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The public astronomers of early Detroit
Just in time for the solar eclipse: A snapshot of some of the city's enthusiastic citizen skywatchers at the turn of the 20th Century.
Apr 5
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Amy Elliott Bragg
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March 2024
What happened to the Girl Diver of the Great Lakes?
She was briefly famous as one of the few women to dive Great Lakes shipwrecks. Then she disappeared from the papers and died at the age of 36. On trying…
Mar 13
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Amy Elliott Bragg
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February 2024
Nothing Nicer Anywhere
step right up for yet another essay about Marvin's
Feb 22
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Amy Elliott Bragg
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January 2024
RIP(ish) to the National Theatre
the end of an epoch in Detroit preservation history
Jan 30
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Amy Elliott Bragg
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He put the carrier pigeons out of a job
One of Detroit's great inventors and "human wormholes"
Jan 22
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Amy Elliott Bragg
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December 2023
Little Detroit History Letter holiday potluck
I fixed up a couple of snacks to share
Dec 19, 2023
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Amy Elliott Bragg
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A tale of spiteful corporate relocation
also, a very beautiful work of memorial art
Dec 12, 2023
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Amy Elliott Bragg
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November 2023
The ballad of the Detroit College of Law
from the department of forgotten demolitions
Nov 26, 2023
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Amy Elliott Bragg
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The wreck of the Montrose
A Lazarus of the lakes
Nov 20, 2023
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Amy Elliott Bragg
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Shipwreck season
A proposal for the post-Halloween, pre-Thanksgiving time of year
Nov 6, 2023
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Amy Elliott Bragg
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October 2023
The magicians' cemetery
This is what happens when you try not to write about Houdini
Oct 30, 2023
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Amy Elliott Bragg
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The commodores of Evergreen Mausoleum
Accidental local nautical history
Oct 18, 2023
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Amy Elliott Bragg
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