The Late Life Archive

EP010 - Sue

A gal who'd run amuck as a child, here to tell of us a different time in cultural history. Meet Sue! Middle eastern community history Dearborn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Middle_Eastern_people_in_Metro_Detroit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Middle_Eastern_people_in_Metro_Detroit] https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/how-dearborn-michigan-became-the-heart-of-arab-america-1.117177 [https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/how-dearborn-michigan-became-the-heart-of-arab-america-1.117177] Amuck definition 1. run / go amuck, * to rush about in a murderous frenzy:The maniac ran amuck in the crowd, shooting at random. * to rush about wildly; lose self-control:When the nightclub caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exits. Mayor Hubbard of Dearborn no blacks allowed https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/hubbard-orville [https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/hubbard-orville] I tried Googling “Jill Schlopkin� and no one came up. Pretty impressive, my ability to make up names… Oxygen tent in hospital https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/186390/#slide=gs-302260 [https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/186390/#slide=gs-302260] Visualize 600 acres https://www.themeasureofthings.com/results.php?comp=area&unit=a&amt=600&sort=pr&p=1 [https://www.themeasureofthings.com/results.php?comp=area&unit=a&amt=600&sort=pr&p=1] Streaking culture 1970s https://www.metv.com/lists/why-was-the-country-so-obsessed-with-streaking-in-the-1970s [https://www.metv.com/lists/why-was-the-country-so-obsessed-with-streaking-in-the-1970s] https://www.michiganradio.org/offbeat/2013-04-18/the-glory-days-of-streaking-in-the-1970s [https://www.michiganradio.org/offbeat/2013-04-18/the-glory-days-of-streaking-in-the-1970s] https://theweek.com/articles/490290/streaking-timeline [https://theweek.com/articles/490290/streaking-timeline] Center stage club (ford road?) https://youtu.be/2EcEWtA-MvQ [https://youtu.be/2EcEWtA-MvQ] Pine knob theater (DTE) https://www.313presents.com/Pine-Knob-Music-Theatre [https://www.313presents.com/Pine-Knob-Music-Theatre] History of chiropractors and taboo https://www.healthyway.com/content/twisted-logic-the-complicated-debate-about-chiropractors/ [https://www.healthyway.com/content/twisted-logic-the-complicated-debate-about-chiropractors/] Ludington https://pureludington.com/ [https://pureludington.com/]

EP009 - Mark

From the paper route, to the space frame. Mark has stuff to tell us about Metro Detroit. Plastic flooring ice rink [https://youtu.be/em6P4kb-4Oc] History of the Mountain Bike [ https://awe365.com/the-first-mountain-bikes-brief-mtb-history-lesson/] Hostess Ding-Dong [https://youtu.be/uiRcQVzN01A] Grand River & Middelbelt [https://goo.gl/maps/5kLjncMa2Z9n9U6B9] Zukin's Rib Shack [https://zukinsribshack.com/] Red Cross Doner Pins [https://www.etsy.com/market/red_cross_blood_donor_pins] Space Frame [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_frame] Ford Taurus SHO [https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/ford-taurus-sho-history/] Workers putting in more hours than pre-pandemic [https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/05/business/working-from-home-hours-pandemic-scli-intl-gbr/index.html]

EP008 - Lauren

A person in society, following laws, and sharing wisdom - Lauren in Michigan. James Scott [https://historicdetroit.org/buildings/james-scott-memorial-fountain] Belle Isle Demon Slide [https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/08/26/belle-isles-giant-slide-re-opened-in-detroit/] Therapy around the World [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-therapy-is-like-around-the-world_l_5d2f2930e4b02fd71dddab1c] The Boomer Generation and Hippie-ism: NewYorker [https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-misconception-about-baby-boomers-and-the-sixties] Fun Reddit forum [https://www.reddit.com/r/SeriousConversation/comments/p46lsa/how_did_baby_boomers_go_from_being_hippies_to/]

EP007 - J.R.

A renaissance man who settled on helping people with their life savings, J.R. talks being the high school mascot and selling shoe polish. Recurve box [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurve_bow] White flight from Detroit [https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/white-flight-did-not-begin-in-1967/Content?oid=4618876]

EP006 - Art

Raised in the Florida countryside with no sewage or garbage collection, Art found his way through the game of baseball and into the world of collector's items.