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Destroyed Building on Corner of Goodwin and Westminster From DPL: "View of building destroyed by fire at the corner of Goodwin and Westminster during 1967 riots in Detroit. Pile of rubble on ground. Soldier and teenage boy with bicycle stand in front of building. Handwritten on back: "Corner Westminster & Goodwin, 7/25/1967." -
People Captured in the 10th Police Precinct Garage "Prisoners await removal-Men captured in the vicinity of the 10th Police Precinct in Detroit today peer from under garage door awaiting removal and guarded by an Army trooper. The Precinct buildings came under fire in daylight hours today and an Army force, using armed personnel carriers and tanks came to the police station." -
Michigan National Guardsmen Outside Detroit Edison Company Offices DPL Description: "View of National Guardsmen in military jeeps outside of the general offices of the Detroit Edison Company during 1967 riot in Detroit. Handwritten on back: "National Guard escorts at DECO general offices in Detroit." -
Tanks and Jeeps, Hutchins School View of tanks and military jeeps parked at Hutchins School during the 1967 uprising in Detroit. Playground in foreground. Handwritten on mount: "Nat. Guard, Hutchin's School." -
Twelfth Street, before and after the 1967 riots in Detroit DPL Description: "Two views of Twelfth Street from Detroit Free Press article, before and after the 1967 riots in Detroit. Printed on front: "Twelfth St. through a telephoto lens a week before the rioting, busy and bustling. Twelfth St. today, photographed near the same spot after days of rioting: barren and broken." Handwritten on mount: 'News art., before & after.' " -
The Detroit Riot... A Profile of 500 Prisoners Survey conducted by Wayne State graduate students, contracted by the U.S. Department of Labor, of people imprisoned during the Detroit Uprising of 1967. Conducted at five undisclosed sites, likely including Belle Isle, which the National Guard had converted into a makeshift jail. -
12th NE Blaine NE (Storefronts damaged in riot, Detroit, 1967) Bentley Description: "Police photo showing damage from 1967 Detroit Riot." -
Officers with Detroit Police Car, Kiefer Command Post DPL Description: "View of Detroit Police officers surrounding a police car parked at the Kiefer Command Post on the grounds of Herman Kiefer Hospital during the 1967 riots in Detroit. Handwritten on mount: 'Detroit riot. Kiefer Command Post.' " -
Men Standing Outside Destroyed House DPL description: "View of two men standing in front of house destroyed by fire during 1967 riots in Detroit. Handwritten on back: 'Pingree near 12th, July 25, 1967.' " -
Michigan National Guard troops in front of St. James A.M.E. Church (From Detroit Public Library) View of National Guard troops with three military trucks on Twelfth Street in front of the St. James A.M.E. Church during the 1967 Detroit riots. Telephone booth on right. Handwritten on back: "12th near Edison, July 25, 1967."