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- Street Scene in Hamtramck, Michigan, 1921 - Streetcars were a common sight in mid and large-sized American cities from the 1890s into the 1930s. Electricity, generated at a central station and delivered to trolleys through overhead wires, offered a clean and efficient power source. The automobile's rising popularity, combined with the financial strain of the Great Depression, forced many streetcar systems out of business before World War II.
- July 29, 1921
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Street Scene in Hamtramck, Michigan, 1921
Streetcars were a common sight in mid and large-sized American cities from the 1890s into the 1930s. Electricity, generated at a central station and delivered to trolleys through overhead wires, offered a clean and efficient power source. The automobile's rising popularity, combined with the financial strain of the Great Depression, forced many streetcar systems out of business before World War II.
- Boys at Tau Beta Community House, Hamtramck, Michigan, 1920-1935 - The boys here are sitting on the front porch of the Tau Beta Community House in Hamtramck, Michigan. Built in 1928, this settlement house was created to "Americanize" Polish immigrants working at the Dodge Main automobile plant. It offered a day nursery, clinic, library, and gymnasium, and it served as a model for other settlement houses at the time.
- 1920-1935
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Boys at Tau Beta Community House, Hamtramck, Michigan, 1920-1935
The boys here are sitting on the front porch of the Tau Beta Community House in Hamtramck, Michigan. Built in 1928, this settlement house was created to "Americanize" Polish immigrants working at the Dodge Main automobile plant. It offered a day nursery, clinic, library, and gymnasium, and it served as a model for other settlement houses at the time.
- Printing Plate with Image of Detroit and Lake Superior Iron Mfg. Co., Hamtramck, Michigan -
- circa 1866
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Printing Plate with Image of Detroit and Lake Superior Iron Mfg. Co., Hamtramck, Michigan
- Twin Parking Meter, circa 1938 - By the 1920s, automobile parking in cities was chaotic. City governments tried widening streets, prohibiting parking near intersections, and marking parking spaces. Finally, it was the parking meter, introduced in 1935, that proved workable and enforceable. This early parking meter, designed for two cars, was used in Hamtramck, Michigan. Parking cost five cents per hour, except on Sunday and holidays.
- circa 1938
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Twin Parking Meter, circa 1938
By the 1920s, automobile parking in cities was chaotic. City governments tried widening streets, prohibiting parking near intersections, and marking parking spaces. Finally, it was the parking meter, introduced in 1935, that proved workable and enforceable. This early parking meter, designed for two cars, was used in Hamtramck, Michigan. Parking cost five cents per hour, except on Sunday and holidays.
- Cornerstone Ceremony at the New Tau Beta Community House, Hamtramck, Michigan, 1928 -
- June 16, 1928
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Cornerstone Ceremony at the New Tau Beta Community House, Hamtramck, Michigan, 1928
- Medical Activities at Tau Beta Community House, Hamtramck, Michigan, circa 1925 -
- circa 1925
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Medical Activities at Tau Beta Community House, Hamtramck, Michigan, circa 1925
- Baseball Team Organized by Tau Beta Community House, Hamtramck, Michigan, circa 1925 -
- 1923-1935
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Baseball Team Organized by Tau Beta Community House, Hamtramck, Michigan, circa 1925