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Legacies Project Oral History: Lomas Shaw

Lomas Shaw was born in 1915 in Laurens County, South Carolina. He attended Sterling High School in Greenville, SC, where he played football and baseball. He sang in a quartet at Friendship College in Rock Hill, South Carolina. After moving to Detroit in 1943, Shaw was a streetcar and bus driver for many years. He was married to his wife for over 70 years, and they had seven children. He was a dedicated member of Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church. He passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2017.

Lomas Shaw was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.

Cynthia Cross & Ann Joiner Admire Flowers Outside The Joiner Home, May 1971 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Cynthia Cross & Ann Joiner Admire Flowers Outside The Joiner Home, May 1971 image
Year:
1971
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 7, 1971
Caption:
Cynthia S. Cross, left, and Mrs. Charles W. Joiner inspect the flowers growing around Mrs. Joiner's home while discussing the duties of the League of Women Voters' presidency. Mrs. Joiner is the retiring president of the group, and Mrs. Cross will be taking her place.
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Don & Jack Beck With Giant Squash From Their Yard, October 1954 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Don & Jack Beck With Giant Squash From Their Yard, October 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 27, 1957
Caption:
HOLDING HIS OWN IN SQUASH: Six-year-old Jack Beck (right) appears to be having a hard time holding one of eight giant squashes which grew up mysteriously from an old compost pile in his yard. Jack's older brother, Don (left), who claimed ownership of the garden's rarities, holds one of two squashes which the Jay K. Beck family of 715 Virginia Ave., Ypsilanti, planted. Jack and the squash he holds both weigh exactly the same - 42 pounds. The eight "wild" squash together weigh some 200 pounds.
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J. H. Seitz Sr. and Granddaughter Susan Reid with Giant Cabbage, November 1958 Photographer: Eck Stanger

J. H. Seitz Sr. and Granddaughter Susan Reid with Giant Cabbage, November 1958 image
Year:
1958
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 15, 1958
Caption:
GIANT CABBAGE: J. H. Seitz, sr. (left) of 1215 Washington St., holds an exceptionally large, 12-pound, German cabbage he raised this year in a vegetable garden in the backyard at his home. His granddaughter Susan Reid, 2, holds an average size head.
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Vernon Shipley With Giant Radishes From His Garden, October 1955

Vernon Shipley With Giant Radishes From His Garden, October 1955 image
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1955
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 24, 1955
Caption:
TOO MUCH FERTILIZER: Vernon Shipley displays two of the giant radishes his garden grew after he used too much fertilizer which killed the first planting last spring. This second crop seems to have done all right, though.
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