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(33629) 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 - 11:27 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Olga Dworkin Papers

‹ previous 449 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSP002733 Extent:  2 Linear Feet (1 SB, 1 OB) Date:  Circa 1944-1986 Olga Frances (Gorup) Dworkin (1925-2015) was a ...

Abstracts - astankrauff - 08/05/2019 - 14:09 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(1188) Flyer, Sojourner Truth Housing Project, 1942

A flyer, created by local whites, asks for assistance from people outside their neighborhood at Nevada and Fenkell in keeping African Americans from moving into the Sojourner Truth Housing Project. Courtesy of the Charles A. Hill Collection ...

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(26058) Riots, Rebellions, Arrests, 1967

A flood of prisoners are released from the County Jail and loaded onto a waiting bus as National Guardsmen and Police look on during the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-26 Physdes ...

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The Evolution of Michigan Avenue

... was completed, a true urban renewal project aimed at Detroit’s own Skid Row wiped out additional nineteenth-century structures along Michigan Avenue, further reshaping Detroit’s skyline. By the 1950s, the area surrounding Michigan Avenue ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 07/12/2021 - 10:09 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(26036) Riots, Rebellions, Arson, Buildings, 1969

An apartment building at the corner of Blaine and 12th Street, destroyed during the civil unrest of 1967. The photograph was taken as an example of derelict housing for a HUD report. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1969-0 ...

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(8880) First AFSCME Convention

The AFSCME convention took place at the Book-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit, Michigan in 1936. AFSCME President Arnold Zander is seated with folded hands in the center front. Behind and to his left is Secretary-Treasurer Roy Kubista. Date:  ...

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Jimmy Hoffa FBI Files

‹ previous 602 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP001822 Extent:  7 linear feet (7 SB) Date:  1964-2002, bulk 1975-1992 Jimmy Hoffa (1913-1982) was born in Brazil, ...

Abstracts - drice - 03/10/2016 - 11:43 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(33641) Recruitment, Polish Army, Volunteers, Windsor, Ontario, 1941

Volunteers from Detroit cross the Canadian border into Windsor to enlist in the Polish Army. Date:  1941-05-27 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich.), ...

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(32231) First World War, CIvilian Support, Parades, 1918

Belgian refugees, brought to Detroit during the First World War, march down Woodward Avenue in a parade sponsored by the American Red Cross. Date:  1918 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Det ...

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