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Aerial photo of Detroit taken around 1932. After the 1928 presidential campaign of Catholic Al Smith, the Democrats mobilize large number of Polish and other Catholic ethnics to make their comeback. Although the election for mayor was nonpartisan, the Democrats rallied behind Judge Frank Murphy, who served as mayor 1930–33.
The Detroit Historical Society (DHS) was founded in December 1921 with prominent Detroit historian Clarence M. Burton, its first president. Initially, a literary society bent on studying and discussing Detroit history, its direction changed in 1927 when under the leadership of one of the DHS directors, J. Bell Moran, the Society founded the ...
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Florence Owens Thompson (born Florence Leona Christie; September 1, 1903 – September 16, 1983) was an American woman who was the subject of Dorothea Lange's photograph Migrant Mother (1936), considered an iconic image of the Great Depression.
Photo taken May 27, 1930. The McGraw Station was designed by the architecture firm of Van Leyen, Schilling & Keough and is considered to be of the Beaux-Arts architectural style. Originally conceived as an economic stimulus project to create jobs, Police Commissioner Thomas C. Wilcox, who later became Wayne County Sheriff, conducted a ...
2017 - October: National Women's Convention held. [49] 2018 - Bedrock Detroit, owned by Dan Gilbert, announces a $900 million, two building project on the site of the former J.L. Hudson store (which once had the tallest retail tower in the world), including a 58-story tower. [50] 2020 - Population: 639,111.
The West Vernor–Springwells Historic District is a six block long commercial historic district located along West Vernor Highway between Honorah and Norman in Detroit, Michigan. The district includes 80 acres (32 ha) and 28 buildings. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]