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Wayne State University; Buildings; Misc.
Circa 1930s. Image of the Detroit Institute of Art, probably about 1939. Paul P. Cret Architect 1927. The DIA ranks as one of Detroit’s cultural jewels. Its art collection is world class, and the white-marble magnificence of the Renaissance-inspired building has stood as Detroit cultural touchstone for decades.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Misc.
Circa 1930s. Image of the Detroit Public Library, viewed from Putnam, probably about 1939.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; College of Education, Historical
Circa 1930s. The Common Council in 1912 purchased 40 acres at the corner of Grand River and W. Grand Blvd. to be used jointly by Northwestern H.S., the Detroit Recreation Department and the Normal Training School. The latter had occupied several bldgs. since leaving Capital HS in 1888, all unsatisfactory and crowded. By recommendation of Frank Cody, Superintendent of Schools, the name of teh Normal Training School was changed to Detroit Teachers College in 1920. This building was also called the…
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Pharmacy; Historical
Circa 1920s. Image is an interior view of the Prescription Laboratory, College of Pharmacy, College City of Detroit. Room 155 Old Main.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Alumni House; Exteriors
Circa 1950s. Detroit, Michigan. Photograph of an architectural rendering of the proposed Community Arts Center by Suren Pilafian.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Alumni House; Exteriors
Circa 1950s. Detroit, MichiganTwo women possibly clerical workers standing inside by filing cabinets. Alumni House located at 5165 Second Avenue.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Alumni House; Exteriors
Circa 1950s. Detroit, Michigan. Photograph of an architectural rendering of the proposed Community Arts Center by Suren Pilafian. Shows floating gardens.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Alumni House; Exteriors
Circa 1950s. Detroit, Michigan. Photograph of an architectural rendering of the proposed Alumni House by Suren Pilafian.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Classrooms
Circa 1960s. Ted Baldwin, developer and coordinator of the “Good American Home Program”, tells Wayne University home economics students how the Good American Home budgets work. The students are helping collect up-to-the-minute prices in Detroit.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Classrooms
Circa 1940 -1950s. Classes in home making are demanded by thousands of Detroit women. Only a few can be sewed through present facilities.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Richard Cohn Memorial
November 18,1959. Detroit, Michigan. Dedication day of the Richard Cohn Building. Man and two young ladies look at the interior fountain.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Misc.
Circa 1930s. Department Office Building for Detroit Bureau of Governmental Research and School of Public Affairs and Social Work. Image is of the exterior of one of the older neighborhood houses used by the University.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Old Main; Recent
Circa 1930s. Exterior image of Old Main viewed from behind and to the side of building from upper floor of building most likely on Merrick Avenue west of Second Avenue. Several buildings and streets are labeled (Detroit Public Library, Maccabees Bldg, Webster Hall). 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 leade…
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Old Main; Recent; Restoration
Circa 1990s. Old Main renovation June 1996 through January 1997. Photographs by Patricia Bartkowski, University Archives. Exterior image of man on scaffolding. Maccabees Building (Detroit School Center Building) is directly below worker in the background. 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 Da…
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Old Main; Recent; Restoration
Circa 1990s. Old Main renovation June 1996 through January 1997. Photographs by Patricia Bartkowski, University Archives. Exterior image of man on scaffolding. Maccabees Building (Detroit School Center Building) is directly below worker in the background. 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 Da…
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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; Old Main
Circa unknown. Exterior image of Old Main. Viewed from the corner of Cass and Hancock. 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 s…
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Wayne State University; Buildings Bookstore
Circa 1970s. Young woman shopping in the bookstore satellite.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Bookstore
Circa 1970s. Interior view of bookstore
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Bookstore
Circa 1970s. Young woman shopping in the bookstore satellite.