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Walkerville - 1899 - Part II

July 25, 2006
Continuing the tour, today is part II… The Directors lunch room. Looks almost the same, and is today the corporate art gallery. A few views of the hallways of the offices. The animal heads are however gone. A view looking towards the river. The buildings on the left are long demolished. The rack warehouses. All demolished. Replaced by newer buildings along the years. The last of the…
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Walkerville - 1899 - Part I

July 24, 2006
Into the time machine today. We’re heading back to 1899, back when Walkerville was still a separate town. Out of this town came this little promotional booklet… PERHAPS very few small places are so widely known in every country of the civilized world as this…
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RIP - Joseph Nicola DeLauro - 1916 - 2006

July 16, 2006
Joe Delauro a taleneted sculptor and one of the few remaining links back to the old generation of sculptors passed away last Tuesday, July 11th at his Novi home at the age of 90. Here’s a brief obituary from this past Saturday’s Windsor Star: Ex-prof pioneered…
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Hecker Mausoleum

July 13, 2006
Located in Detroit’s Woodlawn Cemetery, this is the final resting place of Frank Hecker. Hecker who was a leading industrialist of his day, is probably best remebered for his mansion located at Woodward & Ferry near the DIA. Never one to not be showy, Hecker…
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Grinnell Mausoleum

July 12, 2006
This handome grave is the final resting place of Clayton Grinnell, who formed one half (along with his Brother Ira) of the Grinnell Brothers Company. Grinnell Brothers produced Pianos, Organs and other music related items like sheet music. This mausoleum was designed by the…
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Dodge Brothers Mausoleum

July 11, 2006
Located in Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, among the notables buried here are John & Horace Dodge. Built in the Egyptian Revival Style, two stone Spyhnxes stand guard over the front door. Both Brothers who were inseparable in life both died in 1920. They comissioned the Lloyd Brothers of Toledo, OH to build their mausoleum in 1913. *With addional information from the late A. Dale…
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Dearborn Montgomery Ward's

July 7, 2006
* First off, sorry for the lousy picture, I shot it a few years ago when Michigan Ave. was all torn up, and there wasn’t a great angle to shoot from… Now it seems as if this long time Dearborn Icon built in 1936, may meet the wrecking ball, in one of the shadyist…