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(1667) War Industry, Second World War, Eureka Gas Mask Factory, Detroit, 1941

Female war workers assemble gas masks at the Eureka Gas Mask Factory on Fort Street in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1941 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Tony Spina - G ...

Image - eclemens - 07/07/2010 - 15:28 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2466) Buildings, Construction, Cobo Hall, Groundbreaking Ceremony, Detroit, 1957

Mayor Albert Cobo and Frank Schamanski preside over the event as City Council members and their children break ground for the proposed Convention Center (Cobo Hall), Detroit, Michigan. Date:  July 23, 1957 Physdesc:  ...

Image - eclemens - 12/14/2010 - 11:53 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Newsclipping, Detroit Free Press

500 students in new (engineering) college. Date:  1933 (University Archives, Wayne State University — Places) ...

Image - astankrauff - 11/05/2008 - 11:36 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(31866) Prohibition, Speakeasies, Stork Club, Detroit, 1932

An exterior view of the Stork Club, a speakeasy located at 47 Rowena Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The establishment was frequented by members of the Purple Gang. Date:  1932-06-20 Physdesc:  Photograph (Detroi ...

Image - eclemens - 10/26/2015 - 16:24 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11451) Conventions, UAW-AFL, Detroit, Michigan, 1939

Followers of Homer Martin’s UAW-AFL union hold their own convention in Detroit, Michigan as the general convention of the UAW-CIO takes place in Cleveland, Ohio. Date:  1939 Physdesc:  Photograph Photo ...

Image - eclemens - 10/16/2009 - 13:35 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33795) Children Playing, Black Bottom, Detroit

... taken of children on the Near East Side, adjacent to Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood. Date:  1930s-1940s ...

Image - eclemens - 08/19/2021 - 10:46 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33796) Children Playing, Near East Side, 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 - 05/26/2022 - 13:22 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2470) Buildings, Construction, Cobo Hall, Detroit, 1958

The keystone section for Cobo Hall is lowered into place during an early stage of its construction, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  May 6, 1958 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Arc ...

Image - eclemens - 12/14/2010 - 11:54 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33777) Portraits, Children, Near East Side, 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 - 10:47 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24851) NAACP, Reception, Freedom Riders, Episcopalians, Detroit, 1961

The Detroit NAACP welcomes two unidentified Episcopalian Priests during a reception at the Penthouse of the Veteran’s Memorial Building held for a group of Civil Rights Freedom Riders. At left is Arthur (Art) Johnson. Ed Turner stands at center. ...

Image - eclemens - 01/03/2012 - 10:11 - 0 comments - 3 attachments