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Detroit Battleground
Detroit Battleground

Detroit Battleground

Date7/24/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Detroit Battleground: Looking more like Berlin after Allied bombers had struck during World War II than America's fifth largest city in peacetime; the Grand River Blvd. seciton of Detroit dispalys one building which looks like it has been hit by a bomb and two more completely gutted by fire. Note army trucks in foreground.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013582F
America's other war. Mrs. Rochelle Bridge, the 20-year-old American housewife at right, is preparing for war. Not in Viet Nam - but in suburban Dearborn, just outside Detroit. [Incomplete]
America's other war. Mrs. Rochelle Bridge, the 20-year-old American housewife at right, is preparing for war. Not in Viet Nam - but in suburban Dearborn, just outside Detroit. [Incomplete]
3/16/1968
After 1967 riots, when above picture was taken, Detroit people began to arm themselves seriously
After 1967 riots, when above picture was taken, Detroit people began to arm themselves seriously
7/24/1967
Sniping at Snipers, a national guardsman crouches behind a parked car last night outside 10th district police station, on Detroit's west side, trying (...)
Sniping at Snipers, a national guardsman crouches behind a parked car last night outside 10th district police station, on Detroit's west side, trying (...)
7/25/1967
Black Madonna behind Beverly Williamson, caretaker of Central United Church of Christ in Detroit, has made the church a black power centre since Rev. Albert Cleage preached that Jesus was black
Black Madonna behind Beverly Williamson, caretaker of Central United Church of Christ in Detroit, has made the church a black power centre since Rev. Albert Cleage preached that Jesus was black
3/16/1968
If It's going to be a long, hot summer, I'm going to make it hotter for them, said one budding markswoman in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn. These thr(...)
If It's going to be a long, hot summer, I'm going to make it hotter for them, said one budding markswoman in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn. These thr(...)
3/21/1968
Fleeing the scene: Two Negro girls run from a Detroit shop as a national guardsman, bayoneted rifle at the ready, one of 8,000 in the embattled city, looks on
Fleeing the scene: Two Negro girls run from a Detroit shop as a national guardsman, bayoneted rifle at the ready, one of 8,000 in the embattled city, looks on
7/24/1967
Detroit has been bludgeoned, raped, knifed, burned and shot, but the corpse not only breathes, it's kicking up its heels
Detroit has been bludgeoned, raped, knifed, burned and shot, but the corpse not only breathes, it's kicking up its heels
7/24/1967
Sniper bullets peppering the area forced this Negro to dive for shelter beneath a truck parked near the 10th district police station in Detroit last night
Sniper bullets peppering the area forced this Negro to dive for shelter beneath a truck parked near the 10th district police station in Detroit last night
7/25/1967
Little coin, much care, or, How poor men live : a tale for young persons
Little coin, much care, or, How poor men live : a tale for young persons
1846
Little coin, much care, or, How poor men live : a tale for young persons
Little coin, much care, or, How poor men live : a tale for young persons
1850
Not control: A mounted Metro police officer moves into action against youths during yesterday's riot through downtown streets
Not control: A mounted Metro police officer moves into action against youths during yesterday's riot through downtown streets
1/11/1993
Riot aftermath
Riot aftermath
5/4/1992