The Way It Was – The Great Depression, 1930
The Great Depression hit the world like a sucker punch, but it slammed Detroit like a tsunami. Cars being more or less a luxury than a necessity back then, the manufacturing of automobiles narrowed to a wafer-thin production, and countless workers lost their jobs.
The Way It Was – Alex Karras, 1970
As a burly defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions, Alex Karras faced many a fearsome foe through the years, but none quite like this: an armor-clad knight. But with poleax in hand, Karras looks determined to crush his opponent.
The Way It Was – Eastern High School, 1907
1907, Eastern High School
The Way It Was – Detroit Express, 1982
Detroit Express soccer championship, 1982
The Way It Was – Midtown Neighborhood, 1929
Midtown neighborhood, 1929
The Way It Was – Berkley, 1959
Berkley鈥檚 shopping district, 1959
The Way It Was – Delray, 1939
Delray, circa 1939
The Way It Was – Stroh’s Beer, 1907
Stroh's Beer, 1907
The Way It Was – Housewives’ League of Detroit, 1932
Housewives鈥 League of Detroit, 1932
The Way It Was – Metropolitan Building, 1927
The Metropolitan Building, 1927
The Way It Was – Abbott Detroit, 1911
Abbott-Detroit automobile, 1911
The Way It Was – Cobo Hall, 1964
Cobo Hall, 1964
The Way It Was – Veterans Day, 1918
Veterans Day, 1918
The Way It Was – World Series, 1968
World Series, 1968
The Way It Was – G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams, 1960
Former Michigan Gov. G. Mennen 鈥淪oapy鈥 Williams at the 1960 Democratic presidential convention in Los Angeles
The Way It Was – Edsel and Eleanor Ford, 1916
Edsel and Eleanor Ford, 1916
The Way It Was – Harvey C. Jackson Sr., 1910
Few images suggest the lackadaisical days of summer better than this photograph of the Harvey C. Jackson family
The Way It Was – Burning of Belle Isle Bridge, 1915
When the flames arose on the afternoon of April 27, 1915, suspicions grew in some quarters
The Way It Was – David DiChiera, 1971
In 1971, David DiChiera was a lone wolf in the wilderness
The Way It Was – Opening Day, 1911
On Opening Day in 1911, the Tigers locked horns with the Chicago White Sox during a raging snowstorm.
