Detroit Industrial School.

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Detroit's oldest charitable organization, founded in 1857 as the Ladies Industrial School Association to educate and care for the poor children of Detroit. Its Neighborhood School opened in 1913 with a nursery, kindergarten and social center for boys and girls. Starting in 1936 the school began to lease property from the Greyhound Bus Company.

From the description of Detroit Industrial School records, 1860-1986. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 55941376

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creatorOf Detroit Industrial School. Detroit Industrial School records, 1860-1986. Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library
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associatedWith Greyhound Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith Ladies Industrial School Association (Detroit, Mich.) corporateBody
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Michigan--Detroit
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Charities
Institutional care
Poor children
Schools
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Active 1860

Active 1986

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