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(33930) Street Views, Paradise Valley, Detroit

Street view of businesses along John R. Street at the corner of Columbia Avenue. Businesses include: Lipin's Hand Laundry (2134-2138 John R), unidentified tailor shop (possibly owned by Abraham Stoller), White Cabin Lunch, and Express Moving. At right, ...

Image - eclemens - 02/04/2016 - 12:53 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(10302) SWE Detroit, Virginia Sink, 1980

(l to r) Kathleen M. Hammer presents the Society of Women Engineers Detroit Section’s Engineering Achievement Award to Virginia Sink as Lydia Lazurenko (background center) watches during the Engineering Society of Detroit Affiliate Council Gold Award ...

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(2466) Buildings, Construction, Cobo Hall, Groundbreaking Ceremony, Detroit, 1957

Mayor Albert Cobo and Frank Schamanski preside over the event as City Council members and their children break ground for the proposed Convention Center (Cobo Hall), Detroit, Michigan. Date:  July 23, 1957 Physdesc:  ...

Image - eclemens - 12/14/2010 - 11:53 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2784) Municipal/State/Federal Employees, Detroit Fire Department, Fires, 1950s

Firefighters spray a burning department store building with water as a store mannequin, placed at a lamppost by the firefighters for humor, looks away, Detroit, Michigan. Photographer's caption: “The Innocent Bystander” Date:  ...

Image - eclemens - 06/02/2010 - 09:57 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33761) Children Playing, Near East Side, Detroit

... Part of a series of photographs taken of children in Detroit’s Near East Side. The area includes the Brush Park, Paradise ...

Image - eclemens - 11/03/2017 - 14:54 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11760) Portrait, Taro Yamasaki, Detroit, 1981

Taro Yamasaki celebrating after winning the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography, Detroit, Michigan. Left to right: David Lawrence Jr. (executive editor), Sandy White (director of graphics), Taro Yamasaki, Neal Shine (managing editor). Photog ...

Image - eclemens - 04/27/2010 - 12:54 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(31866) Prohibition, Speakeasies, Stork Club, Detroit, 1932

An exterior view of the Stork Club, a speakeasy located at 47 Rowena Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The establishment was frequented by members of the Purple Gang. Date:  1932-06-20 Physdesc:  Photograph (Detroi ...

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(33809) Street Scenes, Children Playing, Black Bottom, Detroit

... Part of a series of photographs taken of children in Detroit’s Near East Side. The area includes the Brush Park, Paradise Valley, ...

Image - eclemens - 08/19/2021 - 10:53 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

[Podcast] Bootlegged Aliens: How Undocumented Immigrants from Canada in the 1920s Shaped American Immigration Policy

Dr. Ashley Johnson Bavery explains how undocumented European immigrants coming over the Canadian border to work in the Detroit auto industry in the 1920s and 1930s spurred nativist discourse, influenced government policies toward illegal immi ...

Podcasts - teller - 02/03/2021 - 14:35 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(27995) Nation of Islam, Muhammad Mosque No. 1, Detroit, 1965

An exterior view of Muhammad Mosque No. 1, located at 11529 Linwood Avenue, Detroit. Date:  1965-02-23 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (African Americans, Archite ...

Image - eclemens - 02/12/2013 - 10:24 - 0 comments - 3 attachments