Dusty Diary

From the August-September issue of "On the Town," a little glossy 8-page mini-magazine that is "Your Guide to Entertainment i...

I posted this on Facebook today: "FISH QUIZ: Reading a 1878-1888 Michigan Fish Commissioners report. See if you can guess the fish: &q...

Interesting to read the accounts of the Michigan's earliest legislative sessions. The first accounts begin in 1835, and for two whole ye...

I hope you are planning to attend one of the FREE historical talks at Chautauqua on Saturday, October 18! Would you like to chip in a bit o...

I had been hearing some conflicting things about Heritage Festival finances from various people. Some said it was in trouble financially and...

Montage from 1979 promotional brochure.

General statistics for 1930 Ypsilanti, from promotional brochure.

Say what you will about Ypsi: we have adequate power and transport facilities. According to the 1930 promotional brochure from which this pi...

Ypsilanti: A city you can be proud to call "home." "Without blowing its horn, Ypsilanti also admits to being rich...rich in i...

Onetime Ypsi store: Hayward's. For the Now Generation. Also: The Johnny Carson Collection (downstairs). From 1970 city publicity brochur...

City Hall "cheese grater" facade, from 1970 Ypsilanti publicity brochure.

In May of 1905, the bridge at Forest Avenue was a new one--and yet it was falling apart. Townspeople were so suspicious that someone painted...

"She was quiet and stocky, yet viewed as beautiful. She had numerous relatives at the insane asylum at Pontiac, which in her case was r...