B-24 Bomber #139 hauled through streets of Willow Village to serve as war memorial in front of the Edsel B. Ford post of the American Legion at 2094 E. Michigan Avenue, Ypsilanti, May 1946 Photographer: Eck Stanger
Year:
1946
Ann Arbor News, May 23, 1946
Caption:
BOMBER BOGS DOWN: Trees, telephone poles and houses impeded the land travel of this B-24 to such an extent that it took three days to move it a distance of two miles from the former bomber plant to its permanent base as a war memorial in front of the Edsel B. Ford post of the American Legion at 2094 E. Michigan Ve., Ypsilanti. Dedicatory ceremonies are bing held Sunday afternoon. The plane is being hauled through the Willow Lodge dormitory section.
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Legacies Project Oral History: Richard Nowland
Richard Nowland was born in Ann Arbor in 1932. He grew up on Eighth Street. He recalls family stories about Lower Town, including his Irish ancestor Andrew Nowland who settled in Ann Arbor in the 1820s. After serving as a social worker in the U.S. Army, Nowland returned to Michigan and got his master’s degree. He was a counselor at Washtenaw Community College and a principal at Clague Middle School for twenty years.
Richard Nowland was interviewed by students from Skyline High School in Ann Arbor in 2018 as part of the Legacies Project.
Clarence Fingerle & Joe Potter - City Cribbage Champions & Their Prizes, February 1949
Year:
1949
Ann Arbor News, March 1, 1949
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CHAMPION AND RUNNER-UP: Clarence Fingerle (left), Ann Arbor's new city cribbage champion, holds his first-prize wrist watch and also takes a moment to admire the radio won by the runner-up. Joe Potter, at the conclusion of the second annual city tournament. Finals were run off at the American Legion home last night. Fingerle and Potter went the full 11-game route before the title was decided. (Another cribbage tourney picture is on page 20).
Vic Shewman Battles Ernest Kranich In The Ann Arbor Cribbage Tournament, February 1949
Year:
1949
Ann Arbor News, February 22, 1949
Caption:
Even the kibitzers are intent as they watch this second-round match during last night's City Cribbage tournament play at the American Legion home. Vic Shewman, seated at left, is just about to put the whammy on VFW Champion Ernest Kranich in a second-round match that went the full seven games. At the start of this hand, Shewman needed five holes to win but had to peg them since Kranich had first count. Shewman pegged three and is here shown just about to play the six-spot for a two-point 31-count that won him the game and eliminated Kranich. The kibitzer at the top right with the painted necktie is Rollie Slittler, 1948 city champion who lost out in the second round last night. (Story on page 15).
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County's 'Biggest Parade Ever' To Precede Dedication Tomorrow
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AACHM Oral History: Walter Blackwell
Walter Blackwell was born in 1930 in Petersburg, Virginia. He shares memories of growing up there as well as in Mount Vernon, New York before serving in the army during the Korean War. He worked for 30 years at the Ann Arbor VA hospital, where he enjoyed helping fellow veterans. After experiencing discrimination in housing and employment, Mr. Blackwell fought for civil rights in Ann Arbor as a member of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and mentored black children in his neighborhood.