Oscar Buss Photographs ca. 1923-1950s

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Oscar Buss Photographs ca. 1923-1950s

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Amateur photographer of Ann Arbor, Michigan, bookkeeper with the Symons Food Co. in Ann Arbor. Photographs taken highlighting Ann Arbor and University of Michigan views, notably football games, arrivals and departures at the train station, train wrecks, and other vehicular mishaps, graduation ceremonies, parades, and business and university buildings. Some photographs are of gatherings of the Ku Klux Klan in Jackson, Michigan and outside the city, 1920s.

ca. 700 photographs in 2 boxes

eng,

Bentley Historical Library

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Bentley Historical Library

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