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The Way It Was

RKO Uptown

The Way It Was – RKO Uptown

The theater was a neighborhood staple
Fyfe's

The Way It Was – Fyfe’s Shoes, 1933

1933Detroit鈥檚 association with the automobile industry is rock- solid, earning it the enviable sobriquet 鈥淭he Motor City,鈥 but the city once had a much more...
Briggs Stadium

The Way It Was – Briggs Stadium, 1958

Briggs Stadium, 1958
Trowbridge Home

The Way It Was – The Charles Christopher Trowbridge Home, 1955

The Charles Christopher Trowbridge Home, 1955
George Shirley

The Way It Was – George Shirley, 1966

George Shirley, 1966

The Way It Was – Nash Metropolitan, 1958

When the Nash Metropolitan debuted on American roads in 1954, it turned a lot of heads. Autos made in the United States back then were often as big as boats, but the peppy Metropolitan was downright dinky by comparison.
Hudson鈥檚 Northland

The Way It Was – Hudson’s Northland in Southfield, 1956

1956, Hudson's Northland in Southfield

The Way It Was – Aretha Franklin, 1980

When it came to crossing musical boundaries, Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) covered more territory than Lewis and Clark.
TWIW Better Made Chips

The Way It Was – Better Made Snack 香港六合彩图库资料s, 1971

Crrrrunch! Countless Detroiters have emitted that satisfying sound after tearing into a sunflower-yellow bag of Better Made potato chips.
TWIW The Leland Hotel

The Way It Was – The Leland Hotel, 1940

Detroit鈥檚 grandest hotels have all experienced rough patches. The Tuller and Statler never pulled through and were razed, while the Book-Cadillac and Fort Shelby were abandoned for decades before being refurbished.
TWIW Cadillac Coffee Co

The Way It Was – Cadillac Coffee Co., 1937

In the pantheon of the famous Detroit food and beverage manufacturers, Cadillac Coffee Co. doesn鈥檛 have the same brand recognition as Stroh鈥檚, Vernor鈥檚, Vlasic, Kowalski, Sanders, Better Made, Awrey鈥檚, or Faygo, but Cadillac has roots that reach back 130 years, to 1888.
Womens Swim Team

The Way It Was – Detroit Yacht Club’s Women’s Swim Team, 1929

To some, the summer pursuit of 鈥済oing swimming鈥 means simply lolling about in the water, floating on one鈥檚 back, or perhaps ensconced in an inner tube, quaffing a potent libation.

The Way It Was – Crowley’s Mezzanine Tea Room, 1941

In our casual, sometimes downright shabby culture, it鈥檚 difficult to imagine a time when people gussied up before going out to dinner, lunch, or even tea.
Ginsburg Branch, Detroit Public Library

The Way It Was – Ginsburg Branch, Detroit Public Library, 1916

The Ginsburg branch, named after Detroit Public Library board member Bernard Ginsburg, who was also a successful businessman and philanthropist of Jewish charities, opened in 1916 at 91 Brewster St.
The Way It Was - The Detroit Club

The Way it Was – The Detroit Club, 1937

The Detroit Club may stand just four stories high, but it commands a towering presence in the city鈥檚 history. The Romanesque Revival private club at Cass and Fort in downtown Detroit, opened its doors in 1892 but its founding dates to a decade before.

The Way It Was – Detroit City Airport, 1970

Detroit was flying high in the 1920s, both economically and socially, but also on a more literal level. Henry and Edsel Ford opened the Ford Airport in Dearborn in 1924, touted as one of the world鈥檚 first modern airports.

The Way It Was – The Brazeal Dennard Chorale, 1975

Lifting their voices in song are members of the Brazeal Dennard Chorale, directed by its namesake, circa mid-1970s.

The Way it Was – Packard Motor Car Company, 1912

鈥淎sk the man who owns one,鈥 was the luxurious Packard Motor Car Company鈥檚 advertising slogan, and if you asked this man, he could tell you plenty about the allures of the Packard.

The Way It Was: Staff Edition

Following his first Christmas, a 10-month-old Thomas Klug stares up at the tree in his family鈥檚 Warren home in January 1957.

The Way it Was – Comedian Soupy Sales, 1956

Comedian Soupy Sales loved children as much as he enjoyed taking a signature cream pie to the face.

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