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(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

(28847) Political Campaigns, John Kennedy, Detroit, 1960

John F. Kennedy waves to the crowd in front of Cobo Hall during the American Legion Convention. Date:  1960-10 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Kennedy, John F., Political c ...

Image - eclemens - 07/21/2022 - 10:38 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33817) Street Scenes, Detroit

A man naps on the stoop of a convenience store, identity unknown. Date:  1930s-1940s Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Edward Stanton (Edward Stanton Photographs, African Americans--M ...

Image - eclemens - 08/19/2021 - 10:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25939) Demonstrations, "Walk to Freedom," McFall, King, Detroit, 1963

Martin Luther King, Jr. is greeted by Benjamin McFall, prominent mortician and Detroit Council on Human Rights co-chairman, as he arrives at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on the day of the “Walk to Freedom civil rights demonstration. Date:& ...

Image - eclemens - 06/15/2011 - 10:52 - 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

(32241) First World War, Armistice Day, Detroit, 1918

Crowds gather to celebrate the end of the First World War with Kaiser Wilhelm II hanging in effigy from a pole and the National Silk Company in the background. Date:  1918-11-11 Physdesc:  Photo negative ...

Image - eclemens - 08/01/2014 - 15:46 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32136) Draft & Recruitment, Navy, Detroit, 1917

A Naval recruit stands next to the grandstands at an unidentified event. Date:  1917 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit News, The Home Fron ...

Image - eclemens - 07/25/2014 - 16:35 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2900) Skyline, Detroit, Land View, Downtown, 1958

A view of a parking garage under construction on Randolph Street, Detroit, Michigan. At the right is Cadillac Square. Date:  1958 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Tony Spina ...

Image - eclemens - 07/22/2009 - 10:25 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(12010) Demonstrations, Vietnam War, Kennedy Square, Detroit, 1969

A panoramic view of Kennedy Square as thousands of demonstrators gather to join the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam, a worldwide demonstration that demanded an end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  October ...

Image - eclemens - 07/12/2010 - 10:47 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33665) Rationing, Points System, Detroit, 1943

Mrs. Fern Hansen shops for groceries using the new ration points system. Date:  1943-02-16 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit News, The Hom ...

Image - eclemens - 11/11/2015 - 10:58 - 0 comments - 3 attachments