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(32105) Draft & Recruitment, Deployment, Detroit, 1917-1918

Soldiers and recent recruits march through a sea of well wishers in downtown Detroit as they make their way to to train station to depart for camp. Signs read: "ENLIST NOW! Your country needs you! U.S. Army Recruiting Station 221 Woodward Ave." and ...

Image - eclemens - 07/25/2014 - 14:48 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33685) Celebrations, VJ Day, Detroit, 1945

A carload of merrymakers joins in on a parade through downtown Detroit on VJ Day. Date:  1945-08-14 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit New ...

Image - eclemens - 11/11/2015 - 12:48 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(1608) Depression, Hoovervilles, Detroit, 1930s

Photograph, taken near Detroit's Black Bottom neighborhood, shows sub-standard housing available to the poor during the Great Depression. Snapshot part of a series taken by Walter and Victor Reuther. Date:  1930s Phys ...

Image - eclemens - 06/19/2012 - 09:32 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33690) Celebrations, VJ Day, Chinatown, Detroit, 1945

Detroit's Chinatown erupts into celebration as word spreads of the surrender of the Japanese. Date:  1945-08-14 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich.), ...

Image - eclemens - 11/11/2015 - 13:02 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30687) Streetscapes, Businesses, Downtown, Detroit, 1966

A view of the business district along Grand RIver between Woodward and Griswold in downtown Detroit. Date:  1966-07 Physdesc:  Slide (Streetscapes and Storefronts: City Life in 1960s Detroit, Architecture, De ...

Image - eclemens - 11/11/2013 - 14:49 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2738) Districts, Kennedy Square, Detroit, Michigan, 1967

An aerial, fish-eye view of the Kennedy Square construction site bounded by Michigan Ave., Woodward Ave., W. Fort, and Griswold, Detroit, Michigan. This perspective was achieved when the photographer dangled his camera off a pole on top of the Fir ...

Image - eclemens - 07/07/2010 - 16:04 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Mary Wallace, Rory, Detroit Lions Exhibit Opening, 2006

Mary Wallace and Rory (official Detroit Lions mascot) at the 2006 Reuther Library exhibit opening celebrating the Detroit Lions. Date:  2006 Physdesc:  Photograph (Public Relations and Social Media, University ...

Image - teller - 12/23/2024 - 10:44 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33684) Celebrations, VJ Day, Detroit, 1945

Young people crowd into downtown Detroit and celebrate through the night upon hearing the news of the Japanese surrender. Date:  1945-08-14 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Sta ...

Image - eclemens - 11/11/2015 - 12:44 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32192) Civilian Support, Soldiers, War Camp Community Services, Detroit, 1910s

A soldier exits the War Camp Community Service hut located in Campus Martius in downtown Detroit. Date:  1917-1918 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich. ...

Image - eclemens - 07/29/2014 - 10:59 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32104) Draft & Recruitment, Deployment, Detroit, 1917-1918

A sea of well wishers in downtown Detroit watch as soldiers and recent recruits make their way to to train station to depart for Camp Custer. In view, women, joined by a wounded soldier, carry flags from Allied countries. Date:  1917-1 ...

Image - eclemens - 07/25/2014 - 14:44 - 0 comments - 3 attachments