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Castle Museum
Jul 15, 20202 min read
A Golf Card with a History
While never used, this advertising piece offers a brief glimpse into the history of Saginaw's golf courses and the development of Saginaw...
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Castle Museum
Jul 12, 20201 min read
Ruth Horn Cummins’ Fresh Greens
Ruth Cummins was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1907. She married George H. Cummins and they lived in Saginaw on Burt Street with their four...
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Castle Museum
Jul 5, 20201 min read
What do Barbecue Sauce & Spic & Span have in common?
Naomi Mae Woolcot moved to Saginaw in 1906 when she was nine years old. She attended Hoyt and Saginaw High School, then began doing...
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Castle Museum
Jun 30, 20202 min read
Shaping Saginaw: J. Fred Beckbissinger, Architect
Born in 1870, J. Fred Beckbissinger started his career - and training - working as a draftsman for Saginaw manufacturing companies and...
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Castle Museum
Jun 29, 20202 min read
Apple Pie - Just Like Aunt Jenny Use to Make
In the 1930s and 40s, thousands of Saginaw housewives welcomed “Aunt Jenny” and her radio show "Real Life Stories" into their kitchens...
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Castle Museum
Jun 24, 20202 min read
Who is Fred Hollister?
“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” Winston Churchill Although this quote is over-used in advertising campaigns and has...
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Castle Museum
Jun 21, 20202 min read
Jane Melzora’s Banana Cake
Jane (Thomas) Melzora along with her husband Melzer and three boys had to have one of the most interesting lives of anyone I know....
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Castle Museum
Jun 16, 20202 min read
Jacobson’s, April 1955: A Photograph Album
“I thought Jakes was the best store in the land and we were lucky to have one, a beautiful three level emporium with escalator and...
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Castle Museum
Jun 14, 20201 min read
Enjoy this Easy Dinner Casserole
1006 North Michigan Party Casserole What You Will Need: 2 lbs ground beef 2 lg onions 8 medium potatoes, sliced Salt and pepper to taste...
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