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TOP: Temple Beth El, Woodword and
Elliot, 1903 (later the Bonstelle Theatre).
LEFT: Stained glass window from Kahn’s
Temple Beth El, now on display at Temple
Beth El in Bloomfield Township. A display
from the Kahn Legacy Foundation quoting
the architect, “Nine-tenths of my success
has come because I listened to what peo-
ple said they wanted and gave it to them.”
A photo of young Albert Kahn, in fore-
ground, at the Mason & Rice firm, 1888.
MICHAEL G. SMITH
MICHAEL G. SMITH
BURTON HISTORICAL COLLECTION,
DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY