Sharing Content about Michigan & Great Lakes Region History. Curated by @mkrauszc .
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29 Jul 2023
Not wanting an "X" app on my phone, I decided to start another account where I'll be posting more regularly.
Hard to respect this app anymore when it doesn't even respect its own history
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Empty water shelf at Sefa's Grocery store in Howell during 2003 blackout [Livingston County Press and Argus 8/17/2003]
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15 Aug 2018
People waiting to buy items during the August 2003 blackout at a Grosse Pointe Kroger [AP Photo]
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#GrossePointe
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15 Aug 2018
Looking toward Downtown Detroit from Windsor during the August 2003 Blackout
Source: atdetroit.net/forum/messages…
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28 Jul 2023
#OTD in 1942, this photo was taken during the Davison construction project, showing the nearly completed Woodward bridge over the freeway. The Davison, which runs east-west between M-10 & I-75, was arguably the first urban freeway constructed in the US: detroithistorical.org/learn/…
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28 Jul 2023
Celebrating 125 Years: Inspired by the Flora and Fauna of the Region?
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27 Jul 2017
Beltline Highway Development Would Aid Motorists Bypassing Lansing
Lansing State Journal 7/27/1947
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28 Jul 2017
Small Korean War truce celebration pictured at the Detroit USO
[Detroit Free Press 7/27/1953]
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4 Dec 2018
Blazing The Trail To Detroit
Early signage put up along the route between Detroit and Chicago
[Chicago Tribune 7/27/1919]
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27 Jul 2023
70 years ago today, the Korean War was effectively ended with the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement . This shot from our collection shows a Dearborn donation drive underway for Korean War victims in June 1953.
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27 Jul 2023
#TBT Photograph of a pathway leading through the Beal Botanical Garden on the M.A.C. campus, date unknown. The text on the front reads "Botanic Garden M.A.C." For more information on current events celebrating the Beal Botanical Gardens, visit bealbotanicalgarden.msu.edu/. #MSUHistory
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27 Jul 2023
If you were a voter for our Digital Michigan Newspapers grant entry earlier this year, thank you again!! The Ingham County papers are now online in CMU's portal here digmichnews.cmich.edu/
ALT A screen shot of Central Michigan University's Digital Michigan Newspapers portal home page, with the icon for filtering searches highlighted in yellow
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27 Jul 2023
Superior Engine Plant, Calumet & Hecla Mine, Calumet, MI - ca. 1906 (via Vintage Michigan Postcards FB)
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26 Jul 2023
#OTD in 1901, a Floral Parade was held to celebrate Detroit's bicentennial. Mounted on a streetcar truck, the float pictured here shows a scene from Detroit's history labeled "Navigation."
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25 Jul 2023
Early mention of twitter I came across in the 6/3/2007 Lansing State Journal
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25 Jul 2023
View of the Baraga stop on the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic railway, from about 125 years ago.
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25 Jul 2023
The more things change, the more things stay the same. #thisismackinac
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25 Jul 2023
Sadly looking like this church might be torn down soon (also not cool the article used my photo without credit) themorningsun.com/2023/07/24…
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Lakewood Elementary Students Create Bluebird Subdivision - April 1978 #AnnArbor News pic (AADL)
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23 May 2017
Bluebird Cafeteria on S Mitchell St in Cadillac - early 1930s (Wexford County Historical Society)
#CadillacMI
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