REAL DETROIT VISUAL SOURCING
IMAGE SOURCES & RIGHTS
This register covers the external images added in the Real Detroit visual pass. No AI-generated city image is used in this pass. Library of Congress FSA/OWI photographs listed as public domain are treated as public-domain source material; Detroit Publishing Company items used here carry an item-level “No known restrictions on publication” advisory. Wikimedia Commons images are used under the license stated on the individual file page and are credited here and in the page caption.
These credits and source records should remain with the published visual material. This site references archive-hosted image files remotely so the source chain remains explicit.
| Image | Creator | Rights status | Source | Pages used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit, Michigan. Celebrators standing at a bar on New Year's Eve January 1942 | Arthur S. Siegel | Public domain — FSA/OWI | Source record | after-dark-blind-pigs.html, after-dark-rackets.html, after-dark-taverns.html, after-dark-vice.html, after-dark.html, built35-nightlife.html, case30-nicks-bar.html, crime33-vice.html, everyday40-food.html, map32-nightlife.html |
| Police station, Belle Isle 1893–1899 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | crime33-policing.html, river-policing.html |
| Detroit, Mich., skating at Belle Isle 1890–1910 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | everyday40-sports.html |
| Detroit, Michigan. Typical Negro business district February 1942 | Arthur S. Siegel | Public domain — FSA/OWI | Source record | crime33-place.html, crime33-robbery.html, neigh36-black-bottom.html, press31-marvin-gardens.html, press31-tribune.html |
| Detroit, Michigan. Typical Negro neighborhood February 1942 | Arthur S. Siegel | Public domain — FSA/OWI | Source record | built35-neighborhoods.html, crime33-burglary.html, map32-neighborhoods.html, neigh36-change.html, neigh36-crime.html, neighborhoods36.html, works38-neighborhoods.html |
| The Campus [Martius], Detroit, Mich. 1900–1910 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | built35-then-now.html, city-changing.html, city-postwar.html, power39-planning.html, war-return.html |
| Central High School, Detroit, Mich. 1900–1915 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | everyday40-schools.html |
| Girls and men coming out of the Highland Park Chrysler plant Spring 1942 | Arthur S. Siegel | Public domain — FSA/OWI | Source record | city-factories.html, everyday40-workday.html, transport37-war.html, war-industry.html, war.html, works38-shifts.html, works38-war.html, works38-workers.html |
| City Hall, Blue Star Day ca. 1906 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | detroit-power.html, power39-city-hall.html, power39-elections.html, power39-mayors.html, power39-records.html, power39-reform.html |
| View down Michigan Avenue in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood November 3, 2019 | Carol M. Highsmith | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | neigh36-corktown.html |
| Wayne County Court House [Wayne County Building], Detroit, Mich. 1902–1910 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | built35-civic.html, crime33-courts.html, justice34-bail.html, justice34-geography.html, justice34-grand-jury.html, justice34-prosecutor.html, justice34.html, power39-prosecution.html, press31-courts.html |
| Probate court room, Wayne County Building, Detroit ca. 1902 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | justice34-evidence.html, justice34-files.html, justice34-witnesses.html |
| The Detroit News Building newsroom published before 1931 | Detroit News / postcard source; digitized by Newberry Library | Public domain in the United States | Source record | press31-news.html |
| Dix Bascule Bridge, Detroit HAER documentation compiled after 1968; bridge built 1926 | Historic American Engineering Record | No known restrictions on U.S. Government HAER images | Source record | neigh36-dix.html |
| Former Detroit Police Department headquarters March 2007 | Mikerussell | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source record | crime33-homicide.html, detective28-holdup.html, police-places.html, power39-police-admin.html, sealed-homicide.html, works38-policing.html |
| Detroit, Michigan. Back of the Fisher Building July 1942 | Arthur S. Siegel | Public domain — FSA/OWI | Source record | built35-lost.html, detroit-built.html |
| Ford workers carrying American flag and union banners in the Labor Day parade September 1942 | Arthur S. Siegel | Public domain — FSA/OWI | Source record | city-people.html, works38-labor.html |
| Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, Detroit December 29, 2021 | Michael Barera | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source record | justice34-recorders.html |
| Detroit Free Press newspaper building, Shelby Street, Detroit, Michigan 1915–1925 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | built35-press.html, crime33-press.html, justice34-press.html, newspapers-by-date.html, newspapers-crime-desk.html, newspapers.html, power39-press.html, press31-compare.html, press31-free-press.html |
| Detroit's 6th Precinct McGraw Station photographed late 2020 | WikiWalkerWoo | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source record | case30-mcgraw.html, map32-police-places.html, street26-mcgraw.html |
| McGraw Station Blueprints uploaded 2015 | WikiWalkerWoo | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source record | built35-police.html, map32-case-locations.html |
| Michigan Central Station, Detroit February 22, 2020 | Carol M. Highsmith | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | transport37-rail.html |
| Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Mich. early 1900s | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | everyday40-entertainment.html |
| Packard Motor Car Company Auto Plant, Detroit, Mich. 1900–1910 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | built35-industry.html, detroit-works.html, map32-industry.html, works38-auto.html |
| Along the river at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan ca. 1910 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | city-river.html, map32-riverfront.html, river-working.html, river.html |
| Detroit River tunnel, Detroