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Title
U & I Lounge fire, undated
Description
South elevation (back entrance) of U & I Lounge. The interior of the lounge has caught fire, and smoke billows from the open doors and windows. A sign hanging on an adjacent building reads "Hank's Lawnmower Service." Below sign for U & I Lounge is a sign reading "Murray Rankin," with the symbol for General Electric below the name. Murray Rankin was a dealer of General Electric (GE) Appliances. A crowd is seen observing the fire, mostly men but with a few scattered women. Much of the crowd are wearing hats, several in the flannel baseball hat style popular in the 1950s. A Traverse City Fire Department fire truck is in the foreground. Although the photograph is undated, the U & I Lounge is first listed in the Traverse City city directory in 1948, so the fire was some time after that.
Source
GT Pioneer & Historical Society
Date
ca. 1950
1948-1960
Type
Print, Photographic
Identifier
109
77F7DC61-2BA3-4A14-9F96-330230764563
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