2014.004.134
Print, Photographic
Black and white photograph of maritime exhibits on display in the Detroit Historical Museum in 1956, during the time between the closing of the J.T. Wing and the opening of the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Portions of the cofferdam used in the construction of the Spectacle Reef lighthouse are on display in the center and to the right. A canoe is hanging from the ceiling in the back to the left. A model of a ship with rope tied into various kinds of knots is to the back and to the right. In center background is a display of block & tackle ratios. Two people, a man and a woman, are looking at a display board to the left. A stamp on the back of the photograph reads "Please give credit for this photograph to Wayne University."
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