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(32123) Draft & Recruitment, Deployment, Crowd Scenes, Detroit, 1917-1918

Crowds watching from rooftops on Woodward Avenue as draftees and recruits prepare to leave for Camp Custer. Date:  32123 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Collection (Det ...

Image - eclemens - 07/25/2014 - 16:09 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Mary Wallace, Rory, Detroit Lions Exhibit Opening, 2006

Mary Wallace and Rory (official Detroit Lions mascot) at the 2006 Reuther Library exhibit opening celebrating the Detroit Lions. Date:  2006 Physdesc:  Photograph (Public Relations and Social Media, University ...

Image - teller - 12/23/2024 - 10:44 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28593) Race Riots, Violence, Detroit, 1943

A group of young white men turn a car on its side, in front of a White Tower Hamburger restaurant in during race riots of 1943. Date:  1943-06-21 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit Ne ...

Image - eclemens - 06/08/2012 - 12:25 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(1673) Historical, Excavations, Downtown Detroit, 1947

Dr. M.M. Quaife, O.W. Burke, Alvin E. Harley, and Clarence E. Day stand atop an excavation that shows artifacts from the French, English and American settlements of Detroit, Michigan. Amidst the ruble was found a bridge, a building foundation, crockery, ...

Image - eclemens - 07/02/2010 - 10:30 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32270) First World War, Return of Troops, 16th Engineers, Detroit, 1919

Mrs. R.H. Strohmer and Mr. William Livingstone present the flag to Col. Harry Burgess at Michigan Central Station upon the return of the 16th Engineers from the First World War. Date:  1919-05 Physdesc:  Photo negati ...

Image - eclemens - 08/05/2014 - 12:21 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32125) Draft & Recruitment, Deployment, Crowd Scenes, Detroit, 1917-1918

Police attempt to control crowds on Woodward Avenue as draftees and recruits prepare to leave for Camp Custer. Date:  1917-1918 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (D ...

Image - eclemens - 07/25/2014 - 16:13 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32223) First World War, War Work, Streetcar Service, Detroit, 1917-1918

Portrait of a female streetcar conductor. Date:  1917-1918 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit News, The Home Front: 1914-1919, Urban Affair ...

Image - eclemens - 07/31/2014 - 16:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32228) First World War, Women, War Work, Transportation, Detroit, 1918

A woman operates a railroad communications tower, presumably because her male predecessor has been sent to service in the First World War. Date:  1918-09 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  De ...

Image - eclemens - 08/01/2014 - 11:08 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27841) Prohibition, Smuggling, Detroit River, 1930

Rum-runners bring alcohol across the frozen Detroit River in sleds. Date:  1930-02-10 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.), Prohibition ...

Image - eclemens - 01/13/2012 - 11:36 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32118) Draft & Recruitment, Deployment, Crowd Scenes, Detroit, 1917-1918

A distraught woman holding an infant in her arms stares though an iron gate at men leaving for World War I. Date:  32118 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit ...

Image - eclemens - 07/25/2014 - 15:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments