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A leisurely Look at Michigan’s stories and traditions from yesterday to yesteryear.

Archive for December, 2009

Snow Job

In Michigan, snow brings much beauty and allows us to enjoy winter seasonal activities. Of course, along with this comes some occasional extra work.

A Wartime Christmas

This 1918 Christmas card is interesting for its simple graphic, deftly evoking the bittersweet reality that while the war is over, Sgt. Ray Alger Pennington is not yet home.

They’ve Got Your Number!

The women in this photo would presumably have appreciated the “miracle” of the telephone. They were early telephone operators in Lansing, Michigan.

A Healing Place

Michigan Public Act 254 of 1905 called for a state tuberculosis sanatorium to be built at a “suitable location.” The town of Howell, Michigan offered pure air, pure natural spring water and rolling hills about 1100 feet above sea level.


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