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(11509) Defense Work, Model City, Reuther, Detroit, Michgian, 1941

Walter Reuther (center) shares a proposed model city for Detroit’s defense workers, sponsored by the UAW-CIO. “Defense City” would ...

Image - eclemens - 10/22/2009 - 08:48 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(9188) Buildings, Automobile Factories, Chrysler, Detroit, c. 1940s

An aerial view of the Chrysler Assembly Plant on Jefferson Avenue and the surrounding neighborhoods, Detroit, Michigan. In the background the Hudson Motor Car Company Plant is in view. Date:  Circa 1940s Physdesc:  ...

Image - eclemens - 07/21/2010 - 14:20 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

"Last Pictures of Jimmy Hoffa," proof sheet, 1975

Negatives taken by Free Press photographer Tony Spina of Jimmy Hoffa on the morning of Hoffa's disappearance. Date:  1975-07-30 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Tony Spina (Detroit ...

Image - eclemens - 07/30/2025 - 14:53 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27791) The Miles Poetry Committee Collection; Poetry Week Schedule, Detroit, Michigan, 1964

The flyer for the 18th annual Modern Poetry Week, held in April 1964 at Wayne State University, organized by the Miles Modern Poetry Committee. Participating speakers: Philip Levine, Diether Haenicke, X.J. Kennedy, Bernard Waldrop, Stephen Spender, Rob ...

Image - cwesterman - 02/26/2015 - 14:33 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2919) Skyline, Detroit, Riverfront, Downriver View, 1950

An aerial view of the riverfront that shows ships moored in the Detroit River, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1950 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Tony Spina - General, Urban Aff ...

Image - eclemens - 08/08/2018 - 16:16 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28075) Demonstrations, Civil Rights March, Anniversary, Detroit, 2003

Local political and organized labor leaders head the march down Woodward Ave. in commemoration of the 1963 “Walk to Freedom” civil rights march. At center is Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Third from right is UAW President Ron Gettelfinger. ...

Image - eclemens - 05/22/2013 - 15:33 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28048) Landmarks, Art Instillations, Detroit, Heidelberg Project, 1990s

The home of Tyree Guyton’s mother, on the corner of Chene and Canfield, displays support for the Detroit Newspaper Strike. Guyton, an internationally renown artist, is best known for his open-air art installation and non-profit organization called “ ...

Image - eclemens - 05/27/2016 - 12:52 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2912) Skyline, Detroit, Riverfront, Downriver View, 1974

An aerial view of the downtown skyline, the riverfront, rail yards, the shipping channels on the Detroit River, and the Detroit Free Press riverfront plant, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1974 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

Image - eclemens - 07/22/2009 - 09:40 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11455) Chrysler Strike, Detroit, Michigan, 1939

John Dewey, a federal conciliator in many of the early UAW strikes, reads aloud the agreement that settled the 1939 Chrysler Strike, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1939 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:&nbs ...

Image - eclemens - 11/17/2023 - 11:40 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2843) Streetcars, Woodward Ave, Detroit, Michigan, 1956

Patrons walk in the safety zone as they prepare to board the last Detroit Street Railway (DSR) streetcar on Woodward near Gratiot, Detroit, Michigan. This photograph of streetcar no. 268, en route on the Woodward - Log Cabin route, looks south on Woodwa ...

Image - eclemens - 07/08/2009 - 16:38 - 0 comments - 3 attachments