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- View of mansion built for John Dodge and his family but abandoned after he died in 1920. "The Dodges were building a mansion in affluent Grosse Pointe, Michigan, when John Dodge died of influenza on Jan. 14, 1920, at the age of 56. His brother, Horace, also died of influenza just 11 months later on Dec. 10, 1920. After John died, the Grosse Pointe mansion project was immediately abandoned," from Oakland University's Meadow Brook Hall website.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1925-04-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of the Grosse Pointe mansion of real estate developer, Charles Helin, the residence burned to the ground in the 1970's.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1951-01-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of mansion built for John Dodge and his family but abandoned after he died in 1920. "The Dodges were building a mansion in affluent Grosse Pointe, Michigan, when John Dodge died of influenza on Jan. 14, 1920, at the age of 56. His brother, Horace, also died of influenza just 11 months later on Dec. 10, 1920. After John died, the Grosse Pointe mansion project was immediately abandoned," from Oakland University's Meadow Brook Hall website.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1925-04-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of mansion built for John Dodge and his family but abandoned after he died in 1920. "The Dodges were building a mansion in affluent Grosse Pointe, Michigan, when John Dodge died of influenza on Jan. 14, 1920, at the age of 56. His brother, Horace, also died of influenza just 11 months later on Dec. 10, 1920. After John died, the Grosse Pointe mansion project was immediately abandoned," from Oakland University's Meadow Brook Hall website.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1925-04-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of mansion built for John Dodge and his family but abandoned after he died in 1920. "The Dodges were building a mansion in affluent Grosse Pointe, Michigan, when John Dodge died of influenza on Jan. 14, 1920, at the age of 56. His brother, Horace, also died of influenza just 11 months later on Dec. 10, 1920. After John died, the Grosse Pointe mansion project was immediately abandoned," from Oakland University's Meadow Brook Hall website.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1925-04-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of the Grosse Pointe mansion of real estate developer, Charles Helin, the residence burned to the ground in the 1970's.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1951-01-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Exterior view of three-story brick residence of John B. Ford on Windmill Pointe in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. "This Georgian Revival mansion was designed by Detroit architect Alpheus W. Chittenden for John Battice Ford in 1903. Ford was the grandson of Captain John B. Ford who
founded Michigan Alkali Company (now BASF) in
Wyandotte in 1889. The home was originally built on the riverside of East Jefferson Avenue. in Indian Village. It remained there until 1928 when J. B. Ford’s son and daughter-in-law, Frederick S. and Esther Ford, moved it by truck to Windmill Pointe. Esther was the daughter of Pewabic Pottery’s cofounder Horace J. Caulkins. The Fords lived in this home from 1929-1951," from The Moorings, Published by the Grosse Pointe Historical Society, 2006.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1929-01-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City