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Record #:
10_18
Title: Nearly 1000 children participate in third annual children’s circus at Belle Isle.
Date: 1928
Description: Nearly 1000 children participate in third annual children’s circus at Belle Isle. Clowns are in abundance performing.
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Title: Nearly 1000 children participate in third annual children’s circus at Belle Isle.
Date: 1928
Description: Nearly 1000 children participate in third annual children’s circus at Belle Isle. Clowns are in abundance performing.
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10_19
Title: Nearly 3000 children participate in fourteenth annual pageant at Belle Isle.
Date: 1928
Description: Nearly 3000 children participate in fourteenth annual pageant at Belle Isle.
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Title: Nearly 3000 children participate in fourteenth annual pageant at Belle Isle.
Date: 1928
Description: Nearly 3000 children participate in fourteenth annual pageant at Belle Isle.
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Record #:
10_20
Title: School children assemble in park and make useful articles under guidance of the Department of Recreation.
Date: 1928
Description: School children assemble in park and make useful articles under guidance of the Department of Recreation.
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Title: School children assemble in park and make useful articles under guidance of the Department of Recreation.
Date: 1928
Description: School children assemble in park and make useful articles under guidance of the Department of Recreation.
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Record #:
10_21
Title: 1500 boys and girls are entrants in flag shuttle relay race at Department of Recreation’s fourteenth annual Field Day on Belle Isle.
Date: 1928
Description: 1500 boys and girls are entrants in flag shuttle relay race at Department of Recreation’s fourteenth annual Field Day on Belle Isle.
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Title: 1500 boys and girls are entrants in flag shuttle relay race at Department of Recreation’s fourteenth annual Field Day on Belle Isle.
Date: 1928
Description: 1500 boys and girls are entrants in flag shuttle relay race at Department of Recreation’s fourteenth annual Field Day on Belle Isle.
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Record #:
10_22
Title: Michigan’s chief executive is 50,000th passenger to fly over Detroit in sightseeing airplane.
Date: 1928
Description: Michigan’s chief executive is 50,000th passenger to fly over Detroit in sightseeing airplane. Shots above Ambassador Bridge.
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Title: Michigan’s chief executive is 50,000th passenger to fly over Detroit in sightseeing airplane.
Date: 1928
Description: Michigan’s chief executive is 50,000th passenger to fly over Detroit in sightseeing airplane. Shots above Ambassador Bridge.
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Record #:
10_23
Title: Emerick Kocsis, Michigan State Professional Golf Champion gives demonstration on Union Lake Golf Course.
Date: 1928
Description: Emerick Kocsis, Michigan State Professional Golf Champion gives demonstration on Union Lake Golf Course.
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Title: Emerick Kocsis, Michigan State Professional Golf Champion gives demonstration on Union Lake Golf Course.
Date: 1928
Description: Emerick Kocsis, Michigan State Professional Golf Champion gives demonstration on Union Lake Golf Course.
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Record #:
10_24
Title: Nine wolverines are housed at Detroit Zoological Gardens.
Date: 1928
Description: Nine wolverines are housed at Detroit Zoological Gardens.
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Title: Nine wolverines are housed at Detroit Zoological Gardens.
Date: 1928
Description: Nine wolverines are housed at Detroit Zoological Gardens.
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Record #:
10_25
Title: Fresh water tars raise canvas and race under ideal weather conditions in annual Edison Boat Club Regatta.
Date: 1928
Description: Fresh water tars raise canvas and race under ideal weather conditions in annual Edison Boat Club Regatta.
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Title: Fresh water tars raise canvas and race under ideal weather conditions in annual Edison Boat Club Regatta.
Date: 1928
Description: Fresh water tars raise canvas and race under ideal weather conditions in annual Edison Boat Club Regatta.
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Record #:
10_26
Title: Governor Fred W. Green and Henry Ford take an active interest in Michigan State Fair.
