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Almost forgot I had interviewed my Uncle Bob LeSuer about the time during which his father, Elmer LeSuer, worked for Gar Wood in an office just over the bridge and to the right. I've posted photos...

Would be interesting to see if they have any of the Highland Park Model T plant as Edward Gray, Henry Ford's Chief Engineer, claims some of the ideas for the plant were his. Gray as noted as the one...

Yep, that's my photo there of the area his remains are placed. I was visiting to see the area my grandfather's boss, Charles Gauss, were placed. Gauss was the largest tobacco wholesaler west of NYC...

Would you be referring to the General Aeroplane Company? My grandfather worked on the first seaplanes built there [[and in Detroit period). Sorry to be ten years late but...40031

Wow, going way back but just found this! My grandfather worked on some of General Aeroplane Company seaplanes. I have two pictures of them. 40028
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The first one shows it clearly to be Windmill...

Been a while, a few more things. Ads started in 1914, even though Gray left Ford he got Henry to endorce his venture. Original plans were...
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Early ads- 1916-
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Full page ad-
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Her final resting place is a very interesting cemetery indeed, will be crowded for some time. She will be entombed near her father as I understand but a number of other family members are there as...

My grandfather worked on those seaplanes [[the first built in Detroit), here are two photos from that era-
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And a second one with grandma's notes on it, I never did find out who the brothers...

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I can help with the earliest portion, my grandfather worked for Mr. Edward Gray [[that's him front row, far left with Ford Executives, 1913) back before he even moved to Michigan. He worked for...

Late to the party but a photo of 'fish flies' 'Mayflies' reminded me of the Dairy Queen that was once at 9 Mile and Jefferson [[a Ram's Horn has that corner now). I remember going there in the late...

I'm not sure of the closing either but I did buy a British Fireman's dress coat there- that thing was so heavy! He had all kinds of crazy stuff. What I think I most remember though is the amphibious...

Thanks CassTechGrad- my dad was a Cass Tech Grad himself. Does that map show where the intersection of 2nd and High would have been?

High Street area, with notes-
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The photo-
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Another from the back of 135 High Street, later changed the address to 469 [[I think it was) but same location.

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On my dad's side this is the story of so-called 'White Flight' and I only say that because it wasn't so much that as that the neighborhood was becoming unsafe as home values fell and the new...

For me the story starts with my great grandparents and 'Farm Flight', with both grandfathers moving to Detroit about 1910. My mother's grandfather with the bakery wagon, Oil City, PA and one below...

Back when my grandpa worked for Gar, after his racing days, developing outboard motors for the 'Storm Boats', small eight man attack boats. That's Phil Wood's boat in the picture, by the bridge to...

Yep, that's the one I saw too. This was a place they mostly used for that one too as they owned land in the area from what I understand. So it's this one I'm trying to research.

Oh, just thought of this, crop of 'brothers' and lighthouse-
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Another look at the plane-34476

I'm assuming this is the original Windmill Point Lighthouse in the background as this seaplane was serviced by my grandfather who lived in Detroit. I also assume this is not the William Scripps/Dodge...

I think that's Grayhaven before the Seven Sisters and I don't see Gar Wood's place, which was built in 1924. Gray started work on Grayhaven fairly early [[1916?) which is the year this ad came out- he...

Ah, were you looking for photos at the Benson Ford Research Center? Yes, those could have been gone through. You'd have to research newspaper files and those aren't nearly as easy to search, at least...

Hmmm....you might question that librarian how Edsel, dead for seven years by 1950, had his lawyers go through 'stuff'. This collection was not done until Edsel had been dead for eight years, in 1951...

Jimaz, good find there, I didn't know that PBS documentary is now on YouTube as well. There are some early Ford histories that, well, aren't as well documented in the story but that part on Bennett...

[QUOTE=EastsideAl;504953]Exactly. I think a lot of people here are too young to remember the "Escape From New York" years too.

I spent a lot of time in NYC in the late '70s and early '80s, and...