THE WAY IT WAS
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
