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(DN_21717_1) Ethnic Communities, Polish, Customs, Dygus Day, 1916

A woman taps a man on the leg with a willow switch during "Switching Day" festivities. Known as Smigus Dygus, or in America as Dygus (Switching) Day, the custom dictates that on Easter Monday young unmarried girls may be doused with water and switch ...

Image - eclemens - 03/02/2011 - 15:24 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(35776) Tony Spina Photographs; Civil Disturbance; 1967

A group of men and children run down 12th Street during the first day of the civil unrest. Detroit, Michigan. 1967-07-23. Date:  1967-07-23 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Tony Spina ...

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(DN_79564) Ethnic Communities, Polish, Neighborhoods, 1928

Window shopping in a Polish neighborhood, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1928-1-16 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Metro Detroit Ethnic Communities, Detroit (Mich.), Poli ...

Image - eclemens - 03/01/2011 - 22:08 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(DN_79589) Ethnic Communities, Yugoslavian, Demonstrations, 1987

Demonstrators hold signs and banners in front of the General Motors Building that protest GM's "partnership with the oppressive Yugoslavian regime," Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1987-03-30 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

Image - eclemens - 06/05/2023 - 10:27 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(35781) Tony Spina Photographs; Civil Disturbance; 1967

Residents look through the rubble of a building destroyed during the civil unrest. Detroit, Michigan. 1967-07. Date:  1967-07 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Tony Spina (Detroit (M ...

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(28310) Ethnic Communities, Romanian, Musicians, 1937

Romanian musicians J. Hebey and Harry Herbey pose in traditional costume. Date:  1927-04-28 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff - Miller (Metro Detroit Ethnic Communitie ...

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(35325) Local 174 Mural, "Untitled" 1937

A view of the Walter Speck mural, “Untitled.” The mural, painted in 1937 for UAW Local 174, depicts scenes from the union’s history. The mural was donated to Wayne State University in 2015 and is currently on display in the Reuther Library’s Re ...

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(35782) Tony Spina Photographs; Civil Disturbance; 1967

Members of the military walk down the center of a street during the 1967 civil unrest. Detroit, Michigan. 1967-07. Date:  1967-07 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Tony Spina (Detroi ...

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Robert E. DeMascio Papers

‹ previous 367 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP002075 Extent:  5 linear feet (5 SB) Date:  1970-1997, bulk 1975-1980 Robert E. DeMascio, a Detroit lawyer, was a ...

Abstracts - srafferty - 11/14/2017 - 11:18 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(12275) Ford Hunger March, Funeral Procession, 1932

Thousands fill the streets as they await the funeral procession for four of the men slain during the Ford Hunger March, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1932-03-12 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Un ...

Image - eclemens - 03/18/2011 - 15:44 - 0 comments - 3 attachments