Date: 1928
Description: Governor Fred W. Green and Henry Ford take an active interest in Michigan State Fair. The Governor unveils a tablet to the soldiers who trained at the Fair Grounds during the war. Lt. Com. Jon Sousa leads the Detroit Police Department Band.
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Title: Governor Fred W. Green and Henry Ford take an active interest in Michigan State Fair.
Date: 1928
Description: Governor Fred W. Green and Henry Ford take an active interest in Michigan State Fair. The Governor unveils a tablet to the soldiers who trained at the Fair Grounds during the war. Lt. Com. Jon Sousa leads the Detroit Police Department Band.
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Record #:
10_27
Title: Fast train wrecked while entering Detroit.
Date: 1928
Description: Fast train wrecked while entering Detroit. Famous “Red Arrow” westbound from New York encounters open switch and takes siding at Fordson.
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Title: Fast train wrecked while entering Detroit.
Date: 1928
Description: Fast train wrecked while entering Detroit. Famous “Red Arrow” westbound from New York encounters open switch and takes siding at Fordson.
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Record #:
10_28
Title: New York firemen are guests of local department when they visit city to compete at field meet.
Date: 1928
Description: New York firemen are guests of local department when they visit city to compete at field meet. Acting Mayor John Nagel received the New York Commissioners at the City Hall.
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Title: New York firemen are guests of local department when they visit city to compete at field meet.
Date: 1928
Description: New York firemen are guests of local department when they visit city to compete at field meet. Acting Mayor John Nagel received the New York Commissioners at the City Hall.
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Record #:
10_29
Title: Three Stinson Airships leave for St. Paul in second commercial shipment from this city.
Date: 1928
Description: Three Stinson Airships leave for St. Paul in second commercial shipment from this city. Shot of Eddie Stinson. Officers and stockholders of the Northwest Airways flew back with the planes.
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Title: Three Stinson Airships leave for St. Paul in second commercial shipment from this city.
Date: 1928
Description: Three Stinson Airships leave for St. Paul in second commercial shipment from this city. Shot of Eddie Stinson. Officers and stockholders of the Northwest Airways flew back with the planes.
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Record #:
10_30
Title: Ypsilanti is the mecca of nearly 2000 members of Archontic Order of Ahepa when they present a bust of General Demetrius Ypsilanti, for whom the city was named. Governor Fred W. Green was the principal speaker.
Date: 1928
Description: Ypsilanti is the mecca of nearly 2000 members of Archontic Order of Ahepa when they present a bust of General Demetrius Ypsilanti, for whom the city was named. Governor Fred W. Green was the principal speaker.
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Title: Ypsilanti is the mecca of nearly 2000 members of Archontic Order of Ahepa when they present a bust of General Demetrius Ypsilanti, for whom the city was named. Governor Fred W. Green was the principal speaker.
Date: 1928
Description: Ypsilanti is the mecca of nearly 2000 members of Archontic Order of Ahepa when they present a bust of General Demetrius Ypsilanti, for whom the city was named. Governor Fred W. Green was the principal speaker.
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Record #:
10_31
Title: Scottish music and dancing are features at annual outing of St. Andrews Society at Bob-Lo Island.
Date: 1928
Description: Scottish music and dancing are features at annual outing of St. Andrews Society at Bob-Lo Island.
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Title: Scottish music and dancing are features at annual outing of St. Andrews Society at Bob-Lo Island.
Date: 1928
Description: Scottish music and dancing are features at annual outing of St. Andrews Society at Bob-Lo Island.
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Record #:
10_32
Title: Fisher brothers lay cornerstone for a ceremony at the new Fisher Branch of Detroit Y.M.C.A.
Date: 1928
Description: Fisher brothers lay cornerstone for a ceremony at the new Fisher Branch of Detroit Y.M.C.A.
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Title: Fisher brothers lay cornerstone for a ceremony at the new Fisher Branch of Detroit Y.M.C.A.
Date: 1928
Description: Fisher brothers lay cornerstone for a ceremony at the new Fisher Branch of Detroit Y.M.C.A.
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