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Crushed Pineapple & Crushed Dreams
The R.P. Lewis Company at 128 North Washington Avenue in Downtown Saginaw’s Flint & Pere Marquette Building offered everything a customer...
kellison71
Jan 8, 20244 min read


Helen Little Stark & Her Fish Chowder
Helen Little Stark The life of Helen Little spanned Saginaw’s rise as a lumbering center and reinvention as a manufacturing hub. At the...
kellison71
Jan 6, 20244 min read


Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve: Treasure Island
New Year’s Eve is both a time to look forward and back. Many Saginaw residents of a certain age have fond memories of dining at Treasure...
kellison71
Dec 29, 20233 min read


Complete Your Final Shopping at the W.C. Wiechmann Co. ...
...and Still Have Enough Time to Make Mrs. W.C. Wiechmann’s Butterscotch Pineapple Cake For several generations, Wiechmann’s was a...
kellison71
Dec 24, 20236 min read


We have much more to share – and learn—about Mrs. Lotus Lum...
“A Holiday Recipe Almond Cookies A Chinese Treat Christmas is among the most important holidays in both this country and Europe, but says...
kellison71
Dec 17, 20232 min read


A Hostess & A Holiday
“Mrs. H.W. Brady was hostess Monday to sixteen members of the Junior League garden group at her home, 2025 Gratiot avenue. Plans for the...
kellison71
Dec 10, 20232 min read


Light, Laughter, and Latkes
Happy Hanukkah! Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, began at sunset yesterday, Dec. 7, and will be observed through Dec. 15 this...
jvannette5
Dec 8, 20233 min read


Holiday Shopping at Jacobson’s Le Buffet Café or "In Seach of the True Seven Layer Salad"
“Enjoy an informal lunch at Le Buffet or traditional dining [at] Machus Hungry Fox Restaurant under the red canopy on Jefferson” -From a...
kellison71
Dec 3, 20233 min read


Elizabeth Liebermann Rockwell
“When I think of Christmas, I automatically think of working at Liebermann’s our store which Grandfather started in 1893. I can’t say I...
kellison71
Nov 25, 20234 min read
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