Faces of Detroit 1937 - 1949

[@stuartcrane9385]

Wonderful. My parents were both born in Michigan in the 1930's. I grew up in a family that could afford movie and still cameras and my grandmother and father did wonderful work preserving memories of faces and places. I love the sentimental glimpse and historical wonder of observing a family in Detroit of that era. Thank you for caring and honoring your family.

[@JamesBond-pb2qy]

Are you related to EDDIE "CHAPLA" CRANE from Hamtramck Michigan my father's name is Raymond. Eddie was my godfather he was an antique collector appraiser in Detroit black in the day. You had a collection of 55 to 57 T-Birds.

[@azia5051]

Rip for all of those in those photos.

[@roychefets6961]

Fabulous pictures! I was born and lived in Detroit during this period. It was a wonderful place then. All my parents' friends were recent immigrants from Canada, England and Scandinavia. The male friends were skilled tradesmen drawn to jobs in the auto industry such as tool and die makers and pipe fitters. They earned good money for the times.

[@lewisner]

At 2.50 I put that address into Google Earth. The house is gone and nearly all the houses in the distance are either abandoned or demolished.

[@notgonnalie5880]

lewisner i do that all the time.....interesting...

[@bobwallace9814]

I did too.

[@joshmarauder]

Same

[@leversforever9748]

Same here

[@55Ariz]

Man oh man! To see the abandoned, burned out homes in Detroit now, Hard to believe it looked like this at one time.

[@bearriver666]

Humans like the one shown here left leaving the city to those creatures

[@seldenkid48]

Downtown and Woodward Avenue looks better than in the glory days. It still looks like this all across Detroit. You can not expect the older sections of town to stay intact. They no longer have the jobs or people to maintain that housing stock that was built when the Model A Ford was produced.

[@azul8811]

Ah, so that's it. People weren't able to maintain the housing stock built when the model A was produced! Hmm. Sure hope that doesn't happen here in NYC.

[@1940limited]

Yes, I noticed that right away.

[@autobug2]

@@bearriver666 That's an insult to 'creatures'.

[@alvan4080]

Love this video-I grew up a mile north of that house on 14th in the 50s - it was a great place to live

[@bertvosburg558]

www.google.com/maps/place/15351+14th+St,+Detroit,+MI+48238/@42.4038544,-83.1203332,178m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m16!1m9!3m8!1s0x8824cdca9bb9a1c3:0xfe7c4e2ef985bf5e!2s15351+14th+St,+Detroit,+MI+48238!3b1!8m2!3d42.403932!4d-83.12037!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F11c2338p0m!3m5!1s0x8824cdca9bb9a1c3:0xfe7c4e2ef985bf5e!8m2!3d42.403932!4d-83.12037!16s%2Fg%2F11c2338p0m?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[@nealfry2230]

" I'll Always Love you Mom & Dad, R.I.P. "

[@ophelia8759]

Wonderful! Such memories.

[@bluecrow3534]

NICE! This is a very well done video clip of the time when the American Dream had still seemingly lived amidst the neighborhoods of Detroit. Could it really be true that people back then had actually been far happier and more well-adjusted than they are now?

[@HalisIstanbullu]

How lucky these people were to have seen that Detroit.

[@kennye6088]

Stuart, you were my neighborhood brother. We moved to 15332 Baylis St., just two streets over from your family in 1957. We live there to 1968. Then we moved to Pontiac. So did you really live at 15351 14th St., there is a park there now, after they leveled everything.

[@Therevdon]

All of the beautiful, classy, natural young women. Today's women would be using filters to put stupid dog ears on themselves. Decline of society.

[@sysuiu4533]

People actually dressed like human beings and not in rags coming out of the gutters like today

[@1940limited]

Gee, everyone's white. Interesting.

[@leethomas5830]

Its their family picture unless they were in the house cleaning or cooking

[@surferbri5346]

Don't be an asshole, these are family movies and the family is white, what a moron, funny when it's black family movies nobodys says fuck where are the whites

[@Green4445.]

This is the Golden Age

[@RADIUMGLASS]

5:54 Packard 1948 Deluxe.

[@JamesBond-pb2qy]

I've got two of those in the Fastback

[@jacobtennyson9213]

This is a family who lived in Detroit's Northwest Side in from 1937 to 1949 in 15351 14th Street North of Fenkell Rd. near my old hood. The house the hood is long gone and cut off by the Lodge FWY.

[@sysuiu4533]

My family would always talk about 12th street, 12th street

[@bertvosburg558]

www.google.com/maps/place/15351+14th+St,+Detroit,+MI+48238/@42.4038544,-83.1203332,178m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m16!1m9!3m8!1s0x8824cdca9bb9a1c3:0xfe7c4e2ef985bf5e!2s15351+14th+St,+Detroit,+MI+48238!3b1!8m2!3d42.403932!4d-83.12037!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F11c2338p0m!3m5!1s0x8824cdca9bb9a1c3:0xfe7c4e2ef985bf5e!8m2!3d42.403932!4d-83.12037!16s%2Fg%2F11c2338p0m?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[@tomfields3682]

Would've loved to have lived there then.

[@leethomas5830]

Parents when first arrived in Detroit lived on west grand and Michigan ave. Wow went from fedoras to baseball caps. Funny thing I could show mum a pic . She knew where they were going at that time . Photo by the car .

[@jasonburdette7879]

My grandfather had family lived in Detroit.My ex wife grandparents where from Detroit.

[@azia5051]

Look so wired to see them alive, but now they are all gone what a shame.

[@jerryjohnson575]

a better time now is hell 2021,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@badboypezza15]

This is when the working class was thriving

[@Interlocutor67]

Demographics, demographics, and demographics.

[@richardlittle3839]

The fall of Detroit was itself the result of direct action. Instead of staying and trying to change the City through politics, hundreds of thousands of residents fled to the suburbs or to other states. They voted with their feet to unilaterally elect a different and less oppressive government.

[@mistervacation23]

Damn a Detroit

[@notgonnalie5880]

Advanced society.....everyone now wears pyjamas to go shopping....what happened!?

[@the4bidden142]

The 60's... then the 2000's

[@jacobtennyson9213]

Times's are a changin1

[@joshmarauder]

Its crazy how they ruined that whole city

[@badboypezza15]

I wonder where all the black people were during these happy smiles? Probably just started to migrate north from enslaved south. What a history this country has

[@taylorbrad111]

Not sure, but they sure put an end to this place... 80% black by 1973 and in 30 40 years the place looks like it lost a war to a german invasion.... If only the whites would have kept them out

[@taylorbrad111]

Should have ben boated back to the white built africa, but then again,, it was destroyed as well.... Possibly a good reason for SLAVORY... Maby

[@davidgonzalezhernan6110]

Isn't it hollow to live your life with a fixation on the color of your skin?

[@badboypezza15]

​@@davidgonzalezhernan6110 fun fact I don't actually and yes, it is hollow. But not sure how your response is linked to my question? Maybe you could help answer the question?, apparently, you couldn't relate to it

[@badboypezza15]

​@@taylorbrad111 Wow interesting way to sum up your academic knowledge! I'm fascinated by your travel experience there! Have you been to Africa? Tell us about it! Actually, let's begin with where you come from, originally.

[@Beavertailgunner]

Where da black peoples at?

[@North49191]

all over now

[@zipperpillow]

So many unattractive women. At least that hasn't changed over the years.

[@johnbarkett1057]

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