Amy Elliott Bragg
@amyelliottbragg.bsky.social
I work at a cemetery, I write about Detroit history, I’m in it for the quips. littledetroithistoryletter.substack.com
Happy stuck boat day everybody
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Happy stuck boat day everybody
been a few coyotes at the cemetery lately
October 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
been a few coyotes at the cemetery lately
Getting back to trash history
September 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Getting back to trash history
Look at my mom and dad’s beautiful ghost dog
August 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Look at my mom and dad’s beautiful ghost dog
I try not to use in-flight WiFi because there’s nothing better than reading a book on a plane but it turns out something that’s almost as good is a little Newspapers dot com joy ride
August 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I try not to use in-flight WiFi because there’s nothing better than reading a book on a plane but it turns out something that’s almost as good is a little Newspapers dot com joy ride
Hello to this just-emerged cicada
July 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hello to this just-emerged cicada
had to go back and find this one. from 1879. four-column story.
May 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
had to go back and find this one. from 1879. four-column story.
an even better antique Detroit headline than "what are we going to do about the river"
May 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
an even better antique Detroit headline than "what are we going to do about the river"
A true scene from our Friday night. We’ll be asleep in 10-12 minutes
April 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A true scene from our Friday night. We’ll be asleep in 10-12 minutes
Cutting room floor: In 1988, Alex Pollock pitched a Detroit-Windsor ferry project, describing it as a "dry run" for a gondola lift that would have reused the actual MART cars. (Detroit Free Press, June 3, 1988)
March 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Cutting room floor: In 1988, Alex Pollock pitched a Detroit-Windsor ferry project, describing it as a "dry run" for a gondola lift that would have reused the actual MART cars. (Detroit Free Press, June 3, 1988)
they totally did, in 2016. I also enjoy that the monorail concept is referred to as a "Disney World conveyance"
March 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
they totally did, in 2016. I also enjoy that the monorail concept is referred to as a "Disney World conveyance"
Writing about the MART and also buying souvenirs about the MART
March 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Writing about the MART and also buying souvenirs about the MART
Leave me alone
March 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Leave me alone
Took the kids roller skating today. This rink used to have a live organist
March 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Took the kids roller skating today. This rink used to have a live organist
adorable news / vintage rascals. from the detroit free press, sept. 10, 1939.
January 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
adorable news / vintage rascals. from the detroit free press, sept. 10, 1939.
sorry one more picture from Fryeburg because I've spent HOURS admiring these summer scientist outfits
January 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
sorry one more picture from Fryeburg because I've spent HOURS admiring these summer scientist outfits
These are the founders of the McMath-Hulbert Observatory in Lake Angelus, Mich.: Henry Hulbert, Francis McMath and Robert McMath. In 1932, they drove all their shit out to Fryeburg, Maine and used it to capture the first second-to-second motion picture of a total solar eclipse.
January 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
These are the founders of the McMath-Hulbert Observatory in Lake Angelus, Mich.: Henry Hulbert, Francis McMath and Robert McMath. In 1932, they drove all their shit out to Fryeburg, Maine and used it to capture the first second-to-second motion picture of a total solar eclipse.
please Katharine White I am just trying to relax and read about gardening I don’t want to have to go learn about another Detroit Guy and figure out where he is buried
November 20, 2024 at 3:03 AM
please Katharine White I am just trying to relax and read about gardening I don’t want to have to go learn about another Detroit Guy and figure out where he is buried
Oh dang I found another Carlo Romanelli bronze memorial portrait ALREADY IN MY PHOTOS
November 16, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Oh dang I found another Carlo Romanelli bronze memorial portrait ALREADY IN MY PHOTOS
My 4-year-old just described her as “a smooth gentle dog”
November 10, 2024 at 12:33 AM
My 4-year-old just described her as “a smooth gentle dog”
I am once again On Here
November 7, 2024 at 6:08 PM
I am once again On Here
Me: I resolve to take more morning walks with Mona
Mona: Absolutely not
Mona: Absolutely not
January 3, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Me: I resolve to take more morning walks with Mona
Mona: Absolutely not
Mona: Absolutely not
The SENSATION of the summer of 1962 in Detroit was the wreck of the British freighter Montrose, right underneath the Ambassador Bridge. Three months later, in the very gales of November!, the Montrose was righted, refloated, and sent on its way. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
November 20, 2023 at 6:17 PM
The SENSATION of the summer of 1962 in Detroit was the wreck of the British freighter Montrose, right underneath the Ambassador Bridge. Three months later, in the very gales of November!, the Montrose was righted, refloated, and sent on its way. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
Serendipity! At the magician cemetery littledetroithistoryletter.substack.com/p/the-magici...
October 31, 2023 at 8:32 PM
Serendipity! At the magician cemetery littledetroithistoryletter.substack.com/p/the-magici...