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Poster for Home Movies: Can 11274: Monnier School, Detroit, Michigan, ca (1947)

Home Movies: Can 11274: Monnier School, Detroit, Michigan, ca (1947)

1947 · Ephemeral film · 9 min

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Home movies shot at Monnier School, Detroit, Michigan, approximately 1947. Sequences include scenes in and around the school and parking lot, art classes, students (including several pairs of twins) in class, teachers in parking lot, teacher slipping as he descends steps and retracing his movements a second time for the camera, and a field trip via bus to the Diego Rivera murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum.

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School on West Side · JSBejma · 2012-09-29

A school I never heard of near Fullerton and Meyers. Scenes of a school with several sets of twins and kids doing art projects. Lots of babooshkas in those days despite the fact that this school was miles from Hamtramck.

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