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I lived at Webster Hall while at Wayne Univ. during 1947-48,
Herman Krieger
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I worked in the photo department of Packard during 1943-44, but it must have been after the strike, as I don't recall it.
www.efn.org/~hkrieger/detroit.htm
Herman Krieger

Here's a photo of Fromm's in Highland Park-
http://members.efn.org/~hkrieger/fromm.jpg
I worked at the photo counter in Fromm's part time in 1942 while
a student at Highland Park High.

Every place where I have lived in Detroit has either been replace by a freeway or razed.
"Detroit, as I Knew it"
www.efn.org/~hkrieger/detroit.htm

Detroit, as I knew it-
www.efn.org/~hkrieger/detroit.htm

I lived on Hastings between Hendrie and Medbury during the 1930s.
www.efn.org/~hkrieger/detroit.htm

I was a free lance photographer for the Jewish News in 1944. I was pleasantly surprised to find in the archives an item about me entering the the US Army Air Corps, and about 15 photos that I had...

Before taking the boat from the foot of Woodward to Boblo, we would stop off at Vernor's for a chocolate ginger ale drink.
www.efn.org/~hkrieger/vernors.jpg

I learned to fly here in 1943. I then joined a group of ten engineers from Packard Motor Car Co. in the ownership of a Taylorcraft airplane.

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We used to stop off at Vernor's on lower Woodward for a chocolate cream Vernor's. It was abolutely delicious. A photo of the old Vernor's shop in the web site at:
www.efn.org/~hkrieger/detroit.htm

Photo of Vernor's shop, www.efn.org/~hkrieger/vernors.jpg
from the website at
www.efn.org/~hkrieger/detroit.htm

Another look at shopping malls:
"Mall-aise", www.efn.org/~hkrieger/mallaise.htm

During the 1930s and early 1940s, Convention Hall was the venue for the Detroit Auto Show. A main attraction was the door prize of a new auto. During the Golden Jubilee in 1946, there was a large...

I remember the boy scout shop quite well. In the early 1940s I was a member of troop 76 at Temple Beth El. The toy department on the 12th floor was a favorite place to visit. I left Detroit before...

Corrected bicycle link:
www.efn.org/~hkrieger/bikepath.htm

As a kid in the early 1940s, I went everywhere in Detroit with my Silver King bicycle. Afterwards I put the bike on an aluminum collection pile as a contribution to the war effort. Now I ride a...

At Wayne State University, they have a new course: Psychoceramics.
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It's for crack pots.

Photo essay:
"One Day in the Life of a Veterinarian"
www.efn.org/~hkrieger/vet.htm

I was born in Detroit. All the places I where I lived are now gone. You can see it on the website at www.efn.org/~hkrieger/detroit.htm.

I learned to fly at the Detroit City Airport in 1943, then I bought a 10% share in a Taylorcraft. I would fly weekdays after work. The others, engineers from Packard, flew on the week-ends. We would...

My first job, not counting a Detroit News route, was in 1941 at the Big Bear Market on Woodward and Tuxedo. I was 14, but lied about my age. Later jobs are shown at www.efn.org/~hkrieger/bio.htm

During the school year, 1942-43, I worked at the photo counter at Fromm's on Woodward Ave. I borrowed one of the above photos to show how the area
looked, then and now, for my web page at...

Anyone have a copy of the 1943 yearbook?

I was born in the Grace Hospital in Oct. 1926, shortly before Houdini died there.
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I had a Detroit News paper route in 1939-40 on Woodland and Tennyson streets. We would pick up the papers at a local delivery point for the route, but when there was an extra edition, a bundle of...