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Record #:
12_30
Title: Gloria Dawn of Miami Florida gives diving and swimming exhibition at Detroit Boat Club.
Date: 1928
Description: Gloria Dawn of Miami Florida gives diving and swimming exhibition at Detroit Boat Club.
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Title: Gloria Dawn of Miami Florida gives diving and swimming exhibition at Detroit Boat Club.
Date: 1928
Description: Gloria Dawn of Miami Florida gives diving and swimming exhibition at Detroit Boat Club.
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Record #:
12_31
Title: Possible Veteran’s Day parade on Woodward Ave.
Date: 1928
Description: Possible Veteran’s Day parade on Woodward Ave. Airmen paid tribute and homage is paid to naval veterans.
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Title: Possible Veteran’s Day parade on Woodward Ave.
Date: 1928
Description: Possible Veteran’s Day parade on Woodward Ave. Airmen paid tribute and homage is paid to naval veterans.
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Record #:
12_32
Title: Four hundred and twenty one Boy Scouts representing the number of traffic victims in Detroit last year march down Woodward Avenue.
Date: 1928
Description: Four hundred and twenty one Boy Scouts representing the number of traffic victims in Detroit last year march down Woodward Avenue.
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Title: Four hundred and twenty one Boy Scouts representing the number of traffic victims in Detroit last year march down Woodward Avenue.
Date: 1928
Description: Four hundred and twenty one Boy Scouts representing the number of traffic victims in Detroit last year march down Woodward Avenue.
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12_33
Title: Explosion destroy grocery store building at St. Aubin and Lafayette avenues.
Date: 1928
Description: Explosion destroy grocery store building at St. Aubin and Lafayette avenues.
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Title: Explosion destroy grocery store building at St. Aubin and Lafayette avenues.
Date: 1928
Description: Explosion destroy grocery store building at St. Aubin and Lafayette avenues.
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12_34
Title: U of D’s 14th annual Junior Promenade at the Masonic Temple is well attended.
Date: 1928
Description: U of D’s 14th annual Junior Promenade at the Masonic Temple is well attended. John Huetteman and Rosemary Griffin led the grand march. Celest A. Laramie received a cup for having traveled the greatest distance to attend the ball.
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Title: U of D’s 14th annual Junior Promenade at the Masonic Temple is well attended.
Date: 1928
Description: U of D’s 14th annual Junior Promenade at the Masonic Temple is well attended. John Huetteman and Rosemary Griffin led the grand march. Celest A. Laramie received a cup for having traveled the greatest distance to attend the ball.
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12_35
Title: Juan Grueso and Gullermo Vega are decorated by King Alfonso of Spain for enclosing greetings in the tool kit of a motor car made for the king.
Date: 1928
Description: Juan Grueso and Gullermo Vega are decorated by King Alfonso of Spain for enclosing greetings in the tool kit of a motor car made for the king.
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Title: Juan Grueso and Gullermo Vega are decorated by King Alfonso of Spain for enclosing greetings in the tool kit of a motor car made for the king.
Date: 1928
Description: Juan Grueso and Gullermo Vega are decorated by King Alfonso of Spain for enclosing greetings in the tool kit of a motor car made for the king.
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Record #:
12_36
Title: One person was killed and several were injured when two interurbans met head-on near Wayne, Mich.
Date: 1928
Description: One person was killed and several were injured when two interurbans met head-on near Wayne, Mich.
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Title: One person was killed and several were injured when two interurbans met head-on near Wayne, Mich.
Date: 1928
Description: One person was killed and several were injured when two interurbans met head-on near Wayne, Mich.
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Record #:
12_37
Title: Phyllis Horian, brunet of Cass Technical High School is chosen of the North American Flower Show as a result of screen tests.
Date: 1928
Description: Phyllis Horian, brunet of Cass Technical High School is chosen of the North American Flower Show as a result of screen tests. Doris Gallagher is given second place.
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Title: Phyllis Horian, brunet of Cass Technical High School is chosen of the North American Flower Show as a result of screen tests.
Date: 1928
Description: Phyllis Horian, brunet of Cass Technical High School is chosen of the North American Flower Show as a result of screen tests. Doris Gallagher is given second place.
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Record #:
12_38
Title: Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and statesman visits Detroit.
Date: 1928
Description: Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and statesman visits Detroit.
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Title: Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and statesman visits Detroit.
Date: 1928
Description: Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and statesman visits Detroit.
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Record #:
12_39
Title: French honor Mrs. Lindbergh
Date: 1928
Description: French honor Mrs. Lindbergh
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Title: French honor Mrs. Lindbergh
Date: 1928
Description: French honor Mrs. Lindbergh
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Record #:
12_40
Title: Large butterfly shipment arrives in Detroit.
Date: 1928
Description: Large butterfly shipment arrives in Detroit. Cocoons are opened carefully and the larva emerges which later develop into butterflies.
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Title: Large butterfly shipment arrives in Detroit.
Date: 1928
Description: Large butterfly shipment arrives in Detroit. Cocoons are opened carefully and the larva emerges which later develop into butterflies.
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Record #:
12_41
Title: Several hundred people standing in line to await the opening of the ticket office at Navin Field to get Tiger tickets.
Date: 1928
Description: Several hundred people standing in line to await the opening of the ticket office at Navin Field to get Tiger tickets. Kenneth Butland was the first man to buy a ticket. Miss Beatrice Shanks was the first woman to buy a ticket.
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Title: Several hundred people standing in line to await the opening of the ticket office at Navin Field to get Tiger tickets.
Date: 1928
Description: Several hundred people standing in line to await the opening of the ticket office at Navin Field to get Tiger tickets. Kenneth Butland was the first man to buy a ticket. Miss Beatrice Shanks was the first woman to buy a ticket.
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Record #:
12_42
Title: Fire damages Public Lighting Commission’s Atwater street plant. Fire was confined to the plant.
Date: 1928
Description: Fire damages Public Lighting Commission’s Atwater street plant. Fire was confined to the plant.
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Title: Fire damages Public Lighting Commission’s Atwater street plant. Fire was confined to the plant.
Date: 1928
Description: Fire damages Public Lighting Commission’s Atwater street plant. Fire was confined to the plant.
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Record #:
13_01
Title: Multiethnic costume party. Costumes represent different countries.
Date: 1928
Description: Multiethnic costume party. Costumes represent different countries.
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Title: Multiethnic costume party. Costumes represent different countries.
Date: 1928
Description: Multiethnic costume party. Costumes represent different countries.
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Record #:
13_02
Title: Nobile Giacoma De Matino, Italian ambassador to the US visits Detroit for the first time.
Date: 1928
Description: Nobile Giacoma De Matino, Italian ambassador to the US visits Detroit for the first time. He is received at the City Hall by Mayor John C. Lodge.
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Title: Nobile Giacoma De Matino, Italian ambassador to the US visits Detroit for the first time.
Date: 1928
Description: Nobile Giacoma De Matino, Italian ambassador to the US visits Detroit for the first time. He is received at the City Hall by Mayor John C. Lodge.
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