Dearborn Historical Museum
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This random cute animal pic from our collection is from our Dearborn Press and Guide collection and is dated June 1971. Unfortunately it had no label beyond being part of a goat series of negatives.
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n honor of DHM staff being over at the West Peace Park on Friday for the Dearborn Summer Market, heres a Spring 1955 shot showing the Peace Park area. On the left is the old freight railroad station while on the right is the road now known as West Village Drive.
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This Warren Avenue shot was taken 45 years ago this month in June 1981. Looking west from near Horger it shows a city tree planting program in progress. In the background is the old Peoples Outfitting Company building which was still a Hudsons Warehouse Store at the time.
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This recently digitized Fall 1971 image shows the early stages of channelizing the River Rouge near the Ford plant.
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Al Ameer Restaurant at 12710 Warren recently renovated their exterior with the assistance of Dearborn's Warren Avenue Facade Improvement Program. Here's a collage comparing the new appearance to how the location looked in the early 1980s.
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Some Dearborn Taco Bell pics taken in June 1971
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Happy #NationalHamburgerDay. This recently digitized September 1971 photo shows the vicinity of Miller's Bar on Michigan Avenue.
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Join us this Saturday for a Decoration Day ceremony at the McFadden Ross House
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The Dearborn Historical Museum and other city offices will be closed this holiday weekend until Wednesday. If you have any questions over the weekend, email us at museum@dearborn.gov
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While the museum will be closed over the weekend, you'll still be able to see our historic vehicles participating in Monday's Dearborn Memorial Day Parade.
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Dearborn's Memorial Day Parade returns in East Dearborn on Monday! These are some random shots from our collection depicting the parade in 1976.
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90 years ago this past weekend, the Ford Rotunda opened in Dearborn for the 1st time. It was located near the southwest corner of Rotunda and Schaefer. This image of the building which served as a Ford visitor center was taken in June 1938.
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This feature on Arab American food businesses along the 13700 block of Warren Avenue was published 35 years ago this week in the Times Herald.
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Happening Saturday at the DHM's McFadden Ross House and on the grounds
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This sketch of the Rouge Plant area was published on the front page of the Fordson Independent 100 years ago today.
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Stop by the museum Wednesday evening for a lecture by Katrina Harris on local gardening history. This lecture starts at 7 at the McFadden Ross House.
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Given the popularity of our recent Dearborn Theater post, we wanted to share this May 1976 image of Michigan Avenue looking west. The Dearborn Theater is on the left
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This interesting image shows the Westborn Mall parking lot looking east probably around 1968
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Some photos of Salisbury School, Dearborn's 1st elementary school
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