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The seal is a representation of the Detroit fire which occurred on June 11, 1805. The fire caused the entire city to burn with only one building saved from the flames. The figure on the left weeps over the destruction while the figure on the right gestures to the new city that will rise in its place.
The 36 x 45 foot semicircular wall includes the seals of the City of Detroit and Wayne County. [5] [6] The Wayne County seal was created by Fredericks specifically for The Spirit of Detroit, as it was a part of the work and the county had no seal at the time. [7] [8] The seal is still used today and is also featured on the county's flag. A ...
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Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
Seal of the County of Los Angeles (2004–2014, readopted in 2016) ... Seal of the City of Detroit (1889) Seal of the County of Wayne (1957) Minnesota.
Detroit Centre Park Library, constructed in 1872 Detroit Post Office, built in 1891 Close behind, a wave of Polish immigrants established east-side Roman Catholic parishes such as St. Albertus (1885), Sweetest Heart Of Mary (1893), St. Josaphat's (1901), St. Stanislaus (1911), and St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church (1923).
Image extracted from page 007 of The history of Detroit and Michigan or, the metropolis illustrated …, by FARMER, Silas.. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied from Flickr. Note: The colours, contrast and appearance of these illustrations are unlikely to be true to life.
Legally distinct from, but adopted simultaneously alongside the Great Seal in 1835, is the coat of arms of Michigan. The current rendition of the coat of arms was adopted by the Legislature in 1911 (MCL 2.21). It is identical to the Great Seal of Michigan with the legend or circle, "The Great Seal of the State of Michigan, A.D. MDCCCXXXV", omitted.