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(WSAV002727_185) Residential views, backyard, Milwaukee Avenue

A view of the backyard of Giannini home, north side of Milwaukee Avenue, near DuBois Street. Date:  1981-07-20 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Bruce Harkness (African Americans--Michiga ...

Image - eclemens - 11/15/2023 - 10:11 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Wayne State University: The South End Newspapers Photographs

‹ previous 1763 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSAV002779 Use restriction:  Patrons must make an appointment with the AV Department prior to visiting. Extent:  6.5 Li ...

Abstracts - drice - 01/05/2018 - 13:05 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Hidden Gem: A.G. and Marie Mezerik Papers

It’s hard to explain to people just how extensive (over 2,500 collections) and varied the archival holdings of the Reuther Library are. When someone asks, we first respond with the “Big Ones, ” such as the UAW, the American Federation ...

Blog entry - aergas - 10/09/2015 - 14:52 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Grace Hill Papers

‹ previous 1670 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSP000009 Extent:  1 folder Date:  circa 1930s Grace Hill was the first head of the French Department at Detroit J ...

Abstracts - cwesterman - 04/27/2012 - 13:32 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(79804) Ethnic Communities, Arab, Businesses, 1990

Portrait of Sid Shaheen, owner of Sid Office Supply in Westland, Michigan. Photographer's note: "Shaheen recalled working up to 20-hour shifts when he ran a party store on Detroit's west side." The photograph ran to illustrate an article on how ...

Image - eclemens - 06/07/2013 - 16:00 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33757) Purple Gang, Harry Millman, Assassination Attempt, 1937

A crowd gathers behind Harry Millman’s LaSalle Coupe, destroyed during an assassination attempt at 234 W. Lafayette Boulevard in downtown Detroit. Date:  33757 Physdesc:  Photograph (Detroit (Mich.), Organi ...

Image - eclemens - 10/26/2015 - 10:15 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Myra Wolfgang: New inductee to the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame

... after her death, Myra Wolfgang stands among the giants in Detroit’s labor movement. Her involvement in labor organizing began not long ...

Blog entry - aergas - 11/11/2015 - 12:31 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(28278) Ethnic Communities, Latin American, Voter Registration, 1992

Gloria Ross, a volunteer deputy registrar, registers Victoria Belemares to vote inside of Xochi’s Gift Shop in Southwest Detroit. Date:  1992-01-23 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit Ne ...

Image - eclemens - 05/18/2012 - 15:16 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24869) NAACP, Fundraising, 1960s

Crowds gather to donate money during an unidentified NAACP fundraising drive, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  Circa 1960s (African Americans, Civil rights, Detroit (Mich.), NAACP, NAACP ― Gallery, National Association for the Advanc ...

Image - eclemens - 05/11/2011 - 13:44 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Folklore Friday: Halloween Edition, v.3

... Street A fine place to start is with one of Detroit’s most enduring local ghost stories: Knock-Knock Street or the Ghost ... traffic accident that resulted in the death of a child on Detroit’s East Side. The story shifts according to who is telling it, ...

Blog entry - eclemens - 11/01/2019 - 08:19 - 0 comments - 0 attachments