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The 1940 Census shows a Benjamin Lemburg residing with his wife Esther and son Leonard at 2955 Oakman Court. His occupation is given as "real estate salesman." Maybe this was one of his buildings?...

I've been told that WOMC back in the 1950s originally was intended to represent Wayne-Oakland-Macomb Counties, the station's coverage area. There was also a station in Mt. Clemens, WBRB, that...

Thing is, not all railroad graffitti is unsightly, some of it is quite creative and can liven up the dull paint schemes of today's rail cars. Here's a couple examples from a recent railfan trip to...

Following a bit more research, it would seem that what I have is from the second series of "radio talks." https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015071308939;view=1up;seq=7 The text of an...

A little update: Following some googling about, it appears these talks were written and delivered by an E. A. McFaul of Wayne University. I can post some more [[as time allows) if anyone is interested.

At a recent estate sale I picked up a neat artifact from the past. It's a printed text version of "Little Known Facts About Detroit," which was apparently a brief feature heard on WWJ radio during...

Might it have been Bohn Foundry? http://theoldmotor.com/?p=67095

They may be in Canada, possibly on the London & Port Stanley. I have some L&PS pix in my collection, but they're currently stored away. Going from memory, the number font looks about right for L&PS....

There's also this, although you need to sign in to read all of it:

https://casetext.com/case/manser-v-eder

I think this was a pretty common thing everywhere, not just Detroit. Later on, they would set up in shopping malls. I had my picture taken on a pony named Red at Wonderland Mall around 1974. Funny...

Definitely not Amtrak. I'm usually right next to the tracks when that train goes by, and as a railroad buff I'm familiar with the various horns and whistles. What I'm hearing is more distant and...

Was at the Costco in Livonia around one o'clock. They were already out of bottled water, and had quite a few customers waiting around for an apparently-imminent delivery.

Not exactly in Detroit proper, and hardly the most burning question, but...

I have occasion to be in Dearborn every now and then at the noon hour. Often, I will hear a deep whistle sounding at the...

The Big Boy at Michigan Ave and Telegraph just closed in the last month or so.

Count me among those who don't particularly care for the restaurant. It seems like I always had bad experiences when...

I lived in Pontiac in the late 90s/early 00s and can recall occasionally seeing coyotes around Opdyke and South Blvd, as well as a little further south in the area of Opdyke and Kensington Rd by the...

If memory serves, the last couple years it was on the air as a full-time oldies station Honey Radio was mostly satellite fed. I think a couple of local DJs, Fred "Boogie" Brian and Richard D. Haase,...

Per a report at railroadfan.com, a freighter has struck the Conrail Shared-Assets bridge on the Rouge River. No further details available.

Yep. That was a Value City. I think there was supposed to be a big national pharmacy/discount chain in there at one time--I forget the name, but the company went out of business amid some kind of...

There was a Lieb Brothers store at Wonderland Mall in Livonia. It was still there in the late 80s, I bought a wallet there around '87 or '88. I'm not sure if they had other locations, although I...

Sorry to resurrect such an old thread, but I thought these recent additions to my ephemera collection might be of some interest:

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Looks like the building at 1103 Lawndale still stands, per...

I thought I was the only one remembered CKJY. I used to listen to it a lot, even though I was around 13-14 at the time. I do remember them having a very clear sound.

Am I the only one still misses Ben & George's in Livonia? They had a sandwich that was Corned Beef with coleslaw on rye that was the greatest thing ever.

Yeah I found that shortly after I posted here [[not sure why I didn't consult google first). Found some indication in other results that "Fleetway Tunnel" was indeed the name of the tunnel when it...

I recently acquired a street map of Detroit from the early 60s or thereabouts. The Detroit-Windsor tunnel is shown on the map as having the name "Fleetway Tunnel." I've never heard that name used...

Interesting reading on the topic of residential hotels can be found here: http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft6j49p0wf;brand=ucpress Concentrates on the subject on a national...