Michigan Union ballroom / BL004731

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Record Details

Title: Michigan Union ballroom
Date: 1951 (ca.)
Collection Title: University of Michigan Photographs Vertical File
Collection Creator: Bentley Historical Library (collector)
Folder / Container / Volume: UBImusD13. Folder: Michigan Union (built 1919), interior views. no. 247
Notes: Allen B. and Irving K. Pond, of Chicago, architects. Construction for the Michigan Union began in 1916. Previously, the renovated residence of Judge Thomas M. Cooley was used as the Union clubhouse. Before the four-story building officially opened for student use in 1919, it was used in a partially finished state as a barracks for the Students' Army Training Corps. By 1925, the pool in the basement and the library on the second floor of the building were completed. Several additions were made to the Union in the 1930's and 1950's.; Verso: "Union ballroom decorated for inauguration of Harlan Hatcher."
Subjects: Hatcher, Harlan Henthorne, 1898- --Inauguration, 1951; Michigan Union; Ballrooms--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Interiors--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Light fixtures; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Item Number: BL004731
Finding Aid: umich-bhl-92147
Source of Title: supplied
Scan Source: 5 x 4 b/w photographic print
Repository: Bentley Historical Library
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 01:31:47

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Collection: Bentley Historical Library: Bentley Image Bank
Image Size: 4803 x 3102
File Size: 2 MB
Record: BL004731
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