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(30654) Urban Renewal, Black Bottom, Paradise Valley, Detroit, 1960s

Exterior of an unidentified barber shop on Hastings Street. Photograph taken as part of series on the historically Black neighborhoods that were dismantled during the Detroit Medical Center construction clearances. Date:  1960s ...

Image - eclemens - 11/13/2013 - 11:42 - 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

(30689) Urban Renewal, Detroit Medical Center, Housing, 1960s

... constructed Medical Center Courts housing development on Detroit’s lower east side. Date:  1960s ...

Image - eclemens - 11/11/2013 - 14:53 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30656) Urban Renewal, Black Bottom, Detroit, 1960

Exterior of Rock of Ages Universal Temple of Prayer, a storefront church, located at 5764 Hastings Street. Photograph taken as part of series on the historically Black neighborhoods that were dismantled during the Detroit Medical Center construction ...

Image - eclemens - 11/07/2013 - 17:53 - 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

(30667) Urban Renewal, Black Bottom, Paradise Valley, Detroit, 1960s

Children stand outside of the Mother Mary Spiritual Healing Temple of Truth, located at 4743 Hastings Street. Photograph taken as part of series on the historically Black neighborhoods that were dismantled during the Detroit Medical Center constr ...

Image - eclemens - 11/13/2013 - 15:36 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30688) Streetscapes, Businesses, Downtown, Detroit, 1966

A view of Shelby Street, near the intersection of Congress, in downtown Detroit. At rear, the Book-Cadillac Hotel is in view. Date:  1966-09 Physdesc:  Slide (Streetscapes and Storefronts: City Life in 1960s D ...

Image - eclemens - 11/11/2013 - 14:51 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33650) VJ Day, Parades, Filipino Community, Detroit, 1945

Filipino citizens and soldiers, followed by a group of children, carry a banner that reads "The Philippine Commonwealth--Gen.MacArthur--The Filipino People Salute You and Your Men On Sweeping Victories. Long Live Democracy!" during the VJ Day Parade in ...

Image - eclemens - 11/10/2015 - 12:15 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32170) U-Boat, Detroit River, 1910s

A captured German U-Boat 97 is moored along the banks of the Detroit River. In the background a passenger ferry, possibly the S.S. Columbia or the S.S. St. Clair, is in view. Date:  1910s Physdesc:  Photo negative ...

Image - eclemens - 07/28/2014 - 13:35 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27836) Prohibition, Enforcement, Raids, Detroit, 1920s

Officers admire a cache of alcohol captured during a raid. At right are a pile of suitcases, presumably used to transport the contraband throughout Detroit. Date:  Circa 1920s Physdesc:  Photo negative P ...

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