Detroit, 1900-1930

Detroit, 1900-1930

Author: Richard Bak

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738533728

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In this new addition to the Images of America series, Richard Bak takes us on a visual journey through Detroit's golden era, encompassing the first three decades of the twentieth century. It was during this time that the City of Detroit experienced its most rapid physical growth and underwent an unprecedented pace of social and technological change. Detroit: 1900-1930 contains nearly 190 illustrations, including studio portraits, snapshots, postcards, songsheet covers, and period advertisements. Collectively, these images evoke a past that is often too easily forgotten as older Detroiters pass away. As you thumb through the pages of this book, you will encounter such influential people as Henry Ford and other automotive pioneers who helped to "put the world on wheels." Experience daily life as it was lived at the time of the First World War, and discover the major role Detroit played in this historic conflict. This volume highlights the wave of immigration that occurred here at the turn of the century, when roughly half of the city's population hailed from other countries. Also featured are various scenes from the "Roaring Twenties," the ill-fated experiment in Prohibition, and the effect of the Great Depression on the city's economy.


Muddy Boots and Ragged Aprons

Muddy Boots and Ragged Aprons

Author: Kevin Boyle

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0814324827

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This text focuses on the working people who, in the first three decades of the 20th century, made Detroit into one of the world's great industrial cities. Telling their stories through photographs with captions explaining its content and context, it examines the world as they lived and changed it.


Detroit

Detroit

Author: Richard Bak

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 1999-03-28

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1439615225

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In this new addition to the Images of America series, Richard Bak takes us on a visual journey through Detroits golden era, encompassing the first three decades of the twentieth century. It was during this time that the City of Detroit experienced its most rapid physical growth and underwent an unprecedented pace of social and technological change. Detroit: 19001930 contains nearly 190 illustrations, including studio portraits, snapshots, postcards, songsheet covers, and period advertisements. Collectively, these images evoke a past that is often too easily forgotten as older Detroiters pass away. As you thumb through the pages of this book, you will encounter such influential people as Henry Ford and other automotive pioneers who helped to put the world on wheels. Experience daily life as it was lived at the time of the First World War, and discover the major role Detroit played in this historic conflict. This volume highlights the wave of immigration that occurred here at the turn of the century, when roughly half of the citys population hailed from other countries. Also featured are various scenes from the Roaring Twenties, the ill-fated experiment in Prohibition, and the effect of the Great Depression on the citys economy.


Detroit

Detroit

Author: R. J. King

Publisher:

Published: 2019-05-15

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9781938018114

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Detroit

Detroit

Author: David Lee Poremba

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738533735

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In this rare and unprecedented collection, discover Detroit as it once was, with the people and industries that flourished in this community prior to the twentieth century. With over 230 photographs, Detroit 1860-1899 encompasses a visual history of the city before the birth of the automobile industry. Join Mr. Poremba on a trip down memory lane to the beginnings of the "Motor City." Witness its growth and change, and its lasting contributions to our nation's history. Detroit 1860-1899 will be enjoyed by young and old, resident and visitor alike.


Detroit Lakes

Detroit Lakes

Author: Becker County Historical Society

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738584041

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Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1871 as the village of Detroit. The lush landscape of lakes and rivers created a natural vacation destination and tourism pioneers like John K. West began to market to the newly moneyed industrialists of the Gilded Age.


Motor City Movie Culture, 1916-1925

Motor City Movie Culture, 1916-1925

Author: Richard Abel

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2020-01-21

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0253046483

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Motor City Movie Culture, 1916–1925 is a broad textured look at Hollywood coming of age in a city with a burgeoning population and complex demographics. Richard Abel investigates the role of local Detroit organizations in producing, distributing, exhibiting, and publicizing films in an effort to make moviegoing part of everyday life. Tapping a wealth of primary source material—from newspapers, spatiotemporal maps, and city directories to rare trade journals, theater programs, and local newsreels—Abel shows how entrepreneurs worked to lure moviegoers from Detroit's diverse ethnic neighborhoods into the theaters. Covering topics such as distribution, programming practices, nonfiction film, and movie coverage in local newspapers, with entr'actes that dive deeper into the roles of key individuals and organizations, this book examines how efforts in regional metropolitan cities like Detroit worked alongside California studios and New York head offices to bolster a mass culture of moviegoing in the United States.


This is Detroit, 1701-2001

This is Detroit, 1701-2001

Author: Arthur M. Woodford

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9780814329146

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An illustrated history of Detroit from 1701 to 2001.