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(32205) Women, War Workers, Automobile, Detroit, 1917-1918

Women industrial workers learn how to assemble cars during the First World War. Date:  1917-1918 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Automobile industry workers, Det ...

Image - eclemens - 07/29/2014 - 12:32 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(9813) Detroit Librarian

Helga Herz, librarian and member of Local 1259 in Detroit, shows a book on the Knights of Labor to Alvin Ruthenberg, staff representative for Detroit Area Council 77. This image appeared in the November 1959 issue of AFSCME's Public Employee magazine. ...

Image - jruss - 05/09/2023 - 11:40 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24878) NAACP, Martin Luther King, Jr., Funeral, Detroit, 1968

Members of the Detroit NAACP wait at the corner of Woodward Avenue and E. Philadelphia Street to board chartered buses that will take them to the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Note: A sign announcing the branch is draped in black mourning ...

Image - eclemens - 05/11/2011 - 14:46 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30713) Streetscapes, Businesses, Downtown Detroit, 1966

Street scene on Woodward Avenue, facing north, in downtown Detroit. Date:  1966-09 Physdesc:  Slide (Streetscapes and Storefronts: City Life in 1960s Detroit, Architecture, Detroit (Mich.), Urban Affairs) ...

Image - eclemens - 11/14/2013 - 16:26 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30722) Aerial Views, Downtown Detroit, 1965

A view of downtown Detroit, looking east, featuring the residential towers of Lafayette Park. Date:  1965-11 Physdesc:  Slide (Streetscapes and Storefronts: City Life in 1960s Detroit, Architecture, Detroit (M ...

Image - eclemens - 11/14/2013 - 14:16 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32108) Draft & Recruitment, Deployment, Detroit, 1918

African Americans are held back by police as they watch draftees and recruits leave for Camp Custer. Negative notes that is is part of the "2nd draft." Date:  1918 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer ...

Image - eclemens - 07/25/2014 - 14:53 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11968) Poverty Scenes, Salvation Army, Michigan Ave, Detroit, 1952

Homeless men bow their heads in prayer as the Salvation Army “Bowery Corps” play. Date:  September 1952 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit--econom ...

Image - eclemens - 07/06/2010 - 15:48 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32261) First World War, Army, 33rd Division, Detroit, 1917-1919

A military band leads members of the U.S. Army' s 33rd Division in a parade through Campus Martius. Date:  1917-1919 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mic ...

Image - eclemens - 08/04/2014 - 23:29 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25341) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "March to Freedom," Detroit, 1963

John B. Swainson addresses participants in the “March to Freedom” civil rights demonstration in Cobo Hall. Date:  1963-06-23 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff ( ...

Image - eclemens - 06/17/2011 - 09:38 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(10006) Districts, Civic Center, Hart Plaza, Detroit, Michigan, 1957

Workers lay down sod in front of the newly constructed Civic Center, Detroit, Michigan. At right is the new City County Building. The Hotel Norton, American Savings, and Kerns buildings are also in view. Date:  August 16, 1957 ...

Image - eclemens - 07/08/2010 - 10:00 - 0 comments - 3 attachments