Search

Search results

(27838) Prohibtion, Agents, Detroit, 1920s

Prohibition agents, in uniform and plainclothes, pose for a photograph. Date:  Circa 1920s Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Prohibition in Southeastern Michigan, ...

Image - eclemens - 01/13/2012 - 11:21 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30661) Urban Renewal, Black Bottom, Paradise Valley, Detroit, 1960s

Exterior view of The Right Hand Cleaners, located at 5743 Hastings Street. Photograph taken as part of series on the historically Black neighborhoods that were dismantled during the Detroit Medical Center construction clearances. Date:& ...

Image - eclemens - 11/13/2013 - 11:50 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25333) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "March to Freedom," Detroit, 1963

Thousands rally against racial discrimination on in downtown Detroit during the "March to Freedom" civil rights demonstration. Date:  1963-06-23 Physdesc:  Photograph (African Americans, Civil rights, Demonstr ...

Image - eclemens - 06/26/2023 - 07:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26895) City Hall, Kennedy Memorial, Detroit, 1963

A view of the memorial service held for President John F. Kennedy at Detroit's (old) City Hall. Date:  1963-11-23 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  J.A. Mancinelli (Cavanagh, Jerome P., ...

Image - eclemens - 02/08/2018 - 11:45 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Collection Spotlight: LGBT Materials at the Reuther Library

... of voices. To this end, the Reuther will have a table at Detroit’s Hotter Than July! picnic on July 30th at Palmer Park to bring ... collection documents 20 years of efforts to strengthen Detroit’s LGBT community. The collection includes a significant amount of ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 06/14/2022 - 12:54 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(27951) Angela Davis, Speeches, Detroit, 1974

Activist Angela Davis addresses the crowd during a rally at Detroit's Cobo Hall. Date:  1974-02-24 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (African Americans, Black Panth ...

Image - eclemens - 02/05/2013 - 04:09 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Old Main, Detroit, Michigan

Exterior shot of Old Main with two women in foreground, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  circa 1950s Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (University Archives, Wayne State University — Pl ...

Image - pneirink - 11/04/2008 - 21:43 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32047) Demonstrations, Strikes, Detroit Newspaper Strike, 1996

General Baker is escorted away as he demonstrates as a member of "Reader's United," a group formed to support the Detroit Newspaper Strike. Date:  1996 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Dale Ri ...

Image - mwallace - 09/04/2014 - 11:07 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28606) Race Riots, Violence, Arrests, Detroit, 1943

Robert Cattone (17), Anthony Saraceno (18), Armando Mastantuono (20) and Aldo Trani (16) wait in a Detroit Police Station. The youths were convicted in the murder of Moses Kisks, an African American man, during the 1943 race riot. Kisks was gunned ...

Image - eclemens - 06/11/2012 - 15:04 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30674) Streetscapes, Downtown Detroit, 1966

View of businesses along Grand River Ave. near Griswold Street in in downtown Detroit. Date:  1966-07 Physdesc:  Slide (Streetscapes and Storefronts: City Life in 1960s Detroit, Architecture, Detroit (Mich.), ...

Image - eclemens - 11/08/2013 - 16:04 - 0 comments - 3 attachments