Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 27, 1938
Caption:
RACE AGAINST ELEMENTS: Storm clouds were rolling up as the threshing picture was taken on the E. A. Hunter farm in Ann Arbor township, and although the threatened rain did not fall, other parts of Michigan and the nation were not so fortunate as Washtenaw county. Heavy rains caused many delays and some damage to grain crops during the mid-summer harvest period just coming to a close.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 28, 1973
Caption:
This is how they did it 34 years ago. The bog snow tires, powered sidewalk plows and whirling brushes were still something in the future. Following two days of heavy snow in Ann Arbor in December 1938, the city hired a dozen private contractors with horses and plows to help the community dig out. The walk on N. Division St. was being cleared when this picture was taken. An advantage was the lack of noise--unless the reinsman happened to be the outspoken type.