Hudson Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich.

3.5x5.5 color postcard showing the factory and main office of the Hudson Motor Car Company with brief description

Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich.

3.5x5.5 color postcard showing bird's-eye view of the Packard Motor Car Company factory & stating that it is one of the largest in the world

Letter from Henry's Mother to Henry Van Riper, March 29, 1865

Letter to Henry from his mother, in it she asks that he takes care of himself and be careful to not get sick and discusses other family matters

Letter from Henry Van Riper to "Dear Father," March 6, 1865

Letter from Henry to his father, in it he discusses sickness spreading at camp and leaving for Chattanooga

Letter from Mary Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, March 22, 1865

Letter from Mary Van Riper to Henry Van Riper discussing school life and acquaintances.

Cadillac Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich.

3.5x5.5 color postcard of Cadillac Motor Car Company buildings showing views of the main plant, foundries, body factory, and warehouse, with a brief description of the company on the reverse

Chalmers Motor Company, Detroit, Mich.

3.5x5.5 color postcard of Chalmers Motor Company factory on Jefferson Avenue

Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich.

3.5x5.5 color postcard showing bird's-eye view of the Packard Motor Car Company factory and stating that the factory has 30 separate buildings, forty acres of floor space, and employs over 7,000 people

Dodge Brothers Automobile Plant, Detroit, Mich.

3.5x5.5 color postcard of Dodge Brothers factory on Joseph Campau Avenue

Dodge Brothers Automobile Plant, Detroit, Mich.

3.5x5.5 color postcard of Dodge Brothers factory on Joseph Campau Avenue

Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich.

3.5x5.5 color postcard showing bird's-eye view of the Packard Motor Car Company factory & stating that it is one of the largest in the world

Hudson Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich.

3.5x5.5 color postcard showing the factory and main office of the Hudson Motor Car Company with brief description

Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich.

3.5x5.5 color postcard showing bird's-eye view of the Packard Motor Car Company factory and stating that the factory has 30 separate buildings, forty acres of floor space, and employs over 7,000 people

Chalmers Motor Company, Detroit, Mich.

3.5x5.5 color postcard of Chalmers Motor Company factory on Jefferson Avenue

Letter from Henry Van Riper to Joshua Giles Benster, January 10, 1864

Letter from Henry Van Riper to Joshua Benster describing school life.

Letter from Willis E. Van Riper to "Dear Brother"

Letter from Willis Van Riper to his brother Henry in which he updates him on acquaintances and asks about his health.

Letter from Jennie Benster to Henry Van Riper, March 24, 1865

Letter from Jennie Benster to Henry Van Riper thanking him for his letter and updating him on her family.

Cadillac Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich.

3.5x5.5 color postcard of Cadillac Motor Car Company buildings showing views of the main plant, foundries, body factory, and warehouse, with a brief description of the company on the reverse

The Detroit Sunday Journal:: February 25, 1996

Issue of The Detroit Sunday Journal, a weekly newspaper published by striking workers during the Detroit Newspaper Strike.

Working detroit: the making of a union town

Babson recounts Detroit's odyssey from a bulwark of the "open shop" to the nation's foremost "union town." Through words and pictures, Working Detroit documents the events in the city's ongoing struggle to build an industrial society that is both prosperous and humane.

Babson begins his account in 1848 when Detroit has just entered the industrial era. He weaves the broader historical realties, such as Red Scare, World War, and economic depression into his account, tracing the ebb and flow …