Local beauty retailer the Quarry apparently thought this hirsute fellow was a fine model on which to demonstrate its latest assortment of Mohawk’s “exciting woodback boar bristle brushes for ladies and men.” Would you be surprised to learn that Mohawk also produced “the brush for face foliage?”
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Nickels Arcade, celebrating its centennial this fall, was long home to the sweet shop named for American patriot Betsy Ross. They served punch!
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With Easter 1938 just around the corner, The Daily supplemented its regular content with a fashion insert: “Spring is something fresh and vivacious and youthful that blooms anew each year. It’s a welcome moment exuding bright, warm cheerfulness . . . Realize your dream of becoming the well-dressed person you want to be.”
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Daily readers in 1942 often opened the paper to see ads encouraging them to buy war bonds.
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Rider’s Hobby Shop at 115 W. Liberty supplied area hobbyists with a vast selection of linoleum block sets, whittling kits, leather craft kits, and model boats, cars, and planes.
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The beloved department store Jacobson’s, which opened in Ann Arbor in 1924, fostered “Michigan’s wonderful tradition of the well-dressed collegianne.”
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Chester Roberts operated two Ann Arbor stores in 1961, ensuring students’ access to book racks ($2.95), bed spreads (from $5.95), and throw rugs (from $1.29). Plus, it boasted the “largest selection of greeting cards on the campus.”
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Follett’s Book Store at State Street and North University did its part to stamp out “student poverty” by reducing textbook prices by 33-1/3 percent. This cartoon by E. Winslow features “a hippie” who rejected his professor’s passive theory about poverty alleviation in favor of Follett’s more practical application of the concept.
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Who can forget that sonic debacle “Disco Duck?” Apparently Ann Arbor disco fans favored other water creatures. In the ’70s, they enjoyed the “biggest, brightest, and jumpin’est” disco” at the Blue Frogge.
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Alumni returning to Ann Arbor will be happy to see that Bivouac continues to offer “anywhere on earth clothes” for the discerning buyer.
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In 1969 the University Cellar was born from an unusual activist movement: Students demanded to own and operate their own campus bookstore. After a pretty successful run, the operation folded in 1986.
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This sporty ad for De Ford’s Department Store on South Main Street ran under a story titled “Campus prep look remains a tradition.”
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Who remembers the infamous and “exclusive legendary sweet bagel?” Fragels are still cooking at the North Campus Bagel Fragel store on Plymouth Road.
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Legend has it that Arthur Miller, Jimmy Stewart, Vincent Price, and members of Fleetwood Mac all dined at the beloved Whiffletree. A fire destroyed the restaurant in 1987.
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Independent bookstore Shaman Drum closed in 2009 after a 29-year run on State Street. “I feel like I’ve had this charmed life to sell books in Ann Arbor for nearly 30 years,” owner Karl Pohrt told MLive at the time. “That’s a good run.”
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“Don’t let the storm pass you by …” says this ad promoting the Ambatana Multicultural Council’s Sixth Annual “Quiet Storm” dance in South Quad.
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“Blimpy power” was in full effect during the burger joint’s 40th anniversary in 1993. Some 20 years later, the restaurant (notorious for its “signature” ordering style) brought that power to its new location on South Ashley. The delicious fare is still “cheaper than food.”
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