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Swapping Keys at the JCC Model Home, 2120 Brockman Blvd, May 1937

Swapping Keys at the JCC Model Home, 2120 Brockman Blvd, May 1937 image
Year:
1937
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 15, 1937
Caption:
A HOUSE COMPLETED: Mayor Walter C. Sadler, officers and several members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, were present when the key to the newly completed house built by the Junior Chamber was turned over to the building committee chairman Harvey E. Ward by the contractor, W. A. Heimerdinger. Left to right are: Wilson White, Floyd C. Moseley, Junior Chamber members, Harold Benz, treasurer, Mr. Ward, Mayor Sadler, Mr. Heimerdinger, Franklin Forsythe, president, and Bruce Palmer, chairman of the board of directors. The house is open for public inspection beginning today.
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AACHM Oral History: Rosemarion Blake

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Rosemarion Alexander Blake was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1923 to Jewel Alexander Price and Jacob Price. She was brought to Ann Arbor between two to four years of age by her great Aunt Hattie and Uncle Robert Alexander. Rosemarion attended Jones School Kindergarten through 9th grade and graduated from Ann Arbor High School in 1941. She held a number of jobs after graduating and in 1945 became the first African-American woman to work in city Hall in a non-custodial position. A number of years later, she worked in Publication Sales at the Institute for Social Research from 1970 until her retirement in 1987.

University and City Leaders Unite For Finnish Relief, February 1940 Photographer: Eck Stanger

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Year:
1940
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 5, 1940
Caption:
University and city leaders are uniting in the worthwhile project of raising funds for the aid of Finnish war refugees. Immediate efforts are furthering plans for a benefit concert Feb. 27. Mrs. A. C. Furstenberg, seated at the right, is chairman of the ticket committee, while seated at the left is Mrs. Cora Holland, secretary of the general committee. Standing, left toright are: Prof. William D. Revelli, conductor of the University bands, Dr. Alexander G. Ruthven, president of the University, Mayor Walter C. Sadler, Prof. David Mattern, conductor of the University men's glee club, and Rudolph E. Reichert, charman of the Finnish Relief Fund locally.