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Saturday, May 5, 2012 Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. Phone (269) 945-9554 1351 North M-43 Highway • Hastings, MI 49058-0188
ust as Dick Bowman’s love of automobiles and history have come together, so has the library at the Gilmore Car Museum near Hickory Corners. When Bowman was a volunteer at the museum, he convinced the family of a friend who had died to leave the friend’s huge collection of automobile advertising and other literature to the museum. The library was started in 2007 and Bowman, pictured here with his favorite car, “The Doozy,” or Duesenberg, has been organizing it as the museum’s librarian ever since. Last December, the museum opened its new visitor center, and Bowman moved the library from a barn to the new building. As word has spread of the library’s existence at the museum, people and groups have been donating materials. For more on Bowman, the library, and the museum, see the story inside.