33 Free Images of Detroithistory

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Old Glory: The American Flag, Detroit, Michigan. July 1942.
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Traffic at 5:30 in the afternoon on Second Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, July 1942.
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Looking east toward Rackham Building, Detroit, Michigan July 1942.
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Art director and copy writer at a large advertising agency. Detroit, Michigan. July 1942.
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Spectators watching a fountain at a zoo. Detroit, Michigan. July 1942
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First Black family moving into the Sojourner Truth neighborhood, Detroit, Michigan, 1942.
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Spectators at zoological park. Detroit, Michigan, July 1942
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Operator taking telephone orders at the Crowley-Milner department store. Detroit, Michigan, July 1941.
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Buying a radio in the Crowley-Milner department store. Detroit, Michigan, July 1941.
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New defense houses in Detroit, Michigan. September 1942.
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A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Motorboat. Detroit, Michigan, 1940.
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Down Below: Detroit, Michigan. Workers at the zoological park July 1942.
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Girls coming out of the Highland Park Chrysler plant in Detroit, Michigan, 1942.
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The Thinker: A Worker resting on a park bench in the zoological park, Detroit, Michigan, July 1942.
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WWJDetroit: Street view of Radio station WWJ in Detroit, Michigan. August 1942.
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Short Leash: Woman adjusting a harness strap to prevent child from getting lost in zoological park. Detroit, Michigan. July 1942.
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Lobby of the Fisher Building, Detroit Michigan. July 1942.
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A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Crowd dancing, 1940.
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Workers' children playing in the front yard. Detroit (vicinity), Michigan. September 1942.
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Beau Stroll: High school students strolling through the zoological park. Detroit, Michigan, July 1942.
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Share Alike: Group waiting to drink water out of a public fountain in the zoological park. Detroit, Michigan. July 1942
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Arsenal of Democracy: Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Dodge Army ambulances are here, lined up for delivery to the Army. Detroit, Michigan, August 1942.
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Looking north on Woodward Ave., from the Maccabees Building with the Fisher Building at the far left, and the Wardell Hotel at the middle right, Detroit, Michigan. July 1942.
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Into the Wind: Sailing boat at a Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends, 1940.
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Display at a scrap salvage rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds. Detroit, Michigan, 1942.
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A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Small cabin cruiser. Summer 1940.
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Workplace Democracy: Election of officers to the Ford local 600, United Automobile Workers, Congress of Industrial Organizations. 80,000 River Rouge Ford plant workers voted, April 1942.
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40 & 8 and E: Ceremonies at the presentation of the Army and Navy "E" (for efficiency) award to the Briggs manufacturing company. Worker who is a war veteran. Near Detroit, Michigan Sept 1942.
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Bored Meeting: Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. One of many conferences about production schedules, blueprints, etc. are required to maintain the smooth steady flow of Dodge Army trucks, 1942.
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Inspectors Gadget: Workers inspecting a plane at the Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. September 1942.
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Fashionable Set: An African-American family recently moved into the Sojourner Truth homes for War workers. Detroit, Michigan 1942.
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Dayshift Set: Workers coming out of the Highland Park Chrysler plant. Detroit, Michigan. Spring, 1942.
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A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Cabin cruisers and sailboats decorated with lights 1940.
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