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  Had to repair our film crank yet again. Thanks to my husband, Rod, who cut wire hangers into sections for me to go through the holes of the crank. Now we have some extras for the next time we have to fix it.

I ran across this today while training a student how to find material in the stacks. Clare 2079 was a centennial project of the Clare Public Schools and Mid-MI Arts Council including students' poems, ideas, and drawings by Clare students about how they envisioned life might be in 2079. Here are a few entries I found very interesting. One drawing included flying cars like the Jetsons, but cooler looking, more like hotrods and less like sedans. The cover drawing was a vision of a future Arts Council building. It reminds me of the Sydney Opera House. The Doherty, Ideal Theatre, and public library, major Clare buildings, appeared in most of the drawings, while many of the 1979 stores that were once in Clare that they drew in futuristic style are long gone. Above on the right we see the library in its former building with a glass dome on the top with a tree growing in it. I wonder where the students are who contributed to this gem and if they even remember this project? What an awesome

Here is a copy of a photograph of James H. Miller, delivering US mail in a Brush runabout in Alcona County, Michigan, in 1912. Based on where the writing is located on the image, my guess is that this is a copy of a photographic postcard. This is where we typically see writing on early 1900s postcards. Note the deplorable state of the road. Then imagine the mosquitoes. In this high quality photograph details are crisp and clear. Since my husband is a car fan, I periodically ask him to identify vehicles in historic photos I process. This makes both of us happy. According to his research, this model was manufactured between 1910 and 1912.  The Brush was manufactured in Detroit and Mr. Alanson P. Brush was a major name in Detroit automotive history. He designed the first Cadillac as well as his Brush Runabout and organized the Oakland Motor Car Co., the parent company of the Pontiac Division of GM Corp. A self-trained mechanical engineer, he was the first chief designer of Cadillac Motor