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(26035) Riots, Rebellions, Race Relations, 1967

Herbert Redmond and Patrick Cullen toast each other during a visit to Baxter's Bar. The photograph was taken to illustrate that racial harmony was still possible despite the events of July 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:&nb ...

Image - eclemens - 05/06/2017 - 14:09 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(WSAV002727_174) Neighborhood scene, Milwaukee Avenue

The Giannini residence displays an American flag in celebration of the Fourth of July, North side of Milwaukee Avenue near DuBois Street. Date:  1981-07-04 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Bru ...

Image - eclemens - 11/14/2023 - 12:02 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(WSAV002727_057) Poletown, Neighborhood Views, Adele Street, 1981

An African-American family poses for a photo on the porch of home located on Adele Street near Chene. Date:  1981-03-19 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Bruce Harkness (African Americans ...

Image - eclemens - 07/11/2019 - 14:18 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(WSAV002727_176) Dennison Bookkeeping Service, E. Grand Boulevard

Exterior view of "Dennison Bookkeeping Service," formerly "Guarantee Trust and Loan Company," E. Grand Boulevard, at Trombly Street. Date:  1981-07-07 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Bruce Har ...

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William Bunge, Radical Cartographer and Radical Member of Wayne State Faculty

... teaching methods, including bussing his students to Detroit’s roughest neighborhoods to undertake what he called “human ... meeting. Later that spring he fought the charges in Detroit’s 36th District Court. Bunge passed away in Canada in 2013. ...

Blog entry - astankrauff - 01/24/2018 - 13:02 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(WSAV002727_162) Salvage, Kanter Street at Moran Street

Two men salvage parts of an abandoned car, Kanter Street at Moran Street. Date:  1981-06-24 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Bruce Harkness (African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--History ...

Image - eclemens - 11/09/2023 - 15:17 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26897) Cavanagh, Kennedy, District of Columbia, 1963

Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh and U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy share a conversation during an unidentified meeting. Date:  1963-04-16 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Ca ...

Image - eclemens - 02/08/2018 - 11:52 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32213) First World War, Civilian Support, Red Cross Parade, 1918

Young boys, possibly members of the Junior Red Cross, carry a coffin labeled "Kaiser Bill's" during a Red Cross parade in downtown Detroit. Date:  1918-04 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  D ...

Image - eclemens - 07/30/2014 - 10:47 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(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.), ...

Image - eclemens - 11/09/2015 - 10:47 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2679) Participants, 1953 Board Meeting

Participants pose for a photograph at a 1953 Society of Women Engineers board meeting in Detroit, Michigan. (seated, l to r) Katharine Stinson, Miriam Gerla (standing, l to r) Isabelle French, Sophia Voskerchian, Mary Louise Pottle, Lois G ...

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