State of Michigan: Archives of Michigan releases collection highlighting Michigan’s 1961-1962 Constitutional Convention. “Today, the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB) announced that the Archives of Michigan has released a collection highlighting the preservation of Michigan’s 1961-1962 Constitutional Convention, which was made possible by a $50,000 grant through […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/10/22/state-of-michigan-archives-of-michigan-releases-collection-highlighting-michigans-1961-1962-constitutional-convention/#michiganhistory — Public Fediverse posts
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Oakland History Center: Redlining Pontiac: A virtual exhibit. “From the 1920s through the 1930s, the practice of restricting housing to different races was common across the country. We’ve created a virtual display of a 1937 map and the description pages used by real estate agents, which shows how racism played a big part in deciding who could live where.”
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Why whale remains have been found in Michigan several times
DETROIT – The remains of whales have been found in Michigan. It’s not a hoax. It’s not a…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #GreatLakes #MichiganHistory #Science #Whales
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One of the world’s deadliest animals once swam freely in the Detroit River. A dog stopped him
DETROIT – On June 22, 1863, one of the most dangerous animals in the world escaped its cage…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #detroit #DetroitHistory #MichiganHistory #Science #WayneCounty
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/548708/ One of the world’s deadliest animals once swam freely in the Detroit River. A dog stopped him #Detroit #DetroitHistory #Éire #IE #Ireland #MichiganHistory #Science #WayneCounty #Wildlife
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Antrim County Airport Postcard.
This aerial view captures the layout of the Antrim County Airport tucked into the beautiful Northern Michigan landscape. It’s a great perspective on how the town and the airfield coexist with the surrounding lakes and forests. A quintessential summer view of the "Chain of Lakes" region.
#BellaireMI #travel #NorthernMichigan #Michigan #Postcard #AerialPhotography #Aviation #AntrimCountyAirport #ChainOfLakes #MichiganHistory #SummerInMichigan #AvGeek #UpNorth
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Heading to the Upper Peninsula for today's postcard! 🌲✈️
This postcard captures the quiet atmosphere of the Iron Mountain airport. I love the functional beauty of these twin arched hangars and the scattered light aircraft waiting on the grass. It’s a wonderful look at how aviation connected even the more remote parts of Michigan during the mid-20th century.
#IronMountain #UpperPeninsula #Michigan #Aviation #AviationHistory #Postcard #MichiganHistory #Airfield #Hangar #UPNorth #AvGeek #travel
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Grayling Michigan Airport Postcard.
This real photo postcard captures a "MICH NG" (Michigan National Guard) encampment at the Grayling airport. Between the rows of aircraft, the field tents, and that skeleton observation tower, you can really feel the scale of the operations hosted here.
#GraylingMI #MichiganHistory #MilitaryAviation #NationalGuard #History #RPPC #AviationHistory #Michigan #Travel #Airfield #GraylingArmyAirfield #HistoricalPhotos #AvGeek #Postcards #Military
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Iron Mountain, Michigan Airport Postcard
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State of Michigan: Archives of Michigan receives $274K grant to expand on Save Michigan History program. “The program addresses the unique challenges of local organizations caring for public records in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula, Upper Peninsula, and surrounding islands, many of which are in remote areas prone to extreme weather.”
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Welcome to the 1963 Kent County (Grand Rapids) Airport.
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Remembering the 2004 Pistons-Pacers brawl https://www.rawchili.com/nba/420633/ #2004 #Basketball #DetroitPistons #Indiana #IndianaPacers #IndianaPacers #MaliceAtThePalace #MichiganHistory #NBA #Pacers #Pistons
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The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 years later (full extended cut documentary)
It’s been 50 years since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The Fitzgerald sank on the evening of…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Movies #Backstory #documentaries #EdmundFitzgerald #Entertainment #MichiganHistory #Specials
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/501638/ How the Michigan Assassin got murdered #Boxing #GrandRapids #MichiganHistory #Sports #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Why Your Home Isn’t Truly “Victorian” 🏡✨
“Victorian” is a period, not a style. Homes from 1865–1910 reflect many unique designs — and mislabeling them risks undervaluing what’s left.
👉 Learn why accuracy matters: https://bluewaterhealthyliving.com/news/lifestyle/why-the-style-of-your-home-is-not-victorian-and-why-it-matters/
#VictorianHomes #Architecture #HistoricPreservation #HomeStyles #MichiganHistory #GBSMedia #NewMedia
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University of Michigan: ‘The postcard craze’ of historic Michigan: More than 60K postcards digitized at U-M Clements Library . “The William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan has recently made available a digital database of real photo postcards from the David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography. The 66,470 postcards feature locations from every corner of Michigan […]
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Michigan Live: Michigan library working to rescue thousands of stories from gathering dust. “The Grand Rapids Public Library (GRPL) has launched a free online tool designed to help users explore a treasure trove of neighborhood newspapers from 1893 to 1963. This tool makes it easy to search, save, and view articles from local papers such as The Grand Rapids Herald, The Burton Heights Record, […]
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This was an eye-opening introduction to the history of Ferris State University. As a Michigander, I have only been to Big Rapids twice in my life, was never interested in FSU as a high school senior. But it appears they have some interesting history that more people should know about. Give this a read. I really liked it a lot and will make the journey to the Jim Crow Museum there sometime.
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The Alpena News: Besser Museum launches publicly accessible online database. “The Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan’s Collections Department is excited to announce the official launch of its publicly accessible online database, offering the public free, virtual access to explore and research thousands of the museum’s artifacts, historic photographs, and special online exhibits.”
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Oakland University: OU Libraries adds local news archive to online collections. “In addition to offering a unique window into the social, economic, and political landscape of Oakland County, this searchable collection includes coverage of the civil rights movement, automotive industry developments and significant local history such as the Detroit Rebellion of 1967. It also contains […]
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This story. It’s fascinating and so, so repulsive. https://www.mlive.com/life/2023/03/a-michigan-quintet-and-songs-of-the-ku-klux-klan.html #Lansing #LansingHistory #PureMichigan #MichiganHistory #KuKluxKlan
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We found a series of images showing a former Eagle Street storefront being destroyed in December 1967 for what was likely a #Dearborn Fire Department exercise. The building was likely acquired through an #urbanrenewal program that was forcing out residents in favor of higher tax paying industrial properties.
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Ever wonder what Eastern #Dearborn looked like 150 years ago?
This map from an 1876 Wayne County #atlas shows Michigan Avenue had a dense concentration of farm houses. If you look at the farm properties on this map, you'll notice namesake families for quite a few Dearborn streets.
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We had a person recently request a copy of this photo of Carlysle at Vassar in #Dearborn taken in October 1946. It took until after World War II for much of that area down into southern #DearbornHeights to be developed.
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For those joining mastodon recently, we're a local #history #museum and #archive in the #Detroit suburb of #Dearborn #Michigan. Follow us if you want more #MichiganHistory , #urbanhistory, and #culturalhistory content in your feed
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Querfeld Funeral Home in #Dearborn recently closed. The business started as an #ambulance service around the late teens and opened a #funeral parlor in 1925. This photo shows some of their ambulances around 1929.
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We are a local history museum and archive that occupies three 1830s buildings in Dearborn #Michigan. As we rely on a broad base of social media to spread of our museum, we thought we'd try mastodon. Our museum serves as a general history museum and archive for the City of #Dearborn. As a result, we'll be posting a wide variety of things related to Dearborn, Detroit, and even #MichiganHistory. -
A recent work outing I had involved photographing Michigan's oldest halal meat market, a business started in the 1940s.
#Dearborn #MichiganHistory #publichistory