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Ladies night out at the El Sino Club

Joe Louis's second annual horse show

Joe Louis's second annual horse show

Joe Louis signs the contract to fight Bob Pastor in Detroit. Detroit Mayor Richard Reading has his hand on his shoulder while his managers John Roxborough and Julian Black look on.

Joe Louis advertising Chesterfield cigarettes.

John Roxborough and Everett Watson outside courthouse

Customers at Club 666

Unemployed men on Orleans St. in Detroit - December 1938


1931 Depression era soup kitchen

1931 Depression era soup kitchen

The Buddy Johnson Orchestra with his sister Ella singing

Dinah Washington was a popular singer and pianist.

Anthropologist Pearl Primus was a dancer and choreographer who introduced the west to the beauty and grace of African dance.



Members of UAW Local 600 at the Ford Rouge Plant








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