Saginaw Street and Strip

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Until Michigan Bell Telephone Co., now AT&T, erected its building at South Washington and Janes
in October 1973, the 178-foot Second National building was the tallest in Saginaw.



my Grandma worked there!
I do not remember much,but I know I was in there a few times!

Second National switched its name to Citizens Bank in May 1996,

Funny thing the first female in the marine corp band sgt Ruth Johnson went to junior high and high school with me. In school she played the french horn

When my wife was 17, she worked on the top floor of the Second National Bank as a recepionist for some lawyers.

the Lufkin Rule Company in Saginaw, Michigan



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Circa 1918 illustration of the manufacturing plant of the Lufkin Rule Company in Saginaw, Michigan.
"1730 HESS STREET SAGINAW, MICHIGAN”
"Additions to the plant and offices have been added, and the address changed to 1900 Hess."

1955 "Lufkin Rule grew to 1,400 employees at the height of operation. An addition was added to the plant. "

A 17-acre site was bought in 1890 by Lufkin Rule Company for manufacturing of measuring tapes, rules and precision tools. This facility closed in 1967.

I had no idea that lufkin was ever that big.

I had a co-worker who's Grandfather made the wood boxes for the precision tools there. And I didn't know! It was that big. Back in trhe day Saginaw was happening.

my dad for as long as I can remember has always had his trusty lufkin 12 ft rule with him when ever he was building,or working on stuff in the shed.
I always wanted him to get a new one,but he did not want one.
I bought myself a nice stanely 12 ft. tape messure in 1976 that I still have out in one of my tool boxes.

I always thought it was cool to look on some of his tools and see made in saginaw mi.
he has a combination square and a 50 ft tape chrome case.
I have A 50 ft. tape,but not the chrome case.
and I think he has a 2 ft. square from lufkin as well.

I remember going buy on hess and he would always say to us "theres the old lufkin rule "

Baker Perkins

1914-1987: Baker Perkins – Sold to citizens of the U.S.A. after WWI, operated by Baker Perkins as the primary
North American Engineering and Manufacturing site for food and confectionary equipment.
Saginaw engineers also worked to develop innovative solutions for the chemical processing industry.




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Saginaw County: Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge - Saginaw, MI

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Saginaw County: Saginaw County Auto Shows

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"Lumberjack Smallpox'' - a disease caused by stomping the face of a downed opponent with your hobnailed boots."
OUCH....Sounds like an early version of the UFC..

..where was this??