Laura Bien

From the Ypsilanti Archives

Laura Bien, author of “Tales From the Ypsilanti Archives,” shares the story of the 1916 Normal College football squad that never was.

Cartoon from the 1917 Aurora pokes fun at smallpox outbreak

A cartoon from the 1917 Aurora yearbook pokes fun at the smallpox outbreak that cancelled the 1916 football season.

Normal College football team, 1917

The 1917 Normal College football team, a year after an entire season was cancelled due to an outbreak of smallpox.

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