The DIA recently “re-discovered” a portrait in storage on loan from the federal government that was completed in 1934 under the auspices of the Public Works of Art Project. After some digging, it was determined that the sitter in the portrait was noble citizen and native Detroiter William H. Maybury, the bulwark behind Maybury Sanatorium, the renowned tuberculosis sanatorium that is now Maybury State Park in Northville, MI. Find out how this portrait, which was conserved by Alfred Ackerman, head of conservation and painting conservator at the DIA (and a 22-year Northville resident himself), ended up at the Northville District Library, where it is now on view in the Local History Room.
http://northville.patch.com/articles/dia-helps-bring-portrait-home-to-northville#c