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The Haskell Home Orphanage Tragedy: Battle Creek, Michigan

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The Haskell Home Orphanage Tragedy: Battle Creek, Michigan - Jackson, James N
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The architectural model for the Haskell Home was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893, and recognized as the "grandest institution" in Battle Creek after it was completed.Children came from all over the country, some as young as the almost four-year-old who travelled 200 miles by train with a note pinned to his jacket reading "Please help me to Haskell Home, Battle Creek"On February 5, 1909 a fire engulfed the entire structure in minutes and reduced the Haskell Home Orphanage to ashes within two ...

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The Haskell Home Orphanage Tragedy: Battle Creek, Michigan 2020, Independently Published

ISBN-13: 9798578986529

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