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Published by the

Grosse Pointe Historical Society

Schwartz Building • 381 Kercheval Avenue

Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236

(313) 884-7010

(313) 884-7699 FAX

e-mail:

GPHistorical@aol.com

Web site:

www.gphistorical.org

Hours

Tues. & Wed: 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., 1:30-4 p.m.

Dated Material

Please Expedite

Spring 2008

Dr. Frank Bicknell Educational Lecture Series

Call (313) 884-7010 for further information

The purpose of the

Grosse Pointe Historical Society

is to preserve and promote

the history of the

Grosse Pointe Community.

Great Lakes Shipwreck Hunter

Wednesday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.

Grosse Pointe War Memorial

32 Lakeshore Dr., Grosse Pointe Farms

David Trotter, subject of the new

book

Shipwreck Hunter: Deep,

Dark and Deadly in the Great

Lakes

will discuss his work as a

renowned shipwreck discoverer,

deep diver, author, lecturer and

photographer. In over 20 years of

diving, he has been the first to locate, identify and doc-

ument over 70 Great Lakes shipwrecks. His shipwreck

discoveries and programs have also been featured on

television and in newspapers throughout the U.S. and

Canada. He has also written several articles on Great

Lakes shipwrecks for historical journals and national

scuba diving publications.

Detroit’s Historic Fort Wayne

Wednesday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.

Grosse Pointe War Memorial

32 Lakeshore Dr., Grosse Pointe Farms

Jim Conway, GPHS board member

and former Detroit Historical

Museum Chief Curator will present

a program relating to his new book,

Detroit’s Historic Fort Wayne

. This

fort, built in the 1840’s to protect

Detroit from the British in Canada,

was used for military related purposes through the

Vietnam War era.

Model T Ford Centennial

Wednesday, May 21, 7:30 p.m.

Edsel & Eleanor Ford House

1100 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Shores

Bob Casey, Curator of

Transportation at The Henry Ford,

presents a program relating his new

book on the history of the Model T

Ford. With over 15,000,000 Model T Fords built

between 1908 and 1927, it was the car that put the

world on wheels. Sales of over 2,100,000 in its peak

year (1923) represented over 50 percent of the world

market, at a time when over half of all of the cars in the

world were Ford Model Ts.

Special Pre-lecture

Dinner at the Hill

EADING OUT TO THE

ICKNELL

ECTURE

Why not make a night of it, starting with

dinner at the Hill Seafood and Chop House?

The Historical Society is partnering with

the restaurant to offer a prix fixe dinner to

members before every Bicknell Lecture.The

dinner will be offered at 5:30 p.m. and will cost

$16 for an entrée, salad and dessert. Drinks,

tax and gratuity are not included. Reservations

must be made in advance to receive the

promotion. Call the Hill at 886-8101.