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  1. It’s all there in black and white

    In 1913 the University of Michigan hired its first staff photographer, 1897 alumnus George Robert Swain. He went on to complete a graduate degree in 1914. Thanks to Swain's comprehensive coverage of campus, we have a vivid visual record of our shared history.
  2. Nickels Arcade at 99

    The Nickels Arcade has beckoned to Michigan students, strollers, and shoppers for nearly a century. At its birth in 1915, it was the latest thing in retail — a collection of small shops offering premium goods to well-heeled customers. (Text by James Tobin.)
  3. Great Lakes, great photography

    The David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography, housed at the William L. Clements Library, offers virtually every photographic format used in the 19th and early 20th centuries: daguerreotypes, tintypes, stereographs, and more. The captions that accompany these select images were sourced from Tinder’s Directory of Early Michigan Photographers. Read more about this fascinating collection.
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  4. The Slow Vanishing of Schoolgirls’ Glen

    A special sanctuary inside Nichols Arboretum hangs on despite the spoilage wrought by human encroachment.
  5. Goodbye, good luck, and Go Blue!

    In honor of commencement season, Michigan Today celebrates the collective joy shared by every U-M graduate who's ever donned the cap and gown to mark this life-changing milestone.
    • Students approach Michigan Stadium for commencement. Dressed in black robes, pictured from behind walking up stairs.
  6. Did you see that?

    As the academic year winds down Michigan Today celebrates some of the student-athletes who delivered so much excitement to sports fans, captured in action by the team at Michigan Photography. Congrats to all of our Wolverines!
  7. Eyewitness to history, text by Alan Glenn

    What's it like to be an eyewitness to history? Ask Jay Cassidy. As a photographer for the Michigan Daily from 1967-70 he was often no more than a brick's throw away from the action during the most tumultuous three-year period in recent American history. Cassidy now lives in Los Angeles and is an award-winning film editor who has worked on such motion pictures as "An Inconvenient Truth," "Into the Wild," and most recently, "American Hustle."
  8. Photo Finish Gallery — Lynn Goldsmith’s Rock and Roll Stories

    Photographer Lynn Goldsmith, AB '68, has spent the past four decades picturing the most iconic artists of our time. These images come from her 2013 book, "Rock and Roll Stories."