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(30725) Streetscapes, Downtown Detroit, 1966

Kern’s Department Store in a state of partial demolition. Date:  1966-07 Physdesc:  Slide (Streetscapes and Storefronts: City Life in 1960s Detroit, Architecture, Detroit (Mich.)) ...

Image - eclemens - 11/14/2013 - 12:41 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11788) Strike, East Detroit Federation of Teachers, Local 698

Strike, East Detroit Federation of Teachers, Local 698 John Petis, Ron Rickert Date:  1974 Photographer:  unknown (American Federation of Teachers, American Federation of Teachers, Strikes and lockouts) ...

Image - jhelpap - 04/07/2010 - 12:33 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25696) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "March to Freedom," Detroit, 1963

... Luther King, Jr. makes his way towards the front of Detroit’s Cobo Hall at the conclusion of the “Walk to Freedom” civil ...

Image - eclemens - 11/30/2017 - 11:47 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30738) Merrill-Palmer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, Circa 1920s

Nursery school children are weighed at Merrill-Palmer Institute, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  Circa 1920s Physdesc:  Slide Photographer:  Unknown (Child care, Child development, Education, Pres ...

Image - drice - 09/09/2019 - 07:49 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33688) V-J Day Celebrations, Detroit, 1945

Civilians and enlisted men celebrate the end of World War II in the streets of downtown Detroit. Date:  1945-08-14 Physdesc:  Photo negative (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit News, The Home Front: 1939-1945, Urban Aff ...

Image - eclemens - 03/30/2017 - 15:19 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24949) Detroit Federation of Teachers, Local 231, AFT

Detroit Federation of Teachers, Local 231, AFT, (L to R) Governor G. Mennen Williams (Mich), Mrs. Betty Baxter, President, Detroit Board of Education, Mrs. Jessie Baxter, President of the Michigan Federation of Teachers, Dr. Cylvia A. Sorkin, John Sch ...

Image - jhelpap - 02/11/2016 - 12:36 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Crowded conditions, offices, Detroit, Michigan

Students and faculty meet in a formerly commercial space that was turned into an administrative office because of overcrowded conditions throughout campus. Date:  circa 1940s Physdesc:  Photograph Photog ...

Image - pneirink - 11/05/2008 - 11:35 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11367) UAW, Women's Auxiliary, Marches, Detroit, Michigan, 1940s

Members of the UAW Women’s Auxiliary march down Woodward Ave. and carry signs that denounce U.S. involvement in the Second World War and low worker wages, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  Circa 1940s Physdesc:  Photograph ...

Image - eclemens - 08/25/2009 - 10:09 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(1887) Portraits, Mayor Albert Cobo, City Hall, Detroit, 1956

“Old City Hall Moves.” Detroit Mayor Albert Cobo leads the Common Council as they leave the old city hall to its new location in the City County Building two blocks down Woodward Avenue. Left to right: Charlie Webber, Detroit Free Press; Ju ...

Image - eclemens - 06/26/2012 - 13:53 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25333) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "March to Freedom," Detroit, 1963

Thousands rally against racial discrimination on in downtown Detroit during the "March to Freedom" civil rights demonstration. Date:  1963-06-23 Physdesc:  Photograph (African Americans, Civil rights, Demonstr ...

Image - eclemens - 06/26/2023 - 07:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments