Print, Photographic

Black and white photographic print of the state of Michigan Historical Marker for the Detroit Medical College; prior to its placement and dedication at 3800 Woodward Avenue and Martin Place in Detroit. The marker reads, "The Detroit Medical College. Here in 1868 five young physicians, whose work with wounded during the Civil War had left them eager to improve the quality of medical education, founded the Detroit Medical College, the city's first such school. Like nearby Harper Hospital, it occupied the barracks-type buildings of a former military hospital. These were razed in 1884, but the school continued as the Detroit College of Medicine and became known for the variety and quality of its clinical instruction. In 1933 it was one of six city colleges to be consolidated into the institution now known as Wayne State University. Michigan Historical Commission Registered Historic Site No. 287." Handwritten on the verso, "Michigan Historical Commission - Historic Site Marker at Woodward and Martin Place, dedicated on Friday, November 3, 1967."