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13_18
Title: Mrs. Lindbergh accompanied by Miss Maude Dawson, flies to Boston to attend the National Education Association convention.
Date: 1928
Description: Mrs. Lindbergh accompanied by Miss Maude Dawson, flies to Boston to attend the National Education Association convention.
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Title: Mrs. Lindbergh accompanied by Miss Maude Dawson, flies to Boston to attend the National Education Association convention.
Date: 1928
Description: Mrs. Lindbergh accompanied by Miss Maude Dawson, flies to Boston to attend the National Education Association convention.
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13_19
Title: The graduating class of the Detroit College of Law marches to St. John’s Episcopal Church to hear the baccalaureate sermon.
Date: 1928
Description: The graduating class of the Detroit College of Law marches to St. John’s Episcopal Church to hear the baccalaureate sermon. Francis K. Young is the president of the class.
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Title: The graduating class of the Detroit College of Law marches to St. John’s Episcopal Church to hear the baccalaureate sermon.
Date: 1928
Description: The graduating class of the Detroit College of Law marches to St. John’s Episcopal Church to hear the baccalaureate sermon. Francis K. Young is the president of the class.
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13_20
Title: Pupils place a wreath at the base of statue on lawn of Lincoln Motor Car Company to mark his birthday.
Date: 1928
Description: Pupils place a wreath at the base of statue on lawn of Lincoln Motor Car Company to mark his birthday. A bust of Lincoln was placed on the lawn
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Title: Pupils place a wreath at the base of statue on lawn of Lincoln Motor Car Company to mark his birthday.
Date: 1928
Description: Pupils place a wreath at the base of statue on lawn of Lincoln Motor Car Company to mark his birthday. A bust of Lincoln was placed on the lawn
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13_21
Title: State officials, US senators and representatives and townspeople gather at Big Rapids for the last rites of Sen. Woodbridge N. Ferris.
Date: 1928
Description: State officials, US senators and representatives and townspeople gather at Big Rapids for the last rites of Sen. Woodbridge N. Ferris. Services were held at the armory. Burial was in Highland View Cemetery with full military honors.
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Title: State officials, US senators and representatives and townspeople gather at Big Rapids for the last rites of Sen. Woodbridge N. Ferris.
Date: 1928
Description: State officials, US senators and representatives and townspeople gather at Big Rapids for the last rites of Sen. Woodbridge N. Ferris. Services were held at the armory. Burial was in Highland View Cemetery with full military honors.
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13_22
Title: Hothouse exhibit is the feature of Farmers’ Week at Michigan State College, East Lansing.
Date: 1928
Description: Hothouse exhibit is the feature of Farmers’ Week at Michigan State College, East Lansing. The theme of the show was an arrangement of flowers to mark each wedding anniversary.
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Title: Hothouse exhibit is the feature of Farmers’ Week at Michigan State College, East Lansing.
Date: 1928
Description: Hothouse exhibit is the feature of Farmers’ Week at Michigan State College, East Lansing. The theme of the show was an arrangement of flowers to mark each wedding anniversary.
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13_23
Title: Claudia Muzio of Chicago Civic Opera Company is welcomed upon her arrival to take part in the company’s performance at the Masonic Temple.
Date: 1928
Description: Claudia Muzio of Chicago Civic Opera Company is welcomed upon her arrival to take part in the company’s performance at the Masonic Temple. Marjorie Francis presented a bouquet in behalf of her Cass Tech classmates.
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Title: Claudia Muzio of Chicago Civic Opera Company is welcomed upon her arrival to take part in the company’s performance at the Masonic Temple.
Date: 1928
Description: Claudia Muzio of Chicago Civic Opera Company is welcomed upon her arrival to take part in the company’s performance at the Masonic Temple. Marjorie Francis presented a bouquet in behalf of her Cass Tech classmates.
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13_24
Title: A six ton steel tank is hoisted to the top of the new Penobscot Building.
Date: 1928
Description: A six ton steel tank is hoisted to the top of the new Penobscot Building. Overhead shots of on looking crowd. Movies were taken from a skiff.
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Title: A six ton steel tank is hoisted to the top of the new Penobscot Building.
Date: 1928
Description: A six ton steel tank is hoisted to the top of the new Penobscot Building. Overhead shots of on looking crowd. Movies were taken from a skiff.
