Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1895

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Artifact Overview

The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument stands in front of the first Detroit Opera House at Campus Martius--a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of the city's coordinate street system. Fundraising for the commemorative civic sculpture began after the end of the Civil War in 1865, and the completed monument was unveiled in 1872.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1895

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.O.10804

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10.25 in

Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1895