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(33651) Recruitment, Polish Army, Windsor, Ontario, 1941

Detroit members of the Polish Legion stand outside of a building in Windsor, Ontario after enlisting into the Polish Army. The banner behing them reads: "Stacja Zborna W.P. Recruiting Station Of The Polish Army." Date:  1941-08-29 ...

Image - eclemens - 11/10/2015 - 12:19 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26885) Cavanagh, Inaugural Ball, 1966

Mayor Jerome Cavanagh cuts the cake at the 1966 Inaugural Ball. Date:  1966-01-04 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit (Mich.), Detroit--politics and go ...

Image - eclemens - 02/07/2018 - 15:19 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(12272) Ford Hunger March, Funeral Procession, 1932

“The head of the vast funeral march of 70,000 proceeding down Woodward Avenue in silent pledge that the four martyrs (Joe York, George Bussell, Coleman Leny and Joe Blasio) who were killed on Monday, March 7, 1932 did not die in vain.” -Photogr ...

Image - eclemens - 03/20/2012 - 16:42 - 0 comments - 5 attachments

[Podcast] Brewing a Boycott: Collective Activism and the Decades-Long Coors Beer Boycott

Dr. Allyson Brantley explains how large and diverse groups joined together for a decades-long consumer boycott of the Coors Brewing Company to fight against its union busting, discriminatory hiring practices, and politics. Brantley is an assi ...

Podcasts - teller - 12/20/2021 - 09:38 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(26047) Riots, Rebellions, Red Cross, Blood Shortage, 1967

Donors line up at the Red Cross Blood Center in the suburb of Roseville, Michigan during the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-26 Physdesc:  Photograph (American Red Cr ...

Image - eclemens - 05/06/2017 - 14:11 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33628) War Industry, Women Workers, Morley Knight Company, 1943

War workers listen to music as they eat their lunches on the plant floor of the Morley Knight Company in Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1943-03-11 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News S ...

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

(28636) Riots, Housing, Sojourner Truth, State Troops, 1942

Michigan State Troops in full dress set up camp in an empty field on Nevada Street across from the Sojourner Truth Housing projects on "moving day." Over 1,400 State and Detroit police and 1,000 Michigan State Troops were brought in to protect the 200 A ...

Image - eclemens - 06/15/2012 - 04:49 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Louise Potter Papers

‹ previous 1743 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSP000275 Extent:  .25 linear feet (1 MB) Date:  1920-1924 Louise Potter was part of the faculty of Central High S ...

Abstracts - cwesterman - 04/08/2016 - 15:37 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(26904) Cavanagh, Last Day in Office, 1970

Jerome Cavanagh gives a press conference on his last day as Detroit's mayor. Date:  1970-01-05 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit (Mich.), Detroit--po ...

Image - eclemens - 02/12/2018 - 12:01 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33935) Portraits, Edward Stanton, 1930s

Undated portrait of the photographer and fine artist Edward "Bucky" Stanton. Date:  1930s Photographer:  Edward Stanton (Edward Stanton Photographs, African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century, ...

Image - eclemens - 03/30/2017 - 15:03 - 0 comments - 3 attachments