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Montgomery Ward Store Opens at Arborland, October 1961 Photographer: Doug Fulton

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Year:
1961
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Ann Arbor News, October 18, 1961
Caption:
Opens Tomorrow: Montgomery Ward & Company's new, 114,000-square foot full-line department store will be officially opened at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Arborland Shopping Center on Washtenaw Ave. at Yost Blvd. A half-hour grand opening ceremony is planned. High Montgomery Ward officials, business and civic leaders will attend. A football autographed by University football team members will be kept by the person who catches it.

Arborland Opening Draws 2,500

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Day
19
Month
October
Year
1961
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AACHM Oral History: Fred Adams

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Fred Adams was born in 1934 and grew up in Ann Arbor. He recalls summers playing in the Huron River, youth activities with the Dunbar Center and Jones School, his work as a paperboy, and some of the black neighborhoods and businesses in the Ann St. area. Mr. Adams worked for Johnson Controls for 41 years and owned his own business as an Industrial Manager.

S. S. Kresge Plans Store In Arborland

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Day
22
Month
October
Year
1960
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Just One Of The Many . . . Freedoms

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Day
13
Month
August
Year
1948
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