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(30692) Urban Renewal, Lafayette Park, Detroit, 1963

An exterior view of one of the one-story town houses in Detroit’s Lafayette Park. Designed by Mies Van Der Rohe, Lafayette Park, located in Detroit’s lower east side just north of downtown, was the first urban renewal ...

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(24844) NAACP, Demonstrations, F.W. Woolworth, Detroit, 1960

Members and supporters of the NAACP picket the downtown F.W. Woolworth store in an effort to force the store to allow integrated lunch counters, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1960-03 Photographer:  J. Edward Bailey III ...

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(32628) Coleman Young, Children, Christmas, Detroit, 1974

Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young, dressed as Santa Claus, hosts 125 local children at a holiday party in the Manoogian Mansion. Date:  1974-12-22 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News ...

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(32349) Labor Day, Parades, Firestone, Young, Detroit, 1989

... Frank Garrison and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young march in Detroit’s annual Labor Day Parade. Firestone was the parade’s Grand ...

Image - eclemens - 09/04/2014 - 14:58 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2441) Buildings, J.L. Hudson's Department Store, Detroit, 1966

An exterior view of the J.L. Hudson Department Store from Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1966 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Architecture, Detroit (Mich.), Tony ...

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(28274) Ethnic Communities, Latin American, Schools, Children, Detroit, 1992

Students of Webster Elementary in Southwestern Detroit play games during recess. Date:  1992-03-18 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Metro Detroit Ethnic Communities, ...

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(28577) New Detroit Committee, 1967

Group portrait of the New Detroit Committee taken outside of the McGregor Memorial Conference Center, Detroit. Photographers note: "The New Detroit Committee posed for its first official portrait at Wayne State University in a rare gathering of the ...

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(30706) Urban Renewal, Lafayette Park, Events, Detroit, 1971

People gather during an unidentified celebration in Detroit’s Lafayette Park. Designed by Mies Van Der Rohe, Lafayette Park, located in Detroit’s lower east side just north of downtown, was the first urban renewal ...

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(30669) Churches, Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Detroit, 1960s

A view of the partially demolished Ebenezer A.M.E. Church reveals a large mural, still intact. The building, located on Willis and Brush, was destroyed by a fire on August 6, 1960. The building was the third home for the congregation, which is the sixth ...

Image - eclemens - 11/08/2013 - 15:38 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32187) Red Cross, Charitable Campaign, Detroit, 1910s

Members of the Detroit Branch of the American Red Cross solicit support from passersby on the streets of downtown Detroit during a wartime charitable campaign. Date:  1917-1918 Physdesc:  Photo negative ...

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