This morning I visited the Library of Michigan with Christina, Brandon and Amanda from class. We dug through a bunch of old newspaper articles trying to find out about General Motors' role in the construction of I-496 and how the highway might have affected their business and employees afterward. Suprisingly, we uncovered a lot of stories and information that the other groups were working on and we felt that instead of just skipping over it and letting them know we found information, we decided to read through those as well and make notes. We were able to find a few pictures, which I will be posting for our class, one of which is above. This is a picture from The State Journal and shows men putting up a new sign for I-496 which is interestingly enough nicknamed Olds Freeway after R.E. Olds. I found this very interesting because I was investigating the role of the automotive industry on the construction of I-496 and the freeway is nicknamed after the man who ran the industry, so to speak, in Lansing.
Overall I found it to be a very interesting and productive visit. I had never been to the Library of Michigan and being able to sit and dig through old newspapers from the 1950's - 1980's was incredibly interesting.
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