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Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial School

The Problem of Indian Administration inside cover

Hubert Work's grave at Arlington National Cemetery

An ingenious, anonymous man demonstrates to reporters how one can transport flasks of alcohol throughout the city during Prohibition.

A rum runner lies in wait on a dock in Sandwich, Ontario for the signal that it is clear to bring alcohol across the Detroit River to a landing plot on 17th Street. Diagram courtesy of a Detroit News Photographer.

An image of George Pullman, the man who oversaw operation of the Pullman Palace Car Company.

Members of a "Jewish Battalion," pose for a photograph before leaving for the First World War. The young men are most likely members of the Jewish Legion, who actively recruited in Detroit in 1918.

Photograph of a Bessemer converter

The ore yard of an unidentified steel mill, potentially Carnegie's Duquesne plant