1923 Packard race car with 1919 Packard race car, three-quarter rear view

8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of two Packards three-quarter rear view, steering wheel and gages visible. Inscribed on photo back: Packard special race cars - 1919 "905" racer (larger), 12-cylinder, second 1923 racer (smaller) 6-cylinder, designed by Ralph DePauma.

Automobiles; Races. -Barney Oldfield’s Car in Race

Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

Automobiles; Races. -Barney Oldfield’s Car in Race

Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

Race car driver Wilbur Shaw with 1936 Packard touring sedan at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Memorial Day, 1936

8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1936 Packard three-quarter left side view, door reads " Driver Wilbur Shaw Packard 24th Annual Indianapolis 500 mile race," pictured with race car driver Wilbur Shaw. Inscribed on photo back: 1936 Packard one twenty, model 120-B, fourteenth series, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 120-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring sedan (body type # 992), driver Wilbur Shaw (winner 1937, 39, 40) 24th Annual Indianapolis 500 mile race, Memorial Day, 1936. Origin…

1924 Packard touring car rounding corner during a race

8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1927 Packard rounding corner during a race, male driver and passenger; sign with #42 on right side of car. Inscribed on photo back: Model 226, 5-person touring car.

Packard race car, left side view, two men inside car

8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a Packard left side view, wire wheels, large exhaust pipe running length of car, parked on track, building in background, two men inside car wearing caps with goggles. Inscribed on photo back: "299" Packard "500" race car, #1 airplane 60 degree-V prototype engine.

Inauguration of the Packard proving grounds, race car being checked on track

8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1928 Packard race car being checked out by three men, driver behind wheel. Inscribed on photo back: Packard Motor Car Co. proving grounds 2.5 mile concrete speedway Utica, Mich., inauguration ceremonies 14 June 1928, Leon Duray; 91-cubic inch front drive Miller special # 4, set closed course one lap record of 148.17-mph, thus did proving ground track become the world's fastest speedway, a title held until the opening of Monza in Italy after W…

1916 Packard twin-speed race car at New York speedway

7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1916 Packard three-quarter front view, wire wheels, building in background, man behind wheel, five other men standing around car. Inscribed on photo back: Packard "299" racer, time trials- endurance runs, Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. 1916/17, J.G. Vincent behind wheel, 12-cylinder, 60 degree-V, airplane prototype engine, second type racer body.

1923 Packard race car, view from rear

7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1923 Packard rear view, steering wheel and gages visible. Inscribed on photo back: 1923 Packard 6-cylinder racing car (before 1923 "500"), Indianapolis car.

Inauguration of the Packard proving grounds

7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of two 1928 Packard race cars on track at proving grounds. Inscribed on photo back: Packard Motor Car Co. proving grounds 2.5 mile concrete speedway Utica, Mich., inauguration ceremonies 14 June 1928, Leon Duray; 91-cubic inch front drive Miller special # 4, & Norman Batton; # 22, coming out of curve at 140-mph.

1924 Packard 226 sport model with Harlan Fengler at wheel in front of Bruce Dodson building

7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1924 Packard touring car, nine-tenths left front view, in front of Bruce Dodson building. Inscribed on photo back: second series six Model 226, sport model, with Harlan Fengler, race driver, at wheel.

1934 Packard sedan, three-quarter left front view, two men standing at driver's door

8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1934 Packard three-quarter left front view, two men standing at driver's door. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 1101 eight, eleventh series, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 136-inch wheelbase, 5-person sedan (body type #713), license plate # BMF-177, photographed in England: July 1934 at Brooklands Race Track, A.J.G. Spencer, sales manager, Leonard Williams & Co. and H.S. Linfield, technical staff of the Autocar, discussing Packard performance. O…

1955 Packard Caribbean convertible driven by Bill Holland

8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1955 Packard convertible, left side view. Photo caption on back from Packard Public Relations Dept.: Public introduction of the new 1955 model Packard Caribbean is scheduled for tomorrow, when the luxury custom built sports convertible will go on display in special "salon" showings at selected market points across the nation, the Caribbean is the first American-made automobile to offer a blending of sports car styling and flashing performance…

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…

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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The iron hunter

Originally published in 1919, The Iron Hunter is the autobiography of one of Michigan's most influential and flamboyant historical figures: the reporter, publisher, explorer, politician, and twenty-seventh governor of Michigan, Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949). Making unprecedented use of the automobile in his 1910 campaign, Osborn ran a memorable campaign that was followed by an even more remarkable term as governor. In two years he eliminated Michigan's deficit, ended corruption, and produced t…

All-American anarchist: Joseph A. Labadie and the labor movement

All-American Anarchist chronicles the life and work of Joseph A. Labadie (1850-1933), Detroit's prominent labor organizer and one of early labor's most influential activists. A dynamic participant in the major social reform movements of the Gilded Age, Labadie was a central figure in the pervasive struggle for a new social order as the American Midwest underwent rapid industrialization at the end of the nineteenth century.

This engaging biography follows Labadie's colorful career from …

Going Greek: Jewish college fraternities in the United States, 1895-1945

Going Greek offers an unprecedented look at the relationship between American Jewish students and fraternity life during its heyday in the first half of the twentieth century. More than secret social clubs, fraternities and sororities profoundly shaped the lives of members long after they left college—often dictating choices in marriage as well as business alliances. Widely viewed as a key to success, membership in these self-governing, sectarian organizations was desirable but not easily access…

No haven for the oppressed: United States policy toward Jewish refugees, 1938-1945

No Haven for the Oppressed is the most thorough and the most comprehensive analysis to be written to date on the United States policy toward Jewish refugees during World War II. Friedman draws upon many sources for his history, significantly upon papers which have only recently been opened to public scrutiny. These include State Department Records at the National Archives and papers relating to the Jewish refugee question at the Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park. Such documents serve as the foun…

Independent man: the life of Senator James Couzens

First published in 1958 by Charles Scribner’s Sons, Independent Man is the only book-length biography of one of Michigan’s most remarkable men. His many careers embraced both the business and political spheres.