Grand staircase murals at Detroit Public Library
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Description
View of the murals over the Grand staircase inside the Woodward entrance at Detroit Public Library. The murals were painted by Edwin Howland Blashfield in 1921 and symbolize music, graphic arts, poetry, prose and an allegorical representation of Detroit's past and present. Recorded in lantern slide ledger: "D/Public Library, Grand stairway showing Blashfield Murals, c.1."
Details
- Creator:
- Manning Brothers
- Resource ID:
- EB02c801
- Subject:
- Detroit Public Library
- Staircases--Michigan--Detroit
- Mural painting and decoration--Michigan--Detroit
- Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936
- Library buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Public libraries--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Lantern slides
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 transparency : glass ; 3.25 x 4 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Negative Number:
- BHC lantern slide no. 851
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.