Join us Thursday to celebrate the opening of LENI: Looking through the Lens 📷 with a conversation between Leni and Ann Delisi of WDET + a live jazz performance by Kasan Belgrave and ensemble.
📅 Thursday, 3/12
⏰ 6:30–9 PM
🎟 $35 (includes 1 drink)
Info & tickets: detroithistorical.org/events/leni
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Detroit 1950s in color, Street Scene [60fps,Remastered] w/sound design added
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2026/03/09
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The music in this documentary of the Detroit Zoo from 1973 is great! A gentle sort-of progressive rock. I'm gonna go to sleep great tonight! #detroitzoo @detroithistorical.bsky.social
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On March 6, 1896, engineer Charles Brady King drove his horseless carriage on the streets of Detroit in front of the public for the first time. It was the first automobile seen in the city. King is pictured here in 1946, with a plaque commemorating his achievement.
Did we mention that nominations are open for The Hustle? 🗳️✨🏪📲 www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online...
On March 5, 1899, this image from our collection of a snowy day in Detroit was captured. Six people stand outside a row of five electric streetcars marked "Trumbull."
On March 3, 1971, the Bagley Memorial Fountain was added to the State Register of Historic Places. Constructed in 1887 from pink Bragville granite, it is 21' tall x 7' feet across and was built as Detroit's first public drinking fountain.
Learn more: www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online...
Anchor, U.S.S. Yantic.
Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Belle Isle, Detroit
#photography #maritime #maritimehistory #nautical
On March 2, 1799, an Act of Congress made Detroit a port of entry to the United States. International traffic now passes daily across the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel and the Ambassador bridge.
Sun 3/1, 1-4 p.m. With Love & Flowers Workshop: A Tribute to Detroit’s Black Matriarchs, a hands-on, community centered experience hosted by The Black Bottom Archives.
Both are included with general admission! More details at detroithistorical.org/events
Celebrate Black History Month in its final weekend & kick off Women's History Month with two special events at the Detroit Historical Museum:
Sat 2/28, 1 -3 p.m. Celebrating a Century of Courage: Co-Creating and Co-Existing featuring young Black scholars from the Collegiate School in NYC.
To all my friends in the Detroit area: Rochester Historical Society appraisal day is fast approaching -- get your antiques, musical instruments, books, etc, appraised by local experts (including me)
Photo taken at Detroit historical museum of a plaque stating that brothers Jeremiah and James Dwyer were known as the Stove Kings of Detroit. The stove industry required specific metals and kilns and contributed to the rise of the auto industry here a few decades later.
“Dwyer? As in the Detroit stove king Dwyers?”
Detroit was once home to 18 Black-led hospitals – here’s how to understand their rise and fall theconversation.com/detroit-was-...
We’re closing out Black History Month and stepping into Women’s History Month in Detroit!
Honor Black matriarchs, celebrate Black authors and immerse yourself in poetry, sound and music — ready to plan your Detroit weekend today?
Do you know someone who’s making a change, innovating or creating something new?
Nominate a Detroit entrepreneur for recognition in the Detroit Historical Museum at detroithistorical.org/hustle
📸 Hustle first round honoree Patrick Hines - Functional Fluidics. Photo by Bre-Ann White.
On February 24, 1953, architect Louis Kamper died. During his long career, reaching back to 1889, he designed Detroit's Book Cadillac Hotel and Book Tower. He is buried in the Roseland Park Mausoleum, which he had also designed.
Learn more: www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online...
📸 Hustle first round honorees The Thomas Family - Sweet Potato Sensations Bakery. Photo by Jenny Risher.
The Hustle: Celebrating Detroit’s Unsung Entrepreneurs is coming BACK for a second round! We're looking for 30 special city business owners to feature this year in the museum.
⭐ Learn more and nominate someone today: detroithistorical.org/hustle
The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is on the list! 🏆
While largely forgotten today, abolitionist leader Senator Jacob M. Howard has a fitting resting place at Elmwood Cemetery that speaks to his life's work. Learn more on our blog: www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online...
The Detroit Historical Museum is excellent, and has entire wings dedicated to the Underground Railroad, Black Bottom and Paradise Valley, the 1967 Uprising, and the 100th anniversary of the Red Wings.
Went there last weekend.
The lead banner of the Jobs Justice and Peace march in Detroit, August 2010. I don't remember everyone's name here, union leaders for the most part, but the line includes Jesse Jackson, John Conyers, Maxine Waters, Virg Bernero, and Jocelyn Benson. Jackson would attend the speeches at the MI Democratic Convention that weekend as well.
Jobs, Justice, and Peace March, Detroit, Aug 28th, 2010. Jesse Jackson, John Conyers, Maxine Waters, prominent union members, lead thousands to a rally. (Pretty sure that's Jocelyn Benson on the end.)
Story about the march, and the reasons behind it, here:
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On February 17, 1863, the First Michigan Colored Regiment was mustered into service against the Confederacy. They later became known as the 102nd U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment.
Learn more: www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online...
#OtD 16 Feb 1937 a group of predominantly Polish women cigar makers in Detroit sat down demanding a 10% raise, kickstarting a militant wave of sitdown strikes across the industry in the city stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8778...
[February 15th, 1926] New air mail service, contracted to Henry Ford, started Monday linking Detroit with Chicago and Cleveland. This connection provides Eastern Michigan its first air mail outlet to the entire country.
From 1964, in Kresge Court, Detroit by Bill Rauhauser.
For Valentine's Day 1948, this J.L. Hudson Co. Department Store window featured shag carpet and latch-hook rugs. A large heart with an arrow through it is featured at the center of the display.
Pioneering Baseball Player and One of Two Surviving Negro League Veterans, Dies at 99
Ron Teasley, former Brooklyn Dodger and New York Cuban leaves a lasting legacy of coaching and service in his hometown of Detroit.
May he rest in peace. 🌹
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Rube Foster
February 13th, 1920. Rube Foster establishes the Negro National League in Kansas City with 8 teams.
Detroit Stars
Cuban Stars
Kansas City Monarchs
St. Louis Giants
Indianapolis ABCs
Dayton Marcos
Chicago American Giants
Chicago Giants
