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Prohibition, Smuggling, Detroit River, Detroit, 1929
A rum runner lies in wait on a dock in Sandwich, Ontario for the signal that it is clear to bring alcohol across the Detroit River to a landing plot on 17th Street. Diagram courtesy of a Detroit News Photographer.
First World War, Army, Jewish Battalion, Detroit, 1918
Members of a "Jewish Battalion," pose for a photograph before leaving for the First World War. The young men are most likely members of the Jewish Legion, who actively recruited in Detroit in 1918.
Prohibition, Smuggling, Detroit, 1920s
An ingenious, anonymous man demonstrates to reporters how one can transport flasks of alcohol throughout the city during Prohibition.
Organized Crime, Sugar House Gang, 1928
A police photo of alleged members of the Sugar House Gang (aka The Purple Gang)
New Orleans
Photograph of an ostrich running
Welcome to Chuckey
Photo of a sign as you enter Chuckey, in Greene County, Eastern Tennessee
Stanford-Binet tests of 112 kindergarten children and 77 repeated tests
Introduction to a study done by Lewis Terman & Irene Cuneo.
Car works, Pullman Palace Car Co., Pullman, Ill.
An image of the Pullman car works in 1885.
Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial School
Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial School