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Middle Earth sign, December 2013 Photographer: Tom Drake

Middle Earth sign, December 2013 image
Year:
2013

Craftsmen In The Age Of Mass Production

Craftsmen In The Age Of Mass Production image
Parent Issue
Day
18
Month
August
Year
1974
Copyright
Copyright Protected

These Women Mean Business

These Women Mean Business image
Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
November
Year
1994
Copyright
Copyright Protected

Middle Earth Window Display, July 1978 Photographer: Susan Wineberg

Middle Earth Window Display, July 1978 image
Year:
1978

Ann Arbor Police Investigate Robbery At Fraternity Jewelers, August 1968 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

Ann Arbor Police Investigate Robbery At Fraternity Jewelers, August 1968 image
Year:
1968
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 24, 1968
Caption:
Jewelry Store Break_in Probed - An unidentified passerby looks on as Sgt. Norman Olmstead of the city police department dusts the window of Burr Patterson & Auld Co., Fraternity jewelers, 1209 S. University, for fingerprints. Olmstead said the window was broken about 6 a.m. today and thieves removed an undetermined amount of rings from the display case. Some of the rings, however, dropped onto the sidewalk as the thieves fled the scene.

Middle Earth, 1974

Middle Earth, 1974 image
Year:
1974
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AADL Talks To: Cynthia Shevel

In this episode AADL talks to Cynthia Shevel, owner of Middle Earth Gift Shop on South University. Middle Earth came on the scene in 1967 as the first “head shop” in Ann Arbor. The store began as a one-room, 2nd-floor walk-up on Liberty Street. The motto of Middle Earth is “harming only the humorless.” Long-time TreeTowners will remember the great ads Middle Earth ran in The Sun, our contribution to the underground newspaper movement. We talked to Cynthia about the move to South U and the changes over time to the merchandise, the customers and the crew at Middle Earth.