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Wayne State University; Buildings; Old Main; Recent
Circa 1950s. Exterior image of Old Main. View from Cass and Warren looking south. Malcomson and Higginbotham, 1896. Originally Central High School, Old Main is Wayne State’s place of origin and now a university icon. The stately Romanesque Revival composition is softened by the buff-colored brick. Under the leadership of David Mackenzie, a junior college was begun in the building in 1917. In 1926, high school classes left the building and the growing college took over all the space in the state…
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Pharmacy; Historical; 625 Mullett
Circa 1950s. Image is an exterior view of College of Pharmacy entrance in Old Main Building. Two women and a man exit the building.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Bonstelle Theatre
Circa 1950s. Originally Temple Beth-El this print is contact sheet that contains four images. Two of the images are of the Bonstelle Theater when it was still the Temple Beth-El. A third image is of the Old City Hall located in Downtown Detroit (razed). The fourth image is of a library/conference room (location unknown). Albert Kahn Architect, 1903, alterations by C. Howard Crane, 1925.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Bookstore
Circa 1950s. Interior view of bookstore located at Warren and Cass.
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Wayne State University; Buildings Bookstore
. Circa 1950s. Students wait in line to purchase books at the bookstore located at Warren and Cass.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries; General and Kresge, Construction 1950-52
Circa 1950s. Exterior image of construction of General Library (Purdy-Kresge). Suren Pilafian with Frank Montana architect, 1953 and 1954. Designed in a modern idiom of lines, planes, solids and voids. The elemental composition is Bauhaus modern.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries; General and Kresge, Construction 1950-52
Circa 1950s. Exterior image of construction of General Library (Purdy-Kresge). Suren Pilafian with Frank Montana architect, 1953 and 1954. Designed in a modern idiom of lines, planes, solids and voids. The elemental composition is Bauhaus modern.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries; General and Kresge, Construction 1950-52
Circa 1950s. Exterior image of construction of General Library (Purdy-Kresge). Suren Pilafian with Frank Montana architect, 1953 and 1954. Designed in a modern idiom of lines, planes, solids and voids. The elemental composition is Bauhaus modern.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries; General and Kresge, Construction 1950-52
Circa 1950s. Exterior image of construction of General Library (Purdy-Kresge). Suren Pilafian with Frank Montana architect, 1953 and 1954. Designed in a modern idiom of lines, planes, solids and voids. The elemental composition is Bauhaus modern.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries; General; Cornerstone Laying
Circa 1950s. Mr. Selden Daume speaks at cornerstone ceremony, Kresge Science Library.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries; General; Cornerstone Laying
Circa 1950s. Unidentified person speaks at cornerstone ceremony, Kresge Science Library.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries; General; Cornerstone Laying
Circa 1950s. Mr. Stanley Kresge speaks at cornerstone ceremony, Kresge Science Library.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries; General; Cornerstone Laying
Circa 1950s. Mr. Stanley Kresge speaks at cornerstone ceremony, Kresge Science Library.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries; General; Cornerstone Laying
Circa 1950s. Mr. Stanley S. Kresge lays the cornerstone of the Kresge Science Library as Dr. Henry and Mrs. Osborn look on.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries; General; Cornerstone Laying
Circa 1950s. Unidentified person speaks at cornerstone ceremony, Kresge Science Library.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries 2; Architect’s Drawings
Circa 1950s. Architectural rendering of Purdy-Kresge Libraries. Suren Pilafian with Frank Montana architect, 1953 and 1954. Designed in a modern idiom of lines, planes, solids and voids. The elemental composition is Bauhaus modern.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries 2; Architect’s Drawings
Circa 1950s. Architectural rendering of Kresge Library Scheme H. Suren Pilafian with Frank Montana architect, 1953 and 1954. Designed in a modern idiom of lines, planes, solids and voids. The elemental composition is Bauhaus modern.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries 2; Architect’s Drawings
Circa 1950s. Architectural rendering of Purdy-Kresge Libraries. Suren Pilafian with Frank Montana architect, 1953 and 1954. Designed in a modern idiom of lines, planes, solids and voids. The elemental composition is Bauhaus modern.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries 2; General and Kresge Library.
Circa 1950s. Aerial view of Library looking southwest dated October 31, 1952. Suren Pilafian with Frank Montana architect, 1953 and 1954. Designed in a modern idiom of lines, planes, solids and voids. The elemental composition is Bauhaus modern.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries 2; General and Kresge Library.
Circa 1950s. Aerial view of Library looking southwest dated August 5, 1954. Suren Pilafian with Frank Montana architect, 1953 and 1954. Designed in a modern idiom of lines, planes, solids and voids. The elemental composition is Bauhaus modern.