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(30664) Urban Renewal, Black Bottom, Paradise Valley, Detroit, 1960s

Exterior view of the Spiritual Israel Church, located at 5434 Hastings Street. Photograph taken as part of series on the historically Black neighborhoods that were dismantled during the Detroit Medical Center construction clearances. Da ...

Image - eclemens - 11/13/2013 - 15:37 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32206) Women, War Workers, Automobile, Detroit, 1917-1918

Portrait of unidentified female auto workers during the First World War. Date:  1917-1918 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Automobile industry workers, Detroit (M ...

Image - eclemens - 03/08/2017 - 13:53 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32643) Kenneth Cockrel, Police, STRESS, Rallies, Detroit, 1972

Attorney Kenneth Cockrel addresses the audience at an Anti-STRESS (Stop the Robberies and Enjoy Safe Streets) event in Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1972-03-26 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  ...

Image - eclemens - 01/07/2015 - 12:07 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32105) Draft & Recruitment, Deployment, Detroit, 1917-1918

Soldiers and recent recruits march through a sea of well wishers in downtown Detroit as they make their way to to train station to depart for camp. Signs read: "ENLIST NOW! Your country needs you! U.S. Army Recruiting Station 221 Woodward Ave." and ...

Image - eclemens - 07/25/2014 - 14:48 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33690) Celebrations, VJ Day, Chinatown, Detroit, 1945

Detroit's Chinatown erupts into celebration as word spreads of the surrender of the Japanese. Date:  1945-08-14 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich.), ...

Image - eclemens - 11/11/2015 - 13:02 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30381) Plans for Proposed Incinerator, Detroit, 1960s

Architectural rendering of a proposed garbage incinerator to be located at 7501 West Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. Source: Mel Ravitz Collection Date:  Circa 1968 (Air quality, City planning, Detroit (Mich.). City Cou ...

Image - eclemens - 04/05/2013 - 10:56 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30697) Urban Renewal, Lafayette Park, Detroit, 1965

... Designed by Mies Van Der Rohe, Lafayette Park, located in Detroit’s lower east side just north of downtown, was the first urban renewal ...

Image - eclemens - 11/11/2013 - 16:19 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30676) Streetscapes, Downtown Detroit, 1966

A view of businesses along Grand River near the corner of Woodward in downtown Detroit. Date:  1966-08 Physdesc:  Slide (Streetscapes and Storefronts: City Life in 1960s Detroit, Architecture, Detroit (Mich.), ...

Image - eclemens - 11/11/2013 - 10:40 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32192) Civilian Support, Soldiers, War Camp Community Services, Detroit, 1910s

A soldier exits the War Camp Community Service hut located in Campus Martius in downtown Detroit. Date:  1917-1918 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich. ...

Image - eclemens - 07/29/2014 - 10:59 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25340) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "March to Freedom," Detroit, 1963

An interior view of Cobo Hall as participants in the “March to Freedom” civil rights demonstration wait for the speakers to appear. Date:  1963-06-23 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  De ...

Image - eclemens - 06/08/2011 - 13:39 - 0 comments - 3 attachments