days. The train is a new addition to the camp which is situated on the Huron river east of the city.
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AACHM Oral History: Dorothy Wilson

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Dorothy Wilson was born November 28, 1911, in Mount Vernon, New York. She grew up in New York, where she also met her husband, living for several years in Brooklyn. She became a Licensed Practical Nurse and worked at the Brooklyn State Hospital. After her husband’s death she retired and moved, in 1972, to Ypsilanti to be near her family where she became active in volunteer work for Church Women United through Brown Chapel AME Church in Ypsilanti, the Beyer Hospital Auxiliary, and the Ypsilanti Historical Society.

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