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(27850) Prohibition, Raids, Detroit, 1929

Alcohol, discovered by Prohibition agents during a raid on an illegal distillery, pours out of upper windows of three--story storefront in Detroit during Prohibition. Date:  1929-12-10 Physdesc:  Photo negative ...

Image - eclemens - 01/17/2012 - 08:56 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26096) Riots, Rebellion, Arson, Detroit Fire Department, 1967

Firefighting equipment, deployed by Detroit Fire Department Engine 52 to combat arson during the civil unrest of 1967, sits at the corner of Manistique and Warren Avenue on Detroit's east side. Courtesy Detroit News Collection Date:&nb ...

Image - eclemens - 05/06/2017 - 09:39 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24847) NAACP, Demonstrations, F.W. Woolworth, Detroit, 1960

Members and supporters of the NAACP picket the F.W. Woolworth store at 6565 Woodward Ave. and West Grand Boulevard in an effort to force the store to allow integrated lunch counters, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1960-03 Physd ...

Image - eclemens - 01/03/2012 - 10:13 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Detroit Adventure, Conversations in the Arts, 1959

The program for the 1959 Detroit Adventure "Conversations in the Arts" seminar series. Date:  1959 Physdesc:  Poster (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit Adventure, University Archives, Wayne State University , Wayne Sta ...

Image - cwesterman - 11/26/2012 - 12:43 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32179) Women, War Workers, Munitions, Detroit, 1918

Women munitions workers at the torch in an unidentified Detroit Factory. Date:  1918-05 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit News, The Home F ...

Image - eclemens - 07/28/2014 - 14:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(1684) Poverty Scenes, Michigan Ave., Detroit, 1950s

... Detroit, Michigan. NOTE: Part of an expose series on Detroit’s “Skid Row” along Michigan Ave. between Washington Blvd. and ...

Image - eclemens - 12/02/2010 - 11:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Detroit Adventure, Arts Festival, 1964

Date:  1964 Physdesc:  Poster (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit Adventure, University Archives, Wayne State University , Wayne State University — Graphics) ...

Image - cwesterman - 11/26/2012 - 12:42 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30695) Urban Renewal, Lafayette Park, Detroit, 1966

Detroit’s skyline, as seen from Lafayette Park. Designed by Mies Van Der Rohe, Lafayette Park, located in Detroit’s lower east side just north of downtown, was the first urban renewal ...

Image - eclemens - 11/11/2013 - 15:48 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30657) Urban Renewal, Black Bottom, Paradise Valley, Detroit, 1950s

A street view of retail stores along Hastings Street at the intersection of Mack Ave. In view is Morris Loan Office, a restaurant that featured "chicken and shrimps," Chase’s Supermarket and an unidentified Hardware Store. Photograph taken as part ...

Image - eclemens - 11/09/2016 - 12:21 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28275) Ethnic Communities, Latin American, Schools, Children, Detroit, 1981

Students of Webster Elementary in Southwestern Detroit pose for a photograph. Photograph was taken as part of a story that spoke to the conditions in Detroit Public Schools that have large populations of Latin Americans. Date:  198 ...

Image - eclemens - 05/18/2012 - 15:15 - 0 comments - 3 attachments