Sunday, November 17, 2024

Dinner in Detroit with Andre the Giant

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Andre as Fezzik the giant in The Princess Bride. Andre the Giant was born Andre Rene Roussumoff on May 19, 1946 in France. He dro...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Victorian Theater and The Limelight

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I n the Victorian period, the expression in the limelight meant the most desirable acting area on the stage, front and center. Today, ...
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Saturday, November 2, 2024

Michigan Homegrown Terrorism of the 1930s--The Black Legion

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I like to think I am well-versed in Michigan and Detroit history, but it wasn't until I recently read Tom Stanton's Terror in the...
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Sunday, October 27, 2024

Ford Tri-Motor Pioneers Commercial Flight

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Restored Ford Tri-Motor In today's jetsetter world, commercial air travel is taken for granted by most people, but in the 1920s the aero...
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Saturday, October 19, 2024

Remembering Detroit's Qwikee Donut and Coffee Shops

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A young, optimistic Russian blacksmith named John Weise migrated to Detroit in the late 1920s, just in time for the Great Depression. Its st...
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Saturday, October 5, 2024

B'wana Don in Jungle-La with Bongo Bailey

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B'wana Don and Bongo Bailey B'wana Don in Jungle-La ran on WJBK-TV, channel 2 in Detroit, Michigan, from 1960 to 1963. The program&...
Friday, September 27, 2024

Samuel Zug - The Man Behind the Island

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Samuel Zug Samuel Zug is thought by some people to have been an industrialist, but that couldn't be further from the truth. He wa...
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