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(31188) Santa Claus Training School, Detroit, 1938

Captain Harry W. Wilson goes over the basics with students of the Santa Claus Training School. The newly minted Santas were part of a campaign by the Volunteers of America to raise funds for Christmas baskets and winter relief work. Chalkboard reads ...

Image - eclemens - 12/19/2014 - 11:45 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(72730) Labor Day, Parade, Detroit, 1941

Children dress in patriotic garb during Detroit's 1941 Labor Day Parade. Date:  1941-09-01 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich.)—Cultural affairs, De ...

Image - eclemens - 09/01/2014 - 11:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(9812) Detroit Public Library

Members of Local 1259, Detroit, Michigan Public Library Employees, look at a library display on labor history at the Detroit Public Library. From left they are Rita Beck, vice president of Local 1259; Doris Detwiler, president; Helga Herz, chairman of p ...

Image - jruss - 05/09/2023 - 11:40 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30708) Tiger Stadium, Corktown, Aerial View, Detroit, 1969

Aerial view of Tiger Stadium in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood. At right is the construction of the Fisher ...

Image - eclemens - 11/12/2013 - 16:41 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(1705) Military, Navy Bond Drive, Detroit, Michigan, 1942

Two sailors stand at attention in front of a ship moored in Campus Martius during a U.S. Navy Bond Drive, Downtown Detroit, Michigan. NOTE: Official U.S. Navy Photograph Date:  1942 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

Image - eclemens - 06/29/2010 - 07:44 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(1686) Poverty Scenes, Michigan Ave., Detroit, 1950s

... Detroit, Michigan. NOTE: Part of an expose series on Detroit’s “Skid Row” along Michigan Ave. between Washington Blvd. and ...

Image - eclemens - 06/30/2010 - 16:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33642) Red Cross, Blood Drive, Detroit, 1941

Volunteers line up at an American Red Cross receiving station during a blood drive. The drive, sponsored by the Committee for National Defense, took place the day after the United States entered into the Second World War. Date:  1941-1 ...

Image - eclemens - 11/09/2015 - 11:02 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32229) First World War, Army, Jewish Battalion, Detroit, 1918

Members of a "Jewish Battalion," pose for a photograph before leaving for the First World War. The young men are most likely members of the Jewish Legion, who actively recruited in Detroit in 1918. Date:  1918-04 Physdesc: ...

Image - eclemens - 08/01/2014 - 12:05 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30660) Urban Renewal, Black Bottom, Paradise Valley, Detroit, 1960s

View of fire escapes with laundry hanging between and sleeping porches on an unidentified apartment building. Photograph taken as part of series on the historically Black neighborhoods that were dismantled during the Detroit Medical Center construct ...

Image - eclemens - 11/13/2013 - 11:47 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30668) Churches, Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Detroit, 1960s

A view of the partially demolished Ebenezer A.M.E. Church reveals a large mural, still intact. The building, located on Willis and Brush, was destroyed by a fire on August 6, 1960. The building was the third home for the congregation, which is the sixth ...

Image - eclemens - 11/13/2013 - 15:27 - 0 comments - 3 attachments