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Draftees at the Michigan Central Railroad Depot, December 7, 1942 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Draftees at the Michigan Central Railroad Depot, December 7, 1942 image
Year:
1942
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 7, 1942
Caption:
Seventeen Negro men left Ann Arbor by train this morning for Fort Custer to begin Army training. A farewell party was given for them Friday night at Dunbar Civic Center. With the group in the above photograph is Rev. C. W. Carpenter, pastor of the Second Baptist church. The men (from left to right) are: Kenneth Fox, Adoulphus P. Thompson, George Cromwell, Furman Wright, Leon F. Whitehead, Arthur F. Jones, Rev. Mr. Carpenter, Sherman Baker, Vernon B. Adams, Earl E. Jackson, Samuel Thomas, Sidney Henry Rinke, Robert M. Scott, Howard Lee Miller, Clinton Brantley, Frank Edward Bostic, Richard Anderson. The 17th inductee, William F. Hawkins, was not present when the picture was taken.

Peters Sausage Company Employees Handle A Loose Pig On Broadway, November 1963 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Peters Sausage Company Employees Handle A Loose Pig On Broadway, November 1963 image
Year:
1963
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 1, 1963
Caption:
PESKY PORKER: Local residents en route to work this morning along Broadway had to dodge around this plump hog, one of two which darted to their temporary freedom from a truck at the Peters Sausage Co. Employes of the meat processing firm, Danny Fleming (left) and Steve Berecz, hold down the animal after suitably hog-tying him as City Patrolman Arthur Hughes (right) looks on.

Train Wreck at Michigan Central Station, September 1940 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Train Wreck at Michigan Central Station, September 1940 image
Year:
1940
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 17, 1940
Caption:
RIGHTING WRECKED LOCOMOTIVE: The task of clearing the wreckage of the freight train that piled up at the Michigan Central station yesterday proceeded rapidly today. Here is shown the engine as two cranes pulled it from the ruined rail-bed where it had laid on its side. Some of the thousands who watched the work may be seen lining Broadway viaduct in the background.