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[Podcast] Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work: Black-Owned Businesses and the Housewives League of Detroit

Allie Penn explains how her work on a grant-funded digitization project introduced her to the Housewives League of Detroit and led to a digital humanities project mapping Detroit Black-owned businesses from the 1930s through 1950s. Espousing ...

Podcasts - teller - 06/05/2020 - 16:05 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(33805) Portraits, Children, 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, ...

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(77258) Detroit, Celebrations, 250th Anniversary, 1951

A giant birthday cake makes its way down Woodward Avenue in celebration of Detroit's 250th anniversary. Date:  1951-07-28 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit ...

Image - eclemens - 07/24/2013 - 10:36 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(3049) Politics, Jerome Cavanagh, Detroit, 1966

Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh shares a laugh with his Press Secretary. Date:  1966-03-07 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit--politics and governme ...

Image - eclemens - 06/20/2012 - 08:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11469) University Television, WTVS-TV, Channel 56, Test Pattern, Detroit, Michigan, 1950s

The test pattern for Wayne University Television, WTVS-TV, Channel 56, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  Circa 1950s Photographer:  Information Services (University Archives, Wayne State University — Places) ...

Image - eclemens - 10/05/2009 - 07:52 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33776) 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 ...

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(2781) Municipal/State/Federal Employees, Detroit Police Department, Undercover Raid, 1964

Four plainclothes detectives run up the stairs of a residence during a raid on a house in Northwest Detroit, Michigan. Date:  December 28 1964 Photographer:  Tony Spina (Detroit (Mich.), Tony Spina - General, ...

Image - eclemens - 06/01/2010 - 15:23 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11471) Bonstelle Theatre, Exterior, Detroit, Michigan, 1950s

An exterior view of Wayne University’s Bonstelle Theatre, located at 3424 Woodward at the corner of Erskine, Detroit, Michigan. The building was formerly used as Temple Beth El (1902-1922), the Bonstelle Playhouse (1925-1928), the Detroit Civic Theatr ...

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(2466) Buildings, Construction, Cobo Hall, Dedication Ceremony, Detroit, 1960

Crowds at the dedication ceremony for the newly opened Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  October 13, 1960 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Architecture, Cobo Center, Detro ...

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(79679) Ethnic Communities, Cuban, Detroit, 1958

The Clark Street home of Rudolpho Vadell (Seen in white shirt), hosts a celebration in honor of recent advances against Fulgenico Batista's regime made by Fidel Castro during the Cuban Revolution. Date:  1958-12-01 Physdes ...

Image - eclemens - 01/07/2013 - 17:42 - 0 comments - 3 attachments