Detroit Battleground

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Detroit Battleground

Date7/24/1967

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Bezant, Graham (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Detroit Battleground: Looking more like Berlin after Allied bombers had struck during World War II than America's fifth largest city in peacetime; the Grand River Blvd. seciton of Detroit dispalys one building which looks like it has been hit by a bomb and two more completely gutted by fire. Note army trucks in foreground.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013582F

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