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(79695) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, Portraits, 1938

"Chinese Madonna and Child," a portrait by staff photographer Monroe D. Stroeker of the Detroit News. Date:  1938-03-16 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff - Monroe D. Stoeker ...

Image - eclemens - 01/14/2013 - 17:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(79659) Ethnic Communities, Filipino, Candle Dance, 1955

Filipino youths demonstrate the "Candle Dance." Left to right: Asuncion Mendoza, Victor Goloyugo, Fely Braganza, Romeo Nmanos Date:  1955-02-14 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News ...

Image - eclemens - 01/07/2013 - 12:32 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28647) Riots, Housing, Sojourner Truth, Protestors, 1942

Hundreds of white neighbors and their supporters line a street near the Sojourner Truth Housing Project to protest and intimidate African American families that were to move into the adjacent war housing. Date:  1942-02-28 ...

Image - eclemens - 06/15/2012 - 07:20 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28311) Ethnic Communities, Russian, Dancers, 1939

Nick Cinoff, master of the Caucasian Dagger Dance, poses in tradtional costume for a Detroit News Photographer. Noted on verso is the phrase "Rho Alpha Chi." Date:  1939-07-13 Physdesc:  Photograph Photo ...

Image - eclemens - 03/29/2012 - 08:43 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(DN_79596) Ethnic Communities, Ukrainian, Dancers, Costumes, 1955

A group of Ukrainian dancers warm up before their performance for the International Institute Garden Party at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. Left to right: Olga Iwachiw (16), Mary Koshiw (14, Myroslava Sawczuk (12), M ...

Image - eclemens - 03/23/2011 - 11:26 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

The Relocation of Japanese American Students to Wayne University during World War II

The following is a guest post by Devin Erlandson, recipient of the Ronald Raven Annual Award and the Summer 2014 intern for the Wayne State University Archives. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 wh ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 08/26/2014 - 13:51 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(27171) Cavanagh, Williams, 1960s

Mayor Jerome Cavanagh and Governor G. Mennen Williams at an undisclosed event. Date:  27171 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit (Mich.), Detroit--polit ...

Image - eclemens - 04/26/2018 - 13:05 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Tales from the Reuther Library -- We Have a Podcast!

We are excited to announce the release of our new podcast, Tales from the Reuther Library , in which archivists and researchers at the Reuther Library share stories from our collections about the American labor movement, metropolitan Detr ...

Blog entry - teller - 06/01/2018 - 10:21 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(28642) Riots, Housing, Sojourner Truth, Violence, 1942

Tear gas is used to disperse angry crowds as African American families prepare to move into the Sojourner Truth Housing Projects. Date:  1942-02-28 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit ...

Image - eclemens - 06/15/2012 - 05:02 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2529) Buildings, City County Building, Coleman A Young Municipal Center, 1950s

Construction workers prepare a caisson to be lowered into the foundation of the new City County Building, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  Circa 1950s Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina ...

Image - eclemens - 07/20/2010 - 16:03 - 0 comments - 3 attachments