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Bottom panel, upper left
Photographer: Bentley Historical Library
Caption: Bottom panel, upper left
Additional Description: Student surveyors from the engineering class of 1875. The previous year Professor Joseph B. Davis had organized the first surveying field work camp in the nation. He advised his students, "Young men, when theory and practice differ, use your horse sense!"
Submitted: February 24, 2020, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p510911
File Size: 5.999 Megabytes

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