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(2508) Buildings, City Hall, Detroit, 1962

Trees and grass are cover the area where Old City Hall once stood. At right, corner, is the empty lot where the Majestic Building stood. Part of series. Date:  1962-01-23 Physdesc:  Photograph Photograp ...

Image - eclemens - 06/30/2011 - 10:09 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(DN_1122) NAACP, Pickets, Housing Discrimination, Detroit, 1963

Demonstrators picket the General Motors Building to protest discriminative hiring practices, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1964-05-04 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff ...

Image - eclemens - 05/11/2011 - 14:25 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(1705) Military, Navy Bond Drive, Detroit, Michigan, 1942

Two sailors stand at attention in front of a ship moored in Campus Martius during a U.S. Navy Bond Drive, Downtown Detroit, Michigan. NOTE: Official U.S. Navy Photograph Date:  1942 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

Image - eclemens - 06/29/2010 - 07:44 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(3048) Portraits, Businessmen, Walker Cisler, Detroit River, 1960s

Former Chairman of Detroit Edison Walker Cisler on the Detroit River with the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit Harbor Terminals, Inc. or the Boblo dock building in the background. Date:  1960s Physdesc:  Photograph ...

Image - eclemens - 06/26/2012 - 13:37 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24863) NAACP, Groups, Mayor Cavanagh, Detroit, 1960s

Detroit Mayor Jerome (Jerry) Cavanagh poses with members of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP. The group holds newspapers that read “5+1.” Date:  Circa 1960s Physdesc:  Photograph (African Americans, Civil r ...

Image - eclemens - 05/11/2011 - 12:01 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(DN_1119) NAACP, Pickets, Housing Discrimination, Detroit, 1963

Members of the NAACP picket the apartment building at 647 W. Warren for discriminative housing practices, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1963-07-13 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News ...

Image - eclemens - 05/11/2011 - 14:26 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30725) Streetscapes, Downtown Detroit, 1966

Kern’s Department Store in a state of partial demolition. Date:  1966-07 Physdesc:  Slide (Streetscapes and Storefronts: City Life in 1960s Detroit, Architecture, Detroit (Mich.)) ...

Image - eclemens - 11/14/2013 - 12:41 - 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

(10005) Districts, Civic Center, Hart Plaza, Detroit, Michigan, 1988

An aerial view of Hart Plaza and the Detroit Riverfront, Detroit, Michigan. At left is the Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium. Inside of the plaza is the Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain (locally known as the Noguchi Fountain). At right rear is th ...

Image - eclemens - 10/26/2021 - 10:35 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32047) Demonstrations, Strikes, Detroit Newspaper Strike, 1996

General Baker is escorted away as he demonstrates as a member of "Reader's United," a group formed to support the Detroit Newspaper Strike. Date:  1996 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Dale Ri ...

Image - mwallace - 09/04/2014 - 11:07 - 0 comments - 3 attachments