Detroit: 1930-1969

by David Lee Poremba

Book Overview

As the roaring twenties came to an end and a new decade dawned, the United States found itself locked in the grips of the Great Depression. The City of Detroit was no exception as industry laid off... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1531600964
• ISBN13: 9781531600969
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Great pictorial of Detroit in the early years

Another great book that I bought for my mom on Mother's Day. It has fantastic pics and little tidbits about Detroit back when. You can't put it down!

I bought this book for a family reunion.....

I bought this book and 'Cruising Woodward Avenue' as conversation starters in case things got too quiet at our first family reunion. We ended up not needing them for that purpose, but they still were fun to look and reminisce....

A wistful reminder for some of us...

A graphic reminder of the vibrancy and prosperity in a Detroit that was another era.

Our city of Detroit was vibrant and alive at one time.......

Nostalgic trip back in time to a Detroit in its better days. Book is full of pictures of this city which will interest you every time you review its pages!!!

Detroit Remembered

Greatly enjoyed reading this book, which includes many fascinating and rare photographs of Detroit during forty dramatic years. The writing about the city is informative and evocative and filled with local color. One only wishes that that it was even more comprehensive. Much could be said about Detroit in these years, about the automobile industry that made the city world renowned, its captains of industry and labor, its institutions, remarkable churches, theaters, famous restaurants, schools, museums and its many diverse cultures and neighborhods. Still, this is a delightful and valuable introduction to a great city, which I will treasure and refer to time and again.