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- Description:
- First half of this recording features the dedication of the Nativity Scene on Dewey Hill in Grand Haven in 1964. The program starts with a short introduction, a prayer, and a speech by Governor George Romney followed by the Nativity Scene program. The second half of the recording, which begins at 33 minutes into the file, consists of the WGHN radio program featuring Grand Haven resident Raymond O'Malley recalling the sinking of the USCG Cutter Escanaba in June 1943. The Escanaba was destroyed while on escort duty from Greenland and sank in less than one minute leaving only two survivors in near freezing waters.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In Part 2 of Dave Seibold's interview with Win Dewitt Vanzantwick-Cook, Mrs. Cook recalls the role of milkmen during Prohibition, taking the passenger ferry the Fannie M. Rose to the Fruitport Pavilion, and labor-saving devices utilized by women in the 1920's. The Cutler House, The Magnetic Mineral Springs and Sanitarium, the Crescent Theater, area float bridges, former Negro slaves, Grand Haven's first strike at the Challenge Stamping & Porcelain Company, and the fire of 1889 are also discussed.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In Part 2 of Dave Seibold's interview with Win Dewitt Vanzantwick-Cook, Mrs. Cook recalls the role of milkmen during Prohibition, taking the passenger ferry the Fannie M. Rose to the Fruitport Pavilion, and labor-saving devices utilized by women in the 1920's. The Cutler House, The Magnetic Mineral Springs and Sanitarium, the Crescent Theater, area float bridges, former Negro slaves, Grand Haven's first strike at the Challenge Stamping & Porcelain Company, and the fire of 1889 are also discussed.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- First half of this recording features the dedication of the Nativity Scene on Dewey Hill in Grand Haven in 1964. The program starts with a short introduction, a prayer, and a speech by Governor George Romney followed by the Nativity Scene program. The second half of the recording, which begins at 33 minutes into the file, consists of the WGHN radio program featuring Grand Haven resident Raymond O'Malley recalling the sinking of the USCG Cutter Escanaba in June 1943. The Escanaba was destroyed while on escort duty from Greenland and sank in less than one minute leaving only two survivors in near freezing waters.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection