Information Wanted
27 August 2012
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* Photographs of Frank Rackett's house
have been found and included on the
website. If more, from other angles,
are out there, it would be nice to
include those as well.
It now seems that the house was one
of the Gull Toll Road ( Now Division Avenue )
toll keeper houses, moved and modified by
Frank Rackett's step father, George Payne,
after the toll road closed in 1870 because
of the arrival of the GR & IN RR.
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27 August 2012
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* Group photos of class reunions
not already obtained..
28 December 2005
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* Charles Saur produced items of history now and
then about Godwin school, for newspapers of
various kinds. These would naturally be of
interest for the web site.
10 November 2005
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* Issues of the Photo Reporter and South Kent News
from the 1950s back. On occasion these contain
photographs of local businesses of the time, and
often contain photographs of the proprietors.
20 February 2005
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* Scrapbooks. It seems that in pre TV days scrapbooks
were a common activity, for both men and women. Often
containing less formal material than appears in annuals,
they can be a good source of photographs and newspaper
pieces about events, businesses, and oddities formerly
in the Godwin area.
22 March 2004
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* Loans of school newspapers and other memorabilia for almost
all years up to 1971. Especially wanted are the 1932, 1934,
and 1935 issues devoted to the graduating classes. If they
exist of course. Same for the classes of 1927 and 1928.
22 February 2002
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* Aerial photographs of the area around Godwin in the 1940s or before.
18 February 2002
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* Photograph(s) of the Godwin Hotel. It was located
on the north side of 34th, about half way between
Buchanan, which did not exist at the time, and
Division Ave, then Gull Road. It burned some time
between 1865 and 1867.
19 December 2000
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* Class photos for the years not shown in section "C", for all
years up to 1963, as well as those years where they do exist
but are of poor quality.
5 September 2000
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* One path to Godwin from the Clyde Park - 32nd Street area was across
a field, to the railroad tracks, then up 34th, and over to Godwin.
The path through the field was dirt, and well worn. In the field,
where the 131 Expressway is now, there was garage, and a house
foundation. Inside the garage, on the door, there was rather
complete set of Michigan license plates from the teens and 1920's.
When was the house there?
Other suggestions?