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Ann Arbor News, January 8, 1974
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Sesquicentennial Briefing: Ann Arbor will celebrate its 150th birthday anniversary this year, and the people leading the affair were honored by City Council Monday night. Council confirmed a proclamation issued by Mayor James E. Stephenson last week, officially naming this the city's sesquicentennial birthday. Present at the meeting wre members of theSesquicentennial Commission, including chairman Douglas Crary (standing), who briefed council on the activities being planned. Behind Crary, commission member Ralph Munsy and executive secretary Lila Green look over the official proclamation.

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Ann Arbor News, January 11, 1974
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Sesquicentennial Office Gets Sign Ann Arbor's Sesquicentennial Commission has begun its work in earnest at its new headquarters at 113 W. Liberty. Earlier this week John Copley, on ladder at left, and Zeke Mallory hung the commission's sign under the sidewalk supervision of executive Lila Green, left, and Commissioners Hazel Proctor, Eck Stanger and Chairman Douglas Crary. The location of the headquarters is appropriate since the city-owned building, known as the Haarer-Walker Building, was recently grouped among the most historically significant pieces of architecture in the central business district. The commission's first major product, a monthly magazine distributed through The News, is seen in the corner of the window.