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Castle of Culture: 1899

Wayne County, Michigan, circa 1899. "Detroit Museum of Art." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Wayne County, Michigan, circa 1899. "Detroit Museum of Art." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

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Baby Got Back

Additions were tacked on in 1894 and again in 1905.

You can see one addition on the left side of the above photo. The lighter colored stone reveals the effects of both age and air pollution.

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More backstory here.

First art exhibit

My great-grandfather, Rob Wagner, a portrait artist, and his friend and fellow Detroit painter, John Donovan, who painted marine landscapes, held their first exhibit of their work at the Detroit Museum of Art in November 1904. They had just returned from Paris a few months earlier after studying art at the Académie Delécluse for nearly two years.

Beautiful Building

Although made in the architectural style called "Richardsonian Romanesque", in fact James Balfour of Hamilton, Ontario was selected as the architect.

704 E Jefferson Ave

Razed for the Hastings Expressway, February 1957.

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