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(28944) Ethnic Communities, Greek, Politics, 1975

Members of Detroit's Greek community, dressed in traditional costume, attend a demonstration in Kennedy Square. Date:  1975-07-21 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff - Lawrence ...

Image - eclemens - 04/05/2013 - 10:07 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(DN_79585) Ethnic Communities, Irish, Neighborhoods, Businesses, Corktown, c. 1890

A view of the Detroit haymarket located at Michigan and Trumbull, the future location of Navin Field / Briggs Stadium. Date:  Circa 1890 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Metro D ...

Image - eclemens - 05/13/2013 - 11:26 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33624) War Industry, Women Workers, Morley Knight Company, 1943

Portrait of Janet Kinsman, munitions worker at the Morley Knight Company in Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1943-03-11 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff - Burgert (Detroi ...

Image - eclemens - 11/05/2015 - 10:59 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26002) Riots, Rebellions, Looting, 1967

An unidentified man pushes a shopping cart filled with items taken from looted businesses during the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-24 Physdesc:  Photograph Ph ...

Image - eclemens - 05/06/2017 - 14:00 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33916) Holiday Scenes, Thanksgiving, Sara Fisher Home for Orphans, 1930s

Little pilgrims and other children from the Sara Fisher Home for Orphans say grace before settling in for Thanksgiving dinner. Date:  1930s Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Sta ...

Image - eclemens - 11/23/2015 - 10:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26050) Riots, Rebellions, Clean-up, Salvage, 1967

Caption by photographer: “As conditions improved in this riot-torn city, workers started cleaning up and salvaging what they could. These workers are collecting copper wire from this burned out area while two members of the 82nd Airborne Division guar ...

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[Podcast] Labor’s End: Automation’s Failed Promise of Freedom

Dr. Jason Resnikoff explains that the rise of automation in the mid-20th century workplace was heralded as a way to free workers from manual labor, but resulted instead in the intensification of human labor and the degradation of workers’ p ...

Podcasts - teller - 07/28/2022 - 13:22 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Dr. Cornelius Golightly - philosopher and champion of education

The Reuther Library has several recognizable and notable members of the community within its stacks. One such figure, Dr. Cornelius Golightly, happens to be a well-known philosopher and trailblazing African American educator. Cornelius Lacy ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 02/04/2021 - 16:08 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(DN_38582_5) Ethnic Communities, Irish, Sports, Gaelic Football, 1958

Players race down the pitch as the football nears the goal during a Gaelic Football match at an unidentified Detroit Park. Date:  1958-05-25 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff ...

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Fred Hansen Papers

‹ previous 515 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UP002682 Extent:  .25 linear feet, (1 MB) Date:  1959-1963 Fred Hansen (1914-1964) was a construction superintenden ...

Abstracts - kschmeling - 04/24/2016 - 18:53 - 0 comments - 1 attachment