Genesee Legacy Blog – Sloan Museum Of Discovery & Longway Planetarium

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Genesee Legacy takes readers inside the Sloan Museum's historical archives and collections, uncovering the stories that shaped Flint and Genesee County.

Through rare artifacts, photographs, documents, and personal histories, experts from the Historical Collections Department reveal the people, places, and businesses that helped define our community. Each post shines a light on hidden treasures from our collections and brings local history to life in new and unexpected ways.


Henry Lewis and His Jewelry Store

Within Genesee County, or even Flint, can you think of how many laundromats there are? Supermarkets? Car Rentals?  The number is probably much higher than you realize. Before writing this post, I decided to search on Google how many jewelry...

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The Ever-Changing Flint

If you have lived anywhere for long enough, you know that a city can change drastically from year to year. And, if you’ve ever lived in Flint, you know it’ll happen around here even faster. The habitual change of Flint’s...

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