Retrovision

Walter Dietz was a forger and a thief, and in 1933, the GRPD finally caught up with him.

Someone took some 8mm footage of Mackinac Island back in 1971. After 52 years (at least) it still looks the same.

Huff Elementary School put on a play called 'A Christmas Story' back in 1970. If you were in the cast, you might be in this photo.

On the surface, it appears that a teacher up north was suspended for cooking a student's food. But there's a little more to it than that.

40 years ago, a Baptist minister was called out for his unique of getting kids to memorize the Bible.

The rock star cliche was born from moments like this, as The Who rolled into Flint in 1967 and a legend was made.

Channel 13's weatherman at the time, Dick Richards, portrayed Bozo on this local classic. Guests that day included Cub Scout Troops from Ravenna, Mecosta, and Muskegon. Maybe you're one of them.

In retrospect, it may not have been the greatest idea, but at the time we were all a little excited about the new mall out in Plainfield Township.

It wasn't too long ago that driving over the Mackinac Bridge to the Upper Peninsula was amazing and new to Michigan residents and tourists alike.

This 1977 promotional video about the old International Hockey League is gold to someone like me who lived the 'Slap Shot; days of the Muskegon Mohawks, Flint Generals, Saginaw Gears, Kalamazoo Wings and the Port Huron Flags.

A mom asked her son to do a simple thing when he was confronted with an old school rotary phone (circa 1979): call her. He couldn't. Hilarity ensues. At least for Mom.

Henry Zeman was a 35 year old writer for the Grand Rapids Press in 1954. He was assigned to cover the building of the Mackinac Bridge, connecting Michigan's two peninsulas. He took some amazing photos of the construction and opening, some recently discovered and seen in this photo essay for the first time ever.