Wednesday, February 26, 2014

DeNooyer Chevrolet, a small Michigan town car dealership that has been in business since the 30's or so, and I recently learned that my Great Grandfather worked there for 30 some years ago, retired from it in the 1960's


the above was posted on Hemmings by Dan and he commented that it was taken in 1944, and he found a copy online, and it was then reposted by CarrosAntigos... where I found it. Tracking it down took about an hour, and a library in Michigan has a large collection of photos, this was among them.

From the upper right corner my Great Grandfather is the 2nd guy down from the top, above the guy with the tie


from a Flikr account


From a different Flikr account


and from another library http://heritage.portagelibrary.info/cdm/singleitem/collection/johntodd/id/57 I think the year is 1963




3 comments:

  1. Pretty cool to see this one. I'm a born/raised/lifelong resident of Kalamazoo County.
    Stew

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    1. Very cool.. my great-grandparents homesteaded in Plainwell, and grandparents and mom lived there til the mid 1960's, and then moved to the UP.. returning for '75-79 with me, my sisters and cousins when my mom and her sister moved back to their childhood stomping grounds in Plainwell to try raising their kids there. Something didn't go so well, and we moved back tot he UP in '79. I left Michigan in '89 when I graduated high school and joined the Navy. Good place to grow up as a kid, I can say that for certain.

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  2. My grandpa was a life long employee for DeNooyer. As a mechanic his name was glen McGuire and worked on portage st.we had some good times.back then

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