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Bagley Memorial Fountain - Old photos

Detroiters go for a drink at the Bagley fountain, the city's first public drinking fountain.

The Bagley fountain from above

The Bagley fountain with the Russell House decorated for the G.A.R. 25th National Convention.

The Russell House and Bagley fountain about 1890

The fountain with Old City Hall and the Majestic Building

The Bagley fountain in the late 1880s or 1890s. At back left is the Soldiers and Sailors Monument.

The fountain with the old Cadillac Square market, center, and Russell House

The Bagley fountain, with the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, around 1890.

The Russell House and Bagley fountain about 1890

The Bagley fountain and the Hammond Building around 1917

The fountain and the Old Detroit Opera House, which burned down in 1897.

The Majestic Building, old Detroit Opera House and Bagley fountain around 1914

The Bagley, in its home in front of the the Detroit Opera House, about 1930

The Bagley in April 1970

The Bagley in 1936, as seen from the Penobscot Building, after it had moved in front of the Detroit Opera House

The Bagley fountain in 1970

The Bagley fountain in 1958

The Bagley fountain about 1935, after it had moved to in front of the Detroit Opera House

Bagley fountain in 1970