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(35300) Jobs Now! Conference

... held at Hutchins Junior High School, near the place where Detroit’s Civil Unrest will erupt exactly two months later. The jobs fair organizers described the neighborhood as being one of Detroit’s “areas of most critical unemployment.” May 23, 1967. Source: ...

Image - ljones - 04/10/2017 - 16:28 - 0 comments - 2 attachments

(4585) Purple Gang, Arrests, Raymond Burnstein, 1926

Mug shots of Purple Gang leader Raymond Burnstein. October 10, 1926. Detroit, MI. Date:  1926-10-10 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit Police Department staff (JCA, Prohibition ...

Image - mbanes - 04/07/2020 - 16:54 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(4587) Purple Gang, Arrests, Isadore "Izzy" Burnstein

Mug shots of Purple Gang leader Isadore "Izzy" Burnstein. December 17, 1943. Detroit, MI. Date:  1943-12-17 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit Police Department staff (JCA, Pro ...

Image - mbanes - 04/07/2022 - 08:19 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(4308) Purple Gang, Purple Gang Trial, Axler with Lawyer, 1931

Purple Gang member Abe Axler, left, with his lawyer at the Purple Gang Trial. Circa 1931. Detroit, MI. Date:  circa 1931 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News staff (JCA, Pr ...

Image - mbanes - 04/07/2020 - 16:56 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11649) Purple Gang, Collingwood Massacre Trial, 1930s

Purple Gang member leaving the courthouse during the Collingwood Massacre trial. 1930s. Detroit, MI. Date:  circa 1930s Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News staff (JCA, Proh ...

Image - mbanes - 04/06/2020 - 11:39 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(1693) Military; United States; Packard Marine Engine School, 1941

Officers and servicemen listen to a lecture at the Packard Marine Engine School, Detroit, Michigan Date:  1941 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Tony Spina - General, World Wa ...

Image - eclemens - 06/30/2010 - 10:14 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(29750) Urban Renewal, Wayne State University, University City, 1964

A view of the neighborhood at the corner of W. Warren Avenue and Lincoln. The area was targeted for demolition to make way for Wayne State's "University City," an area of mixed residential and educational development west of the main campus. ...

Image - eclemens - 04/18/2013 - 10:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25362) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, Oak Park, Michigan, 1963

Children lead the march against segregated housing in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park. The banner at the front of the line reads “WELCOME Oak Park Human Relations Committee.” Date:  1963-07-27 Physdesc:  Photograp ...

Image - eclemens - 06/13/2011 - 12:51 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(5213) Matilda (Rabinowitz) Robbins, Arrest, 1910s

Candid view of I.W.W. organizer Matilda Robbins, likely taken after her arrest in Detroit, Michigan. Caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Rabinowitz on the way to the workhouse - Patrol Kindley (illeg.) by police department. Dat ...

Image - eclemens - 05/19/2015 - 12:24 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2677) Participants, 1953 Board Meeting

(l to r) Society of Women Engineers Detroit Section Chairman Ann Lawrence, Pat Brown, Geneva Van Horn, and Margaret Frank relax during a 1953 SWE board meeting in Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1953 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

Image - teller - 11/25/2008 - 16:56 - 0 comments - 3 attachments