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Wessen & Bagley: A Town Within the City Marker — near right images
Photographer: Both courtesy of Ron Gay.
Caption: Wessen & Bagley: A Town Within the City Marker — near right images
Additional Description: Top: Robert W. Bowens Senior Citizens Center at 52 Bagley Street. At its core is the former Carruthers & Davis Funeral Home, one of the few buildings to survive "urban renewal."
Bottom: Album cover of the New Bethel Baptist Church Youth Choir recording from 1971. Sax man "Dangerous" Dan Turner, trumpeter Quincy Stewart and bassist Ken Burch are some of the well-known musicians from "The Corner" after World War II.
Submitted: June 18, 2021, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p592168
File Size: 4.133 Megabytes

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