Look
A leisurely Look at Michigan’s stories and traditions from yesterday to yesteryear.
About Look
"If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you." The Michigan state motto served as the inspiration for this blog. If you look, you will find stories, photos and more to connect you to this great state and its wonderful history.
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No Depression
One of the best known agencies from the Great Depression was the WPA, or Works Progress Administration (”Work Projects Administration” after 1939). The reach of the WPA projects is legendary–from bridges to stream improvements to roads to arts, crafts and writing projects. The WPA even thought about holiday planning.
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- The Million Record March Heads to the Finish Line — Are there any plans for someone to double check the indexers work for the death records? I realize t
- A Bonfire and a Shooting Match — My great uncle John Millington, took part in the capture of John Wilkes Booth
- The Million Record March Heads to the Finish Line — There are no death records for Jackson County 1906. Why???