Michigan State Normal School at the Columbian World's Fair

The Founding of the Normal School & The Transformational Sill Era

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The World’s Columbian Exposition

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The Michigan State Normal School Exhibit

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The Pokagon Wigwam

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The Old Main Building

Alvan Clark telescope

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