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(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

(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

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

(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

(6685) Classrooms, Interiors, Chemistry Lab, Old Main, c. 1935

Students at work in the Chemistry Lab at Wayne University's Old Main, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1935 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Wayne State University Staff (Architecture, Educatio ...

Image - eclemens - 03/17/2011 - 09:32 - 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

(4613) Purple Gang, Arrests, Budd

Mug shots of Purple Gang member Jack Budd. Undated. Detroit, MI. Date:  Undated Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit Police Department staff (JCA, Prohibition in Southeastern Mic ...

Image - mbanes - 04/01/2020 - 10:56 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11323) 1956 AFSCME Convention

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer William F. Schnitzler addresses the 1956 AFSCME Convention in Detroit. Date:  1956 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  King's Photo Service (AFSCME, AFSCME. ...

Image - jruss - 03/25/2014 - 10:56 - 0 comments - 3 attachments