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English: Silent 8mm film containing footage shot in and around Detroit, including footage of Belle Isle, the Detroit River, Henry Ford Museum, the Detroit Zoo, White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery in Troy, several houses of worship along Woodward Avenue, the New Center area, the Brewster Homes, Black Bottom, and downtown.
A blackout during war, or in preparation for an expected war, is the practice of collectively minimizing outdoor light, including upwardly directed (or reflected) light. This was done in the 20th century to prevent crews of enemy aircraft from being able to identify their targets by sight, such as during the London Blitz of 1940.
Detroit City Is the Place to Be (1st ed.). New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-8050-9229-5. Woodford, Arthur M (2001). This Is Detroit, 1701-2001. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 9780814329146. Sugrue, Thomas J (2005). The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit.
Pages in category "1940s in Detroit" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions
1940 Detroit Tigers season – Under manager Del Baker, the Tigers compiled a 90–64 record, won the American League pennant, and were defeated by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1940 World Series. [8] Left fielder Hank Greenberg led Major League Baseball (MLB) with 150 RBIs , 99 extra-base hits , and a .674 slugging percentage .
2017 - October: National Women's Convention held. [49] 2018 - Bedrock Detroit, owned by Dan Gilbert, announces a $900 million, two building project on the site of the former J.L. Hudson store (which once had the tallest retail tower in the world), including a 58-story tower. [50] 2020 - Population: 639,111.
Contemporaries of the Harper Theatre included the Westown (1936), the Royal (1940), and the Dearborn (1941), all designed by Agree in similar style for the same company. [ 1 ] The Harper Theatre opened on December 1, 1939, with showings of The Rains Came and Chicken Wagon Family .
As a strikingly controversial project in 1941, Sojourner Truth Project set precedents for Detroit housing project policy through the next decade. Created by the Detroit Housing Commission (DHC) and United States Housing Authority (USHA), the proposed 200 units would alleviate housing shortages caused by the wartime climate of World War II.