Michigan Radio Picture Project
An experimental photo blog and forum for photographs that address Michigan people, places, events, and issues.
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The Michigan State Fair, proclaimed to be the oldest state fair in the United States, was first held at its permanent home at Woodward and 8 Mile Road in 1905. Prior to that the first official Michigan State Fair was held in 1849 at a different location [...]
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Michigan is a state criss-crossed with highways. As the home state for the auto industry, the roads have played an important part in connecting communities, bringing in tourism, as well as being the main thoroughfare for commerce. Exploring Michigan’s roads, whether the major highways or the gravel backroads, [...]
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The community of summer homes and cottages at Bay View had its beginning in a conversation that took place in Jackson, Michigan in September, 1875. A group of Methodists had met to plan a Camp Meeting, which was a popular form of summer gathering where people convened for cultural, [...]
So I Come to America: Detroit Pre-World War I Immigrants – 3/22/10 – Photography by Robert Gordon
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Between 1980 and 1983 Robert Gordon interviewed and photographed 50 Detroit area immigrants who came to the United States prior to the outbreak of World War I in 1914. What [...]
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The industrial adventurers and entrepreneurs who launched Michigan’s automobile industry came from various backgrounds. Some of them began as carriage makers, like William C. Durant who would go on to found General Motors in 1908. The earliest automobiles, like their horse-drawn [...]
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