Old Detroit: Residences: Isaac N. Swain. - Copy Negative. Negative Copied 5/29/1931

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streets; Livernois. at McNichols. showing N. W. corner of McNichols. at Grand River

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Old Detroit; Firemen’s Hall. Note: Negative reads:. “N. Larned Alley, E. of Woodward”

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Automobiles; Shows; Detroit; 1932. -Copy Negative; Original is a Detroit News Photo by Kimble. -Man in Foreground, Talking, is N. V. Weaver

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Detroit; Streets; Woodward; Downtown At John R; Looking N. East side. Looking South.

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Old Detroit: Residences: Stimson Homestead. Note: Negative Reads:. " Stimson Homestead, N. W. cor. Woodward + Stimson".

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Detroit; Streets; Woodward; Downtown At John R; Looking N. East side. Looking South

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Old Detroit: Miscellaneous. - Ferry Field , site of Northwestern High School. . Note: First Pictured Negative reads:” Ferry Field , site of N. W. H. S. ”

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Old Detroit: Miscellaneous. - Ferry Field , site of Northwestern High School. . Note: First Pictured Negative reads:” Ferry Field , site of N. W. H. S. ”

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Old Detroit: Miscellaneous. - Ferry Field , site of Northwestern High School. . Note: First Pictured Negative reads:” Ferry Field , site of N. W. H. S. ”

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Basketball; Teams; Y. M. C. A. ; Team of 1909. -William N. Gray with Ball. Left to Right; Dr. George Hanna, Bernard Johnson, Roy Boosey, Chan Johnson, Gailey Stockham, Al G. Huebner & Ernie Wilson

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Hollywood Theater; Detroit.

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Churches; Episcopal; Mariner’s Church.

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Beverly Theater; Grand River Near Oakman

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Vanity Dance Hall; Jefferson & Newport. -Before Restoration.

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Maurice Sugar: law, labor, and the left in Detroit, 1912-1950

It was Maurice Sugar, labor activist and lawyer for the United Auto Workers, who played a key role in guiding the newly-formed union through the treacherous legal terrain obstructing its development in the 1930s. He orchestrated the injunction hearings on the Dodge Main strike and defended the legality of the sit-down tactic. As the UAW's General Council, he wrote the union's constitution in 1939, a model of democratic thinking. Sugar worked with George Addes, UAW Secretary-Treasurer, to nurture…

The women were leaving the men: stories

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Detroit on stage: the Players Club, 1910-2005

Founded in 1910, Detroit’s Players Club is an all-male club devoted to the production of theater by members for other members’ enjoyment. Called simply "The Players," members of the club design, direct, and act in the shows, including playing the female roles. In Detroit on Stage, Marijean Levering takes readers behind the scenes of the club’s private "frolics" to explore the unique history of The Players, discover what traditions they still hold dear, and examine why they have survived relat…

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 …

Birth of a notion, or, the half ain't never been told: a narrative account with entertaining passages of the state of Minstrelsy & of America & the true relation thereof (from the ha ha dark side)

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