Cooler By the Lake
This content of this image is pretty universal to those who live in the Great Lakes State. It exhorts all lake lovers to, “gather the family, hitch up the boat and take to the road, it’s summer.”
The Art of War
The origins of airplane nose art go back at least as far as World War I. It is World War II, however, that is the true “Golden Age” of the form.
Everything New is Old Again
On June 15, 2010, Apple began taking orders for its new iPhone 4. Fifty years ago, the men in this photo might well have felt the same flush of excitement that an iPhone 4 purchaser feels today!
Rare Bird
Visitors heading north this summer have a new reason to stop and see the marker celebrating the decades-long work of conservationists to save the Kirtland’s warbler.
A Tale of Two Buildings
This stereograph of a Mackinac harbor view dates c. 1870. The Flint Photographer J.A. Jenny captures the old Agency House in the foreground, with the Indian Dormitory to its right. Each of these buildings has an interesting history.
Lansing is Dry!
“Awful Two Year Drouth Hits Ingham County!”
…so read the headline of the April 5, 1910 State Republican. The Republican reported that fifty-two Ingham County saloons would be out of business for at least two years.
Boom and Bust in the U.P.
Read about the railroad that was built but never used.
The Rough and Rocky Road to Statehood
Michigan’s first constitutional convention began on May 11, 1835.
Toledo, Michigan?
Today, Michigan and Ohio are often rivals in the “world of sports.” It seems silly, though, to imagine Wolverines and Buckeyes engaged in an actual war. Yet, this – or something like it – actually occurred in 1835.
My Main Street
I grew up in Detroit during the 1960s. Even though I now live in Lansing, Detroit is my home, my main street. There are over five hundred Detroit images at seekingmichigan.org
Yamasaki remains an important part of our international architectural heritage. This is part one of a two part blog on Yamasaki and his life as written by guest blogger Dale Allen Gyure, Ph.D.
