Bagley Memorial Fountain - Old photos
Bagley Memorial Fountain
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Detroiters go for a drink at the Bagley fountain, the city's first public drinking fountain.
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The Bagley fountain from above
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The Bagley fountain with the Russell House decorated for the G.A.R. 25th National Convention.
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The Russell House and Bagley fountain about 1890
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The fountain with Old City Hall and the Majestic Building
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The Bagley fountain in the late 1880s or 1890s. At back left is the Soldiers and Sailors Monument.
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The fountain with the old Cadillac Square market, center, and Russell House
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The Bagley fountain, with the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, around 1890.
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The Russell House and Bagley fountain about 1890
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The Bagley fountain and the Hammond Building around 1917
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The fountain and the Old Detroit Opera House, which burned down in 1897.
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The Majestic Building, old Detroit Opera House and Bagley fountain around 1914
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The Bagley, in its home in front of the the Detroit Opera House, about 1930
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The Bagley in April 1970
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The Bagley in 1936, as seen from the Penobscot Building, after it had moved in front of the Detroit Opera House
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The Bagley fountain in 1970
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The Bagley fountain in 1958
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The Bagley fountain about 1935, after it had moved to in front of the Detroit Opera House
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Bagley fountain in 1970