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Belt, 1941-1945
Born in Decatur, Illinois in 1897 Elizabeth Parke married Harvey S. Firestone Jr., son of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founder Harvey S. Firestone, in 1921.Once described by a friend as, "the most luxurious woman in the history of luxury," Elizabeth Parke Firestone's clothing collection illustrates her impeccable taste in fashion.
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Belt, 1941-1945
Born in Decatur, Illinois in 1897 Elizabeth Parke married Harvey S. Firestone Jr., son of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founder Harvey S. Firestone, in 1921.Once described by a friend as, "the most luxurious woman in the history of luxury," Elizabeth Parke Firestone's clothing collection illustrates her impeccable taste in fashion.
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Asst. Prof. Mabel Lange Smith and Frank N. Isbey, chairman of the Michigan State savings Committee [sic], inspect part of an exhibit depicting the historical background for national defense and the various activities now going on in Detroit if furtherance of the program.
The exhibit was prepared as a series of dioramas by the summer art-education classes under Asst. Prof Smith's direction and later became a part of Wayne's exhibit at the Michigan State Fair.
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Camp Library, Victory Book Drive by Wayne Univ.
A student attends a book sale.
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Victory Book Drive by Wayne Univ.
A student attends a book sale.
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Red Cross blood donations.
Two women and one man with bandages indicating they just donated blood. They are at the refreshments table.
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Same type ship as Wayne Victory 1945.
A warship under construction in dry-dock.
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Detroit in Defense.
A booth/display featuring a mural of Detroit's skyline with prominent smokestacks.
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The last picture taken as we left the harbor at Le Harvre, France.
A small vessel protected by a debris-laden breakwater. Other military ships are in the background. 36th General Hospital.
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Two women at a wartime fund raising station.
Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
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United We Stand.
A group of students pose under a banner.
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Three people at a piano as part of a wartime fund raising exhibit.
Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
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For Defense. Buy Bonds.
A fund raising table staffed by two women.
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A man in a bed has his blood drawn.
Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
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A man gets blood drawn by a nurse while others wait in chairs.
Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
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Three women decorating for a fundraising event.
Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
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Extreme right - Dorothy Nolen, Class 1943.
Four women playing cards in an air raid shelter.
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An extensive civil defense program was undertaken, involving the assignment and equipment of air raid shelters, the setting up of communications systems, and the training of rescue and first aid workers.
An air raid Shelter.
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A fencing match. A soldier looks on in the background.
Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University