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(32230) First World War, Women, War Work, Transportation, Detroit, 1917-1918

Female streetcar conductors, brought into service after their male predecessors left for war, pose for a group photograph near the terminal. Date:  1917-1918 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  ...

Image - eclemens - 08/26/2014 - 09:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32176) Women, War Workers, Munitions, Lincoln Motor Company, Detroit, 1918

A female munitions worker at Lincoln Motor Company poses with one of the shells she helped build. Date:  1918-05 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich.) ...

Image - eclemens - 01/19/2018 - 17:18 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2416) Buildings, Churches, Old Mariners', Detroit, 1955

Old Mariners’ Church gingerly makes her way from her original location at the foot of Woodward Avenue to her new home at East Jefferson Avenue and Randolph Street. The Bob-Lo boat building, the Vernors plant and the Detroit River are visible in the ba ...

Image - eclemens - 07/16/2010 - 11:51 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32177) Women, War Workers, Munitions, Lincoln Motor Company, Detroit, 1918

Women munitions workers at their stations in the Lincoln Motor Company plant. Date:  1918-05 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit News, The H ...

Image - eclemens - 07/28/2014 - 14:22 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30719) Architecture, Detroit, 1966

Close view of architectural detail on an unidentified building in downtown Detroit. Date:  1966-09 Physdesc:  Slide (Streetscapes and Storefronts: City Life in 1960s Detroit, Architecture, Detroit (Mich.), Urb ...

Image - eclemens - 11/14/2013 - 14:29 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33818) Portraits, Children, 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 - 10:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32126) Draft & Recruitment, Deployment, Detroit, 1918

A group of draftees and recruits, some carrying suitcases or valises, walk through an unidentified building, possibly Michigan Central Station (M.C.R.R.) as they prepare to leave for Camp Custer. Date:  1918 Physdesc:&nbs ...

Image - eclemens - 07/25/2014 - 16:16 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33654) Red Cross, War Stamps, Detroit, 1942

Members of the Red Cross Motor Corps sell war stamps to the public on Armistice Day. Left to right: Evelyn Dinnen; Nell Rhoades; Josephine Greenblatt; Mrs. Fayette Goodman. Date:  1942-11-11 Physdesc:  Photo neg ...

Image - eclemens - 11/10/2015 - 14:38 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33613) Recruitment, Army, Detroit, 1940

Men from the U.S. Army Recruitment Agency admire a Railway Express Agency truck that has a recruitment sign affixed to its side. Left to right: L.D. Stout, Captain R.L. Gillespie, Sergeant Clare Bearss, Sergeant Frank Royce, H.J. Perrault ...

Image - eclemens - 10/27/2015 - 16:17 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32250) First World War, Armistice Day, Detroit, 1918

A group of men dressed as medical personnel march to celebrate the news of the Armistice. A sign reads: "This is Kaiser Bill after treatment by Doc USA." Other men carry a skeleton hanging from a pole. Date:  1918-11-11 Ph ...

Image - eclemens - 08/04/2014 - 15:05 - 0 comments - 3 attachments