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Thanksgiving Leftovers

Posted November 23, 2016 by Brendan Roney
A group in pilgrim costumes and a clown with a spring-shaped hat march ahead of an elephant float in this still from a film of one of Detroit's first Thanksgiving Day parades.

 

An Olympic Hopeful

Posted August 25, 2016 by Brendan Roney
No, this pin doesn't come from an alternate universe.  This pin was manufactured to promote Detroit's sixth bid for the Summer Olympics.  Although Detroit was viewed by many as a sure bet for host city, the city lost out to Mexico City for the 1968 games.

 

Detroit's Streetcars: Past and Present

Posted July 18, 2016 by Samantha Keene
(Above: A streetcar travels down Woodward Avenue at Alexandrine, 1925; Below: Artistic rendering of the new M-1 Rail, 2014)

 

The Detroit River Tunnel Few Have Seen: The Michigan Central Railway Tunnel

Posted April 12, 2016 by Jonathan Gleit

 

Color postcard depicting the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel, 1910.

 

Roman Gribbs, 1925-2016

Posted April 6, 2016 by Brendan Roney
Mayor Roman Gribbs presents Leonard Simon of the Detroit Historical Museum with the Mayor's Medal of the City of Detroit in a 1971 ceremony.  The partially visible sign behind museum director Solon Weeks proclaims, "Detroit, City for the '70s."

 

Amelia Earhart Introduces the Terraplane

Posted March 8, 2016 by Jonathan Gleit
A city monument at Detroit's Earhart Elementary Middle School recognizing the aviator's many accomplishments.

 

Detroit Suffrage Pioneer Sarah Gertrude Banks

Posted February 15, 2016 by Jonathan Gleit

On February 15, the anniversary of Susan B. Anthony's birthday, the Detroit Historical Society is pleased to share from the collection a 107 year old postcard depicting Susan B. Anthony.  Social activist Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) was an internationally recognized leader in the long campaign to give women the right to vote. It turns out that the postcard's addressee, Dr. Sarah Gertrude Banks, has an important place in Detroit history.

Martin Luther King, Jr. in Detroit, 1966

Posted January 18, 2016 by Jonathan Gleit
Program, "We Rally For Freedom. Cobo Hall, Detroit. June 19, 1966.

 

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