Tag Archives: Detroit

2020: Ingathering

Posted on July 20, 2021 by corvusfugit

Joyce Brienza + Deborah Sukenic: Ingathering (2020); from an exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

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1958: Firebird III

Posted on July 6, 2021 by corvusfugit

The General Motors Firebird III was built in 1958, debuted as a concept car at Motorama in 1959, and was featured at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair.

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1982: Press Operators

Posted on June 25, 2021 by corvusfugit

Russ Marshall: Press Operators, GM Fisher Body Trim Plant, Fort Street, Detroit, Michigan (1982, printed 1997)

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1967: Alice in Wonderland

Posted on April 29, 2020 by corvusfugit

The 1967 report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders opens with a now-famous conclusion: “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white–separate and unequal.” The closing of the report is less well known: One of … Continue reading →

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1937: Local 174

Posted on December 15, 2019 by corvusfugit

This mural showing the early history of UAW local 174 was painted by Walter Speck and Barbara Wilson in 1937 and originally hung in the local’s union hall at 2730 Maybury Grand St., in Detroit, Michigan. After moving with the … Continue reading →

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1986: The Fist

Posted on October 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Robert Graham: Monument to Joe Louis in Detroit, Michigan (1986) Louis—whose family moved to Detroit in 1926—was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949 and one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. He is considered the first … Continue reading →

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1905: Grotta Azzurra

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Detroit Publishing Company: La Grotta Azzurra  [The Blue Grotto], Capri, photochrome print from “Views of Architecture and Other Sites in Italy” (1905) (source)

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1890: Castle

Posted on August 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

The castle, Hohenzollern, Germany; photochrom print published between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900 by the Detroit Publishing Co. (source)

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1933: As for Myself, I Calmly Continued to Paint

Posted on July 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Diego Rivera writes about the reactions to his murals in the Detroit Institute of Arts: Thoroughly immersed in my labors though I was, I became conscious after a time, that whispers were beginning to circulate through the city concerning certain … Continue reading →

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