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(28619) Entertainers, Frank Sinatra, Olympia Stadium, 1974

Frank Sinatra performs for an audience of 16,000 at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium. Date:  1974 ...

Image - eclemens - 08/06/2012 - 09:17 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(4656) Purple Gang, Arrests, Altman, 1950

Mug shots of Purple Gang member Hymie Altman, with information taken from back of photograph: Hymie Altman aliases: "Harry Altman", "The Indian", "Two Gun Harry", and "Jew Altman" April 25, 1950. Detroit, MI. Date:  1950-04-25 ...

Image - mbanes - 04/07/2020 - 12:23 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2477) Cartoon Cutouts, 1965 National Convention

Members pose behind SWE cartoon character cutouts at the 1965 Society of Women Engineers National Convention (Conference) in Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1965 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unkn ...

Image - teller - 11/14/2008 - 10:10 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(12497) Purple Gang, Arrests, Axler, 1927

Mug shots of Purple Gang member Sam "Simon" Axler. April 13, 1927. Detroit, MI. Date:  1927-04-13 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit Police Department staff (JCA, Prohibition ...

Image - mbanes - 04/07/2020 - 16:48 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25426) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "Meredith March Against Fear," Mississippi, 1966

Members of the Detroit NAACP carry a banner as the “Meredith March Against Fear” makes its way into Jackson, Mississippi. Walter Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers, stands at left. The Meredith March Against Fear takes its name ...

Image - eclemens - 06/14/2011 - 08:12 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24730) Michigan Local 41 Remembers King

AFSCME members of Detroit Local 41 prepare to march in memory of Martin Luther King on the first anniversary of his assassination. Date:  1969-04-04 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown ...

Image - jruss - 03/27/2014 - 10:47 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32629) NAACP, Demonstrations, Young, 1940s

Members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) stand outside an unidentified building, possibly during an anti-war demonstration, and hold signs, that read: “The Yanks Are Not Coming--Let God Save the King!” and ...

Image - eclemens - 01/05/2015 - 10:21 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11105) Sports, Football, Bands, Pontiac, Michigan

Marching bands spread out across the field at the Pontiac Silverdome before a Detroit Lions game, Pontiac, Michigan. Date:  Undated Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Tony Spin ...

Image - eclemens - 07/20/2009 - 14:50 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25371) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1963

600 Civil rights activists and supporters march through the “Village” in Grosse Pointe, en-route to a rally at Grosse Pointe (South) High School during an demonstration against housing discrimination. In the background the S.S. Kresge store on the c ...

Image - eclemens - 06/13/2011 - 12:08 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Newsclipping, Collegian(?)

Students move to alter name of Colleges of the City of Detroit. Date:  1933 October 14 (University Archives, Wayne State University — Places) ...

Image - astankrauff - 11/05/2008 - 11:49 - 0 comments - 2 attachments