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September 2017
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A Blast from the Past

A historical look at what student dishes, dorms, diners, and dances looked like centuries ago at U-M.
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Wondering what student dishes, dorms, diners, and dances looked like centuries ago at U-M? Visit The Journey in a Day: 200 Years of Student Life at the University of Michigan, 1817-2017. Here is a sneak slideshow preview, but check it out before it closes on Oct. 22, 2017. Located in the Museum on Main Street, at 500 N. Main St., it is free and open to the public. What’s more, it is designed by U-M students who participated in a history of art class in collaboration with the U-M Bicentennial Office and the Washtenaw County Historical Society.

"The Journey in a Day" exhibition includes nearly fifty historic objects and dozens of photos.
“The Journey in a Day” exhibition includes nearly fifty historic objects and dozens of photos.
U-M students teamed up to create this sweeping exhibition, surveying 200 years of daily rituals, social life, challenges, victories, and the roles U-M students have played in historic events.
U-M students teamed up to create this sweeping exhibition, surveying 200 years of daily rituals, social life, challenges, victories, and the roles U-M students have played in historic events.
The lecture halls might be larger today and the transcripts more legible, but the Diag still looks exactly the same.
The lecture halls might be larger today and the transcripts more legible, but the Diag still looks exactly the same.
The exhibition includes a recreation of a Martha Cook Residence Hall room, circa 1917.
The exhibition includes a recreation of a Martha Cook Residence Hall room, circa 1917.
We may no longer have afternoon tea dances or Drake's (a beloved sandwich shop for decades that closed in 1993), but vinyl has certainly made a comeback.
We may no longer have afternoon tea dances or Drake’s (a beloved sandwich shop for decades that closed in 1993), but vinyl has certainly made a comeback.
Reproductions of scrapbooks dating from 1902 to 1945 are on display. Flipping through the pages makes one wonder if today’s scrapbook is Facebook.
Reproductions of scrapbooks dating from 1902 to 1945 are on display. Flipping through the pages makes one wonder if today’s scrapbook is Facebook.
Thankfully, residence halls are coed today, so we no longer see only coat-and-tie-clad men at dinner. To this day, caffeine in all forms is still a student’s best friend.
Thankfully, residence halls are coed today, so we no longer see only coat-and-tie-clad men at dinner. To this day, caffeine in all forms is still a student’s best friend.

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