Colleges; Wayne University; Football; Teams. Front row:. Chas. Kouvellas. Joe Stella. Jack Cotton. Bruce Roberts. Jim Hagg. John Clements. Leslie Roberts.--Back Row. Bob Siegfried. Bob Mistele. Bill Hobbs. Nick Cherup

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Rogell, William. Detroit Councilman Opening Day. Baseball.

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Herman Miller Stacking Shell Chair

This Chair, in the collection of the Public Museum of Grand Rapids, consists of a molded, celery-grey, fiberglass shell. The four legs are metal and have black casters. The chair is completed with stacking hardware. Herman Miller Trade Name: Stacking Shell Chair Herman Miller Series: Molded Plastic Stacking Chairs

Herman Miller End Table

This End Table, in the collection of the Public Museum of Grand Rapids, consists of a walnut frame with shelf. The top is walnut and glass while the legs are ebonized wood. The table is complete with lamp.

Herman Miller Office Chair

This Office Chair, in the collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum, is constructed with brown molded plastic for the shell and base. The base is circular in shape. This is a prototype for the molded plastic office chair. There were only about one dozen chairs made like this. Product Number: Prototype

Herman Miller Molded Wood Side Chair

These Lounge Chairs, in the collection of Cranbrook Art Museum, are constructed of molded walnut plywood with veneer and has rubber mounts. On the bottom of the one seat (CAAM 1990. 76) is a metal label which reads: Charles Eames design/Herman Miller-Zeeland-Michigan. This product was first manufactured by Evans Products in 1945. Herman Miller became the distributor in 1946, and in 1949 the manufacturer.

Herman Miller prototype

This Stool, in the collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum, is constructed with a pronged aluminum pedestal base with three extended feet. The base supports a padded seat which is upholstered with leather. This is stool is the prototype for those made for the LaFonda del Sol restaurant in New York City. Herman Miller Trade Name: prototype

Detroit; Waterfront; Highway; Proposed.

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crowds. downtown.

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Detroit; Waterfront; Highway; Proposed.

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Detroit; Waterfront; Highway; Proposed.

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Herman Miller Splint

This Leg Splint, in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is made of molded plywood with a fir veneer. Manufactured by Evans Products, Molded Plywood Division, Los Angeles, California. More than 150,000 were produced by the end of World War II. Herman Miller Trade Name: Splint

Striped Silk Taffeta Blouse, 1945

Purple striped silk taffeta blouse, which was owned by Matilda Dodge Wilson (October 19, 1883 – September 19, 1967),who was the wife of John Francis Dodge (October 25, 1864 – January 14, 1920), co-founder of the Dodge Motor Car Company in Detroit, Michigan.

Men's Trousers with Red Stripes Down Side Seams, 1945

Gray trousers with red stripes down side seams, which were owned by Richard Wilson, the adopted son of Matilda and Alfred Wilson. Matilda was the wife of John Francis Dodge (October 25, 1864 – January 14, 1920), co-founder of the Dodge Motor Car Company in Detroit, Michigan.

Men's Trousers with Red Stripes Down Side Seams, 1945

Gray trousers with red stripes down side seams, which were owned by Richard Wilson, the adopted son of Matilda and Alfred Wilson. Matilda was the wife of John Francis Dodge (October 25, 1864 – January 14, 1920), co-founder of the Dodge Motor Car Company in Detroit, Michigan.

View of the Hotel Great Eastern and the Sta. Cruz Bridge

Hand tinted Lantern slide depicting Hotel Great Eastern and the Sta. Cruz Bridge following the bombing of Manila, Philippines.

Manila, Philippines after the Japanese Bombing

Hand tinted Lantern slide depicting Manila, Philippines after the Japanese bombing in 1945.

A portrait of Donald Suchner.

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Playsuit, 1940-1945

Rosewood Pin, about 1940

An inexpensive piece of jewelry perhaps worn by a young girl or young lady.Scotty dogs became popular whenFranklin Delano Roosevelt was in the White House as his Scotty, Fala, became a great favorite.Likely worn by the donor's daughter, who would have been in her teens in the 1940s.