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(27830) Prohibition, Smuggling, Detroit River, Detroit, 1929

A man models a makeshift scuba suit as he sits on a boat in a boathouse. The boathouse housed a cable that funneled alcohol underneath the Detroit River from Canada. Date:  1929-09-14 Physdesc:  Photo negative ...

Image - eclemens - 01/12/2012 - 16:02 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(1740) Sports, Detroit Grand Prix, Races, Detroit, Michigan, 1988

Racer Ayrton Senna poses in his car after he won the 1988 Detroit Grand Prix, Detroit, Michigan. The Renaissance Center and three American flags are seen in the background. Date:  June 19, 1988 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

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Detroit Typographical Union No. 18 Records

‹ previous 401 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LR000986 Extent:  64 Linear Feet (53 SB, 1.5 MB, 8 OS) Date:  1854 - 1996, bulk 1930-1990 Detroit Typographical Un ...

Abstracts - drice - 03/04/2024 - 11:46 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

AFT Local 231: Detroit Federation of Teachers Records

‹ previous 63 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LR000087 Extent:  34 linear feet, (34 SB) Date:  Circa 1930-1979 This collection has union newspapers, correspondenc ...

Abstracts - dgolodner - 06/30/2016 - 11:30 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(34033) Mary Ellen Riordan, Detroit Federation of Teachers, Detroit, Michigan, 1960s

Detroit, Michigan. Mary Ellen Riordan, president of AFT local 231 Detroit Federation of Teachers, smiles and holds up two fingers, with a crowd of people standing behind her. Date:  circa 1965-1966 Physdesc:  Photog ...

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[Podcast] Environmental Activism in Deindustrialized Detroit

... the labor movement, alarmed by the pollution remaining in Detroit’s deindustrialized era that mostly heavily impacted Black Americans ...

Podcasts - teller - 05/11/2022 - 14:42 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT), collective barganing, Detroit, Michigan

The reaction of Detroit Federation of Teachers’ (DFT) members when they found out they won the collective bargaining election over the Detroit Education Association. Date:  May 11, 1964 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

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The Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit

This Thanksgiving marked the 85th anniversary of a Detroit favorite now known as America’s Thanksgiving Parade. The parade was started in 1924 by Charles Wendel, the display manager of the J.L. Hudson Company department store on Woodward Avenue. Along ...

Blog entry - teller - 03/15/2017 - 15:22 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(2457) Buildings, Detroit Opera House, Campus Martius, Sam's Cut-Rate, Detroit, 1966

The Old Opera House stands partially demolished as pedestrians pass by, unmoved, Detroit, Michigan. A version of the Opera House stood at Campus Martius from 1869 to 1963. The original structure, built in 1869 by Mortimer L. Smith, was destroyed by fi ...

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Wayne State University College of Education, Dean’s Office: Detroit Public Schools Monitoring Commission on Desegregation Records

‹ previous 1550 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSR001371 Extent:  3 linear feet (3 SB) Date:  1975-1985 The Detroit Public Schools Monitoring Commission on Deseg ...

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