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Legacies Project Oral History: Robert Harrington

Robert Harrington was born in 1939 in the East Side of Detroit. His father worked for the National Bank of Detroit, and his mother was a professor at Wayne State University. He remembers the everyday routines of the 1950s including milk delivery and food preservation. As a child he enjoyed visiting Belle Isle, Boblo Island, and going to the movies. A civil engineer, Harrington specializes in pavement for racetracks and is a consultant for NASCAR.

Robert Harrington was interviewed by students from Skyline High School in Ann Arbor in 2018 as part of the Legacies Project.

Estate sale: A walk into the past

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Ann Arbor News, June 8, 1979
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8
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June
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1979
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Gordie Howe signs hockey sticks at Ypsilanti High School, November 1997 Photographer: Leisa Thompson

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1997
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Ann Arbor News, November 11, 1997
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Hockey legend Gordie Howe stops on his way out of Ypsilanti High School to sign hockey sticks for the sons of secretaries Lois Nowling and Diana Jackson.
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