Digital Collection
2014.002.346

Print, Photographic

Black and white photograph taken of the historical marker dedicated to Major General Anthony Wayne on the exterior of City Hall, taken by Ernest C. Wilkes, president of the Ortho Pan Camera Club of on July 23, 1961. The plaque reads:
Major General Anthony Wayne, General-in-Chief of the United States Army, Lived in a house on Old Ste. Anne Street, near this spot, from August 13 until November 15, 1796. Gratified because Wayne County was named for him and pleased with the courtesy shown him by the inhabitants of Detroit, Wayne wrote just before leaving,
"I shall always take a peculiar interest in whatever may contribute to promote the happiness and prosperity of this country to which my name has the honor to be attached."
This tablet presented to the city of Detroit on July 11, 1951, By the J.L. Hudson Company Under the Auspices of the Detroit Historical Society.
"Plaque no. 2" is handwritten on the verso.

Date
1961
Collection
Print Size
8" x 10"
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