The Way It Was — May Day, 1930
Children whirl around the maypole at the Merrill-Palmer Institute in Midtown Detroit
The Way It Was — Opening Day, 1937
William, Josephine Ford, Eleanor, and Edsel Ford cheer on the Tigers
The Way It Was – ‘Birds of Flight,’ 1955
The mobile sculpture by Gwen Lux was situated outside Southfield's Northland Center
The Way It Was — Trumbull General Hospital, 1967
The medical center opened in the 1940s and was one of several area hospitals that cared for Black patients then
The Way It Was — Plymouth Ice Festival, 1984
The event celebrates its 40th anniversary this year
The Way It Was — Uncle Toby and Captain Jolly, 1954
Toby David was known as “The Man of a Thousand Voices”
The Way It Was — Detroit’s Chinatown, 1962
The vibrant area included Chinese businesses and a few thousand Chinese American residents
The Way It Was – Isiah Thomas, 1981
The point guard spent his entire NBA career with the Pistons
The Way it Was – Photographer Tony Spina, 1950
Spina worked at the 'Detroit Free Press' for more than 40 years
The Way It Was – American Motors Corp., 1962
The former Detroit automaker was once a leader in presenting compact cars to the American consumer
The Way It Was – Bicycling, Circa 1895
A more than 125-year-old photograph shows a woman peddling down Putnam Street in Detroit
The Way It Was – Jerome H. Remick Bandshell, 1953
Music on Belle Isle Group is determined to bring the space back to life
The Way It Was — Charles McGee, 1975
His work is on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and more
The Way It Was – Detroit’s Cooley High School, 1944
The Detroit firm behind The David Stott Building, St. Aloysius and Most Holy Redeemer churches, and the first section of the Penobscot Building built the school in 1928
The Way It Was – Main Detroit Public Library, 1950
The Woodward Avenue building continues to be a showstopper
The Way It Was – Nacirema Club, 1924
The state's first African American social club still stands today
The Way It Was – Ulysses Grant’s Detroit Home, 1885
The 18th president of the United States once lived on East Fort Street with his wife
The Way It Was – Old City Hall, 1920s
Young carolers sing in front of the municipal tree, behind which stands the seat of Detroit’s government
The Way It Was – The Masonic Temple, 1926
When the limestone, Gothic-style building swung open its doors, it was an event
The Way It Was – The Ghoul, 1977
The local TV personality was more "foolish than ghoulish"
