2019.103.003
Print, Photographic
One black and white photograph of J. Louis Van Dessel conducting his oratorio, "The Assumption," in Grand Circus Park as part of the Detroit 250th Birthday celebration in 1951. A temporary wooden fence can be seen in the foreground as well as singers and musicians. Trees and downtown buildings can be seen in the left background. A large, elevated "Detroit 250th" birthday cake sculpture is visible in the right background. Handwritten pencil text on the verso reads "Assumption Oratorio."
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