Herb Estes, Inc., Show Room, May 1956
Year:
1956
Ann Arbor News, May 7, 1956
Caption:
FRONT SHOW ROOM: This show room at the front of the new Herb Estes, Inc., building is set off by a large window, trimmed in brick. It is 31x40 feet. The building also includes offices, conference rooms, storage rooms and a small display room on a mezzanine.
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Herb Estes At Work In His New Building, May 1956
Year:
1956
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Ford Agency In New Building
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Legacies Project Oral History: Titus McClary
Titus W. McClary was born in 1937 and spent his childhood in Georgetown, South Carolina. After moving to Detroit, he attended Highland Park High School and worked at his uncle’s North End restaurant. During his time in the army in the early 1960s, he picketed a segregated theater and restaurant in Killeen, Texas. In 1965 he became the third Black police officer in Highland Park. McClary ran the juvenile division and helped found a Black officers’ organization. He served as mayor of Highland Park and remained a city council member until he passed away in 2017.
Titus McClary was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.
Legacies Project Oral History: Louise Adams
Louise Adams was born in 1928 and grew up in Ecorse, Michigan. She was the first Black student to graduate second highest in her class at Ecorse High School in 1946. She studied art education at Wayne State University and taught in public schools from 1951 until her retirement in 1983. She married Chuck Adams in 1951 and they had two children, Marcus Adams and Sylvia Adams Burns. They lived in Detroit and then Inskter, where the family built their own home. Louise Adams passed away on June 12, 2014.
Louise Adams was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.
Aerial Photograph of the Proposed New and Existing Factory-Spring St. Bridge over the Huron River, Ypsilanti, April 1978 Photographer: Cecil Lockard
Year:
1978
Aerial Photograph of Ford Motor Co. Plant, Ypsilanti, Circa 1953
Year:
c.1953