Friday, February 28, 2025

Little Richard Streicher--Ypsilanti's Depression Era Unsolved Murder

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On the blustery afternoon of March 8, 1935, thirteen-year-old Buck Holt and his eleven-year-old brother Billy followed muskrat tracks i...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Ypsilanti's Hutchinson House Built with S&H Green Stamp Fortune

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Hutchinson House In 1896, Thomas A. Sperry and Shelley Byron Hutchinson went into the S&H Green Stamp business together. The New York Ti...
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Thursday, February 6, 2025

S&H Green Stamps--Emblem of a Bygone Age

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Sperry and Hutchinson Company were the originators of S&H Green Stamps--as much an American cultural icon as anything. The company ...
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Sunday, January 26, 2025

Michigan's Struggle for Statehood

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The British officially turned over Fort Detroit to the United States and evacuated on July 11, 1796. At noon, the Union Jack was lowered and...
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Sunday, January 5, 2025

Detroit's Pfeiffer Brewery and Johnny Pfeiffer

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The Johnny Pfeiffer plaster-of-paris figurine depicts a Revolutionary War minuteman playing a fife. Designed by Walt Disney Studio...
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Sunday, December 29, 2024

WXYZ's Fred Wolf and his Wacky Wandering Wigloo

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"Master of Sparemonies," the "Old Percolator," "Swampy Joe," and "King of Detroit Morning Radio," Fr...
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Saturday, December 14, 2024

The Coca-Cola Santa Story

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Santa's origin can be traced back to ancient Germanic folklore and the Norse god Odin. The modern character of Santa was embraced by...
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