Re: IML: SV: Grosse Pointe, Michigan

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That would have been Edsel Fords home,in Grosse Pointe.It was on Lake Shore Drive, on Lake St. Clair.I did refrigeration work there in 74-76. Dave.

 

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> From: "Bertil Olsson" <bertil.olsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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> > Mark, 
> > Grosse Pointe, wasn't that the place where Henry Ford had his private 
> > palace? Near the Henry Ford Museum? If so I think it is about 25-30 miles 
> > away from The Chrysler Plant. Or - am I not right? 
> > My wife and I visited the Chrysler Museum as well as the Henry Ford museum 
> > in April this year. 
> > 
> > Best regards 
> > 
> > Bertil Olsson 
> > 
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> > 
> > Folks, 
> > 
> > Recently I was looking through a book titled Imperial Photo Album 1964-1968, 
> > or something like that, and I became curious as to where the pictures were 
> > shot. 
> > 
> > For those of you who haven't seen this book, it has a lot of black & white 
> > photos of Imperials from 1964 to 1968. Some of these are obviously studio 
> > shots, but a large number show Imperials driving around suburban 
> > neighborhoods or parked at gas stations (one with an A&P in the background). 
> > The shots look very real and unstaged, for the most part. 
> > 
> > Anyway, after careful scrutiny of some road signs in a corner of one of the 
> > pictures and with the help of Mapquest I was able to discover that most of 
> > these shots were taken i
> n the neighborhood of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, which 
> > is a suburb of Detroit. 
> > 
> > Well, big deal you say. Yeah, it is kind of trivial but it looks to me as 
> > if the photo crew just grabbed a car and drove down the street to take these 
> > pictures. I don't think this neighborhood is that far away from the 
> > Imperial plant in Detroit. 
> > 
> > Anybody familiar with Grosse Pointe? I wonder how it's changed since these 
> > photos were taken. 
> > 
> > Mark M 
> > 
> > 
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