The Way It Was: Glimpses of Detroit's History from the Pages of Hour Detroit Magazine

About this book

The photos in this volume were culled from the back pages of Hour Detroit magazine offering a representative glimpse back at the way Detroit was from the earliest shot 1880 to the most recent 1987. "The Way It Was" is a popular feature with the magazines readers many of whom begin reading each issue from the back page first. Some readers recall events or buildings because they lived through that particular time. Youthful readers familiar only with a largely forlorn city are frequently astounded by images of a town that once pulsated with energy. Most of these pictures dont depict important or cataclysmic moments in the citys history although there are shots of famous people visiting Detroit from John F. Kennedy speaking to a downtown crowd to Frank Sinatra performing at Cobo Hall. But the majority are simply images capturing a time and place that are no more. In their spontaneity they evoke life as it was lived.