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- Lydia Volz is standing in front of her restaurant, Five Point Place. Seated at the picnic table from left to right are: Wendell Tower, Leonard Niethammer and Bliss Curtiss. The restaurant was later made larger. The addition was exactly where the three men are seated. The year was around 1937.; Five Point Place was a great little restaurant. The specialty of the restaurant was beef and pork barbeque during the week and .50 chicken dinners on Sunday. Mrs. Volz was an excellent cook and a very hard worker. She put in very long days preparing and selling food. Homemade pies also were a big seller. The restaurant was located directly east of Volz's White Star Gasoline Station.
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- University of Michigan. Libraries
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- Saline Area Historical Photos
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- Five Point Place Restaurant and gas station. The restaurant was later made larger. The year was around 1937.; Five Point Place was a great little restaurant. The specialty of the restaurant was beef and pork barbeque during the week and .50 chicken dinners on Sunday. Mrs. Volz was an excellent cook and a very hard worker. She put in very long days preparing and selling food. Homemade pies also were a big seller. The restaurant was located directly east of Volz's White Star Gasoline Station.
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- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Saline Area Historical Photos
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- Advertisement for Gunther Gardens with photo in center for April 1-12, 1931. Also has map inset approxiamtely 11 X 14 in frame. The Gardens were a private business by Ed Gunther in the 1920s and 30s. He went out of business in Depression. Located on Saline-Ann Arbor Road, 1 mile north of Saline.; Found at auction of contents of Hall property, approximately 1970s. Original has color.
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- University of Michigan. Libraries
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- Saline Area Historical Photos
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- The seven cabins pictured were located directly behind Five Point Place. They were rented by the night to travelers. The men's and ladies' showers and toilets were attached to the rear side of the restaurant. The cabins were built about 1933. The oil and grease rack is shown directly behind the gas station.; The cabins rented for $5.00 nightly for two people. The house where Lydia and Chris lived can be seen to the left and behind the door that reads Men's Shower. This two-story house was over 100 years old. This photo was taken around 1937. The entire complex (restaurant, gas station, and house) was sold to Richard Michalke in 1946.
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- University of Michigan. Libraries
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- Saline Area Historical Photos
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- Pictured is John Feuerbacher in front of his blacksmith shop about 1930. This is located at the present location of the Carquest Auto Parts business at 406 N. Ann Arbor Street. John Feuerbacher came to Saline from Nagold, Germany in 1870 at the age of 18.; Behind building was a second business of buying and selling scrap iron. When enough was purchased it was then sold and was loaded onto railroad cars, which were directly to the south of the business. The rail depot is still in the same location as always.; House to the left was his house and is now owned by Miss Betty Ormsby.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
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- Saline Area Historical Photos
