Name: Detroit Memories Volume II: A Pictorial History of the Early Years through the 1940s
Brand: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI)
SKU: 9781597257954-p
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ISBN: 9781597257954

Detroit Memories Volume II: A Pictorial History of the Early Years through the 1940s

Campus Martius Park, circa 1912. After the city was destroyed by fire in 1805, Territorial Judge Augustus Woodward created a street plan modeled after Washington, D.C. He had surveyors set up their equipment in the middle of present-day Campus Martius, and the judge’s plan for the city was plotted from this point. Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection / #LC-DIG-det-4a25139

Griswold Street, circa 1906. Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection / #LC-DIG-det-4a13459

Wayne County Building, circa 1915. Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection / #LC-DIG-det-4a24394

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway train at Union Depot in Detroit, March 19, 1949. Courtesy Detroit Public Library / #bh009883

Detroit, Belle Isle, and Windsor Ferry Company passenger ferry Promise on the Detroit River, 1900. During the winter, the Promise was frequently put into service as an ice breaker to help steam barges get through the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair. Courtesy Detroit Historical Society / #2013.067.017

Detroit Opera House and surrounding businesses at Campus Martius between Woodward and Monroe Avenues, 1878. This first Detroit Opera House was a French Renaissance structure designed by Mortimer L. Smith of the firm Sheldon Smith & Son, and first opened on March 29, 1869. On October 7, 1897, a fire in the central business district destroyed the Opera House, along with most of the businesses in the area. Courtesy Detroit Public Library / #DPA4548

This 1942 Packard was the last car to come off the assembly line before the factory converted to manufacturing for the war effort. George Christopher is standing at right. Courtesy Detroit Public Library / #EB01e823

A crowd gathering in front of city hall to watch Detroit’s Evacuation Day Parade, 1896. Evacuation Day celebrates the arrival of United States troops under the command of General Anthony Wayne and the withdrawal of the British garrison in 1796. Courtesy Detroit Public Library / #EB02d729

People in rowboats on the Belle Isle Park canal in the late 1800s. The park was designed in the 1880s by Frederick Law Olmstead, who also created New York City’s Central Park. Courtesy Detroit Public Library / #EB02f648

Johnston School students at play, May 1919. The school was located at Waterloo and Dubois Avenues. Courtesy Detroit Public Library / #HCJ085

Four workers on an assembly line in the Packard factory polishing a car body, circa 1939. Courtesy Detroit Public Library / #na030005

Workers in a Hudson automobile plant after its conversion to war production in 1942. Courtesy Detroit Public Library / #na032658

Mounted Maccabees in Civic & Industrial Parade, Detroit Bi-Centenary Celebration, 1901. Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection / #LC-DIG-det-4a16727

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After the overwhelming popularity of the first volume, the Detroit Free Press is proud to announce the second in our series of pictorial history books, "Detroit Memories II: The Early Years through the 1940s." This time around, this heirloom-quality book will include images from the 1940s in addition to more stunning images from the early years.

We are excited to partner with Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit Public Library, and Detroit Historical Society on this project. The book will feature images from their wonderful archives, as well as images from you, our readers, in this unique coffee-table book — this project will truly capture the rich heritage of our city.

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Title: Detroit Memories Volume II: A Pictorial History of the Early Years through the 1940s
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ISBN: 9781597257954
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