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(26923) 1968 Olympic Games, Bids, Rome, Italy, 1966

Mayor Cavanagh with Mayor Jean Drapeau of Montreal, Canada (Center Left), Mayor Jochen Vogel of Munic, W. Germany (Center Right), and Jesus Sueves representing the Mayor of Madrid (Right). These representatives are seeking to host the 1972 Olympic Game ...

Image - eclemens - 02/12/2018 - 12:49 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(DN_79600) Ethnic Communities, Ukrainian, Dancers, Costumes, 1960

Ukrainian folk dancers perform for the audience at Detroit's Masonic Temple. Date:  1960-02-29 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Metro Detroit Ethnic Communities, Danc ...

Image - eclemens - 03/29/2011 - 10:09 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Leggett Papers Survey

An image from one of John Leggett's research surveys related to Leggett's book Class, Race, and Labor: Working Class Consciousness in Detroit. Date:  1950s Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Jar ...

Image - mcourtney - 06/26/2023 - 12:51 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(1674) Medical, Cardiology, Michigan, Undated

An intimate view of a team of surgeons performing open heart surgery, Michigan. Photo used as part of a series for the Detroit Free Press . Date:  Undated Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  To ...

Image - eclemens - 07/02/2010 - 10:27 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(77772) Ethnic Communities, Belgian, World War I, Parade, c. 1918

Belgian refugees, brought to Detroit during the First World War, march down Woodward Avenue in a parade sponsored by the American Red Cross. Date:  Circa 1918 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  ...

Image - eclemens - 06/10/2013 - 16:32 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24842) NAACP, Demonstrations, State Capitol, Lansing, 1960

Members of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP line up outside of their headquarters as they await the buses that will take them to a mass demonstration at the State Capitol in Lansing. Date:  1960-03-09 Physdesc:  Phot ...

Image - eclemens - 05/11/2011 - 10:00 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28638) Riots, Housing, Sojourner Truth, Families, 1942

Three children look on as movers from Russle's Moving and Storage unload the furniture of one of the first African American families to make it into the Sojourner Truth Housing Projects on "moving day." Date:  1942-04-29 P ...

Image - eclemens - 06/15/2012 - 04:48 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27972) Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD), Police, Confrontation, 1970

Members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD) are loaded into a police wagon after their 9-hour stand-off with Detroit Police officers comes to an end. The confrontation began when two police officers attempted to issue ordinance viola ...

Image - eclemens - 02/05/2013 - 14:19 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(DN_79562) Ethnic Communities, Polish, Customs, 1941

Ronald Lupu divines his future, Detroit, Michigan. The custom dictates that objects representing money, religion, or vice should be placed in front of a baby. The object that the baby chooses will then predict his path in life. Date:  ...

Image - eclemens - 03/01/2011 - 22:06 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28277) Ethnic Communities, Latin American, Parades, 1966

A procession makes its way through Southwestern Detroit en-route to Holy Trinity Church on Easter Sunday. Date:  1966-04-11 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Metro Det ...

Image - eclemens - 05/18/2012 - 15:15 - 0 comments - 3 attachments