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  2. Royal Navy ranks, rates, and uniforms of the 18th and 19th ...

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    Royal Navy ranks, rates, and uniforms of the 18th and 19th centuries. Sir Edward Pellew, wearing a vice admiral's full dress coat with late 18th century style epaulettes. Royal Navy ranks, rates, and uniforms of the 18th and 19th centuries were the original effort of the Royal Navy to create standardized rank and insignia system for use both at ...

  3. Uniforms of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The uniforms of the Royal Navy have evolved gradually since the first uniform regulations for officers were issued in 1748. [1] The predominant colours of Royal Navy uniforms are navy blue and white. Since reforms in 1997 male and female ratings have worn the same ceremonial uniform. [1]

  4. Detroit Naval Armory - Wikipedia

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    The Detroit Naval Armory is a limestone structure with four main sections: a vestibule, a drill hall, an office / penthouse section, and a company drill hall. [2] The building mixes Art Moderne and Art Deco influences, and contains a large array of nautically themed WPA art [2] [3] by artists including John Tabaczuk, Edgar Yaeger, David Fredenthal and Gustave Hildebrand. [4]

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown and ...

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    Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...

  6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Detroit

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    Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...

  7. Guardian Building - Wikipedia

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    June 29, 1989 [ 1 ] The Guardian Building is a landmark 43-story office skyscraper in the Financial District of downtown Detroit, Michigan. Built from 1928 to 1929, the building was originally called the Union Trust Building[ 3 ] and is a bold example of Art Deco architecture, including art moderne designs. [ 4 ]

  8. Architecture of metropolitan Detroit - Wikipedia

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    The Buildings of Detroit: A History. Wayne State University Press. Fisher, Dale (1996). Ann Arbor: Visions of the Eagle. Grass Lake, Michigan: Eyry of the Eagle Publishing. ISBN 0-9615623-4-X. Fisher, Dale (2003). Building Michigan: A Tribute to Michigan's Construction Industry. Grass Lake, Michigan: Eyry of the Eagle Publishing. ISBN 1-891143 ...

  9. National Museum of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    National Museum of the Royal Navy. The National Museum of the Royal Navy was created in early 2009 to act as a single non-departmental public body for the museums of the Royal Navy. With venues across the United Kingdom, the museums detail the history of the Royal Navy operating on and under the sea, on land and in the air.