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Bottom Panel Lower Left Image
Photographer: Joel Seewald
Taken: April 8, 2017
Caption: Bottom Panel Lower Left Image
Additional Description: Through the efforts of Laura Haviland and then Governor Charles Croswell, the Michigan Legislature created the State Industrial Home for Girls in 1879. Originally sited on 40 acres of land adjacent to the city, the first "cottage" opened in 1881. Soon, twelve cottages served young women from the ages of eight to twenty-one. Students were taught home economics, gardening, and vocational skills.
Submitted: June 15, 2017, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p385697
File Size: 4.862 Megabytes

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