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(2506) Buildings, City Hall, Demolition, Detroit, 1961

Demolition workers, assisted by heavy machinery, attempt dig out the time capsule placed inside the cornerstone of the Old City Hall Building 90 years prior. Part of series. The building, a Renaissance Revival landmark created by architect James An ...

Image - eclemens - 07/20/2010 - 14:39 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30677) Streetscapes, Businesses, Bill's Place, Detroit, 1966

A view of Bill’s Place, located in downtown Detroit. Date:  1966-08 (Streetscapes and Storefronts: City Life in 1960s Detroit, Architecture, Detroit (Mich.), Urban Affairs) ...

Image - eclemens - 11/13/2013 - 11:49 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(34035) Detroit Public Schools Newsletter, Collective Bargaining Election, 1964

Cover of a newsletter produced by the Detroit Public Schools announcing the first collective bargaining election for Detroit teachers between the Detroit Federation of Teachers, local 231, and the Detroit Education Association, to be held May 11, 1964. ...

Image - scaloia - 02/11/2016 - 10:54 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33810) Street Scenes, Children Playing, Black Bottom, Detroit

... Part of a series of photographs taken of children in Detroit’s Near East Side. The area includes the Brush Park, Paradise Valley, ...

Image - eclemens - 08/19/2021 - 10:53 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24866) NAACP, Women's Committee, Detroit, 1961

The Women’s Committee of the NAACP Detroit branch meet in the home of Mrs. Charles Diggs, Sr., to plan the 1961 “Fight for Freedom Dinner.” Left to right, front row: Mrs. Elizabeth Hood; Mrs. Mary Gilmore; Mrs. Ilene Keats; Mrs. Anna Diggs; Mr ...

Image - eclemens - 05/11/2011 - 13:36 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2342) Buildings, Wayne County Building, Detroit, C.1950s

A view of the Wayne County Building, taken from an neighboring rooftop, Detroit, Michigan. Located at 600 Randolph, it was built from 1897 through 1902 by John Scott architects and placed on National Historic Register in 1975. Date:  ...

Image - eclemens - 07/15/2010 - 14:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30712) Lafayette Towers Shopping Center, Detroit, 1960s

A view of the Lafayette Park SHopping Center located in Detroit’s Lafayette Park residential district. Date:  1960s ...

Image - eclemens - 05/23/2014 - 16:47 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30818) Urban Renewal, Black Bottom, Paradise Valley, Detroit, 1966

A Fire escape joins two unidentified buildings. Photograph taken as part of series on the historically Black neighborhoods that were dismantled during the Detroit Medical Center construction clearances. Date:  1963-09 ...

Image - eclemens - 11/14/2013 - 12:10 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32407) Ramon Scruggs, Detroit Urban League

Ramon Scruggs presiding at a Detroit Urban League event. Undated. Date:  Circa 1960s Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tobias Photos (African American businesspeople, African Americans--H ...

Image - gstrassel - 11/25/2014 - 10:16 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30817) Urban Renewal, Black Bottom, Paradise Valley, Detroit, 1966

Detail of a display window at an unidentified shoe store. Photograph taken as part of series on the historically Black neighborhoods that were dismantled during the Detroit Medical Center construction clearances. Date:  1966-09 ...

Image - eclemens - 11/14/2013 - 12:13 - 0 comments - 3 attachments