The Late Life Archive

A gal who'd run amuck as a child, here to tell of us a different time in cultural history. Meet Sue!

Middle eastern community history Dearborn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Middle_Eastern_people_in_Metro_Detroit

https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/how-dearborn-michigan-became-the-heart-of-arab-america-1.117177

Amuck definition

Mayor Hubbard of Dearborn no blacks allowed

https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/hubbard-orville

I tried Googling “Jill Schlopkin” and no one came up. Pretty impressive, my ability to make up names…

Oxygen tent in hospital

https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/186390/#slide=gs-302260

Visualize 600 acres

https://www.themeasureofthings.com/results.php?comp=area&unit=a&amt=600&sort=pr&p=1

Streaking culture 1970s

https://www.metv.com/lists/why-was-the-country-so-obsessed-with-streaking-in-the-1970s

https://www.michiganradio.org/offbeat/2013-04-18/the-glory-days-of-streaking-in-the-1970s

https://theweek.com/articles/490290/streaking-timeline

Center stage club (ford road?)

https://youtu.be/2EcEWtA-MvQ

Pine knob theater (DTE)

https://www.313presents.com/Pine-Knob-Music-Theatre

History of chiropractors and taboo

https://www.healthyway.com/content/twisted-logic-the-complicated-debate-about-chiropractors/

Ludington

https://pureludington.com/

From the paper route, to the space frame. Mark has stuff to tell us about Metro Detroit.

Plastic flooring ice rink

History of the Mountain Bike

Hostess Ding-Dong

Grand River & Middelbelt

Zukin's Rib Shack

Red Cross Doner Pins

Space Frame

Ford Taurus SHO

Workers putting in more hours than pre-pandemic

A person in society, following laws, and sharing wisdom - Lauren in Michigan.

James Scott

Belle Isle Demon Slide

Therapy around the World

The Boomer Generation and Hippie-ism:

NewYorker

Fun Reddit forum

A renaissance man who settled on helping people with their life savings, J.R. talks being the high school mascot and selling shoe polish.

Recurve box

White flight from Detroit

Raised in the Florida countryside with no sewage or garbage collection, Art found his way through the game of baseball and into the world of collector's items.

Raised in Detroit in the 40's, Patty has seen and learned some things in her day. 

Detroit Stove

Belle Isle 1950

A member of "Alive N Kickin" and a Brooklyn kid who found his way to the Midwest - it's Rich Lou!

The definition of Midwestern homebody, Nancy shows there's more to life than seeing the world.

From the depths of Oklahoma, Uncle Big has been there and done that. Here's some stuff you could learn from him.

Ty Besh introduces the project and why you should care.