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(79698) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, War Industry, 1944

Song Yee, Bob Yee and William Hing work the Curtiss Helldiver bomber wing line in a Hudson Motor Car Company plant in Detroit. Behind them a sign reads "From Detroit to Tokio is 6,516 miles by air. Victory for the Allies is not too far off. We Chinese w ...

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Chicago Union Printers Baseball Association Records

‹ previous 270 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LR001527 Extent:  1 folder Date:  1970-1984 The Chicago Union Printers Baseball Association was founded in the spr ...

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(25242) UAW Organizing, Battle of the Overpass, Dearborn, 1937

UAW organizers, members of the UAW Local 174 Women's Auxiliary and their supporters are forced back from the Ford Rouge Plant and into the Detroit Street Railway waiting area by Ford Service Department employees during the Battle of the Overpass. ...

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Wayne State University College of Education Teachers’ Corps Records

‹ previous 1602 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSR000308 Extent:  8 linear feet (8 SB) Date:  1950-1977, bulk 1966-1973 The Teachers’ Corps was a national orga ...

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Everett R. Phelps Papers

‹ previous 1737 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSP000175 Extent:  .75 linear feet (2 MB) Date:  1948-1961 The papers of Everett R. Phelps were placed in the Univ ...

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Folklore Fridays: Halloween Edition

It is that time of year again! Prepare thyself for the long nights to come with a sampling of supernatural tales drawn from student fieldwork projects for the Folklore Archive . The Haunted Farmhouse It wouldn’t be a proper H ...

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(27851) Prohibition, Federal Agents, Amos Woodcock, 1930s

Amos W. Woodcock, United States Prohibition Chief, poses for reporters during a visit to Detroit. Date:  Circa 1930s Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Prohibition ...

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(27746) Cavanagh, Press Conferences, Gun Control, 1968

Mayor Jerome Cavanagh speaks to members of the press on the topic of gun control. Date:  1968 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit (Mich.), Detroit--po ...

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(27109) Political Campaigns, Cavanagh, 1970

Jerome Cavanagh at the podium during his 1970 Senate Campaign. Date:  1970 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit (Mich.), Detroit--politics and governmen ...

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(32006) Viola Liuzzo, Family, 1965

A candid view inside the Liuzzo household, one day after civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo was murdered by the KKK. Left to right: Anthony Liuzzo (husband), Peggy (daughter), and Tim (son). Date:  1965-03-26 Physdes ...

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