Cannon at Campus Martius

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Description

View of a cannon commemorating the Battle of Lake Erie, in which Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led an American fleet to victory over the British. "Perry's victory, Lake Erie, September 10, 1913" and "Presented by Moore Foote & Co., April 17th, 1872" is inscribed on base.

Details

Resource ID:: bh020124
Subject:: Ordnance--Michigan--Detroit; Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819--Monuments--Michigan--Detroit; Detroit Housing Commission--Archives; Photographic prints
Date:: unknown
Format:: 1 photographic print ;3.5 x 5 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Location:: MS/Detroit Archives. Housing Commission. Civic Center. 60:21
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.