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13_25
Title: The coronation of Phyllis Horian is the feature of the North American Flower Show at Convention Hall.
Date: 1928
Description: The coronation of Phyllis Horian is the feature of the North American Flower Show at Convention Hall. Mrs. James Nelson Lewis, president of Detroit Federation of Women’s Clubs, placed the floral crown on the head of the queen.
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Title: The coronation of Phyllis Horian is the feature of the North American Flower Show at Convention Hall.
Date: 1928
Description: The coronation of Phyllis Horian is the feature of the North American Flower Show at Convention Hall. Mrs. James Nelson Lewis, president of Detroit Federation of Women’s Clubs, placed the floral crown on the head of the queen.
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13_26
Title: Nearly 1000 Camp Fire Girls assemble at the Masonic Temple to participate in their sixteenth anniversary celebration.
Date: 1928
Description: Nearly 1000 Camp Fire Girls assemble at the Masonic Temple to participate in their sixteenth anniversary celebration.
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Title: Nearly 1000 Camp Fire Girls assemble at the Masonic Temple to participate in their sixteenth anniversary celebration.
Date: 1928
Description: Nearly 1000 Camp Fire Girls assemble at the Masonic Temple to participate in their sixteenth anniversary celebration.
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13_27
Title: The Detroit Bohemian Club composed of the city’s best musical talent stages its second annual frolic at the Masonic Temple.
Date: 1928
Description: The Detroit Bohemian Club composed of the city’s best musical talent stages its second annual frolic at the Masonic Temple.
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Title: The Detroit Bohemian Club composed of the city’s best musical talent stages its second annual frolic at the Masonic Temple.
Date: 1928
Description: The Detroit Bohemian Club composed of the city’s best musical talent stages its second annual frolic at the Masonic Temple.
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13_28
Title: Five thousand trees removed from streets to make room for widening are being sawed into lumber at Belle Isle saw mill.
Date: 1928
Description: Five thousand trees removed from streets to make room for widening are being sawed into lumber at Belle Isle saw mill. Nothing is wasted as slabs are cut into cordwood.
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Title: Five thousand trees removed from streets to make room for widening are being sawed into lumber at Belle Isle saw mill.
Date: 1928
Description: Five thousand trees removed from streets to make room for widening are being sawed into lumber at Belle Isle saw mill. Nothing is wasted as slabs are cut into cordwood.
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13_29
Title: Nine U of D candidates for the Eta Zeta Sigma Sorority are made to do many antics as part of the initiation ceremony.
Date: 1928
Description: Nine U of D candidates for the Eta Zeta Sigma Sorority are made to do many antics as part of the initiation ceremony.
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Title: Nine U of D candidates for the Eta Zeta Sigma Sorority are made to do many antics as part of the initiation ceremony.
Date: 1928
Description: Nine U of D candidates for the Eta Zeta Sigma Sorority are made to do many antics as part of the initiation ceremony.
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13_30
Title: Mr. and Mrs. Victor L. Stock, winners of the Builder’s Exhibition Ideal Home, visit the house for the first time.
Date: 1928
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Victor L. Stock, winners of the Builder’s Exhibition Ideal Home, visit the house for the first time.
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Title: Mr. and Mrs. Victor L. Stock, winners of the Builder’s Exhibition Ideal Home, visit the house for the first time.
Date: 1928
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Victor L. Stock, winners of the Builder’s Exhibition Ideal Home, visit the house for the first time.
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13_31
Title: The Stott Tower will rise 35 stories on site of small building at Griswold and State streets.
Date: 1928
Description: The Stott Tower will rise 35 stories on site of small building at Griswold and State streets.
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Title: The Stott Tower will rise 35 stories on site of small building at Griswold and State streets.
Date: 1928
Description: The Stott Tower will rise 35 stories on site of small building at Griswold and State streets.
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13_32
Title: Rt. Rev. Michael J. Gallagher, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Detroit, consecrates St. Francis Polish Church.
Date: 1928
Description: Rt. Rev. Michael J. Gallagher, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Detroit, consecrates St. Francis Polish Church.
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Title: Rt. Rev. Michael J. Gallagher, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Detroit, consecrates St. Francis Polish Church.
Date: 1928
Description: Rt. Rev. Michael J. Gallagher, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Detroit, consecrates St. Francis Polish Church.
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