Mid Century Home life -- The 50s

Detroit, Michigan - A union worker [United Auto Workers] at home and at work. His wife goes grocery shopping.

They listen to the radio. He reads the newspaper. The middle class was being formed.
In 1940, a new home was finished - purchased with a Federal Housing Authority loan.

Couples play bridge. Voting on election day Nov. 8, 1949. Families go to church. The children go to school - Andrew Jackson Intermediate School. 1950s

#Fun Facts from mixerreviews blogspot:
"Andrew Jackson Intermediate School was an intermediate school located on the east side of Detroit, Michigan which operated from 1928 to 2007. Nearly all Detroit citizen know about this school, but its history is slowly being forgotten.

Andrew Jackson Intermediate School was designed by B.C. Wetzel & Co. and was built in 1928. Detroit Urbex highlights this school as “one of Detroit's more unique schools in terms of design”. The layout is fairly typical of school buildings designed in the 1920s. The school held up a capacity of 2,200 students.

Throughout its history, Andrew Jackson Intermediate School operated as an intermediate school and a middle school for Detroit Public School. Overall the school was closed in 2007 due to low enrollment and low test scores. Today the school now sits abandoned.

Andrew Jackson Intermediate School is located at 4181 Marlborough Street, Detroit, Michigan, US 48215."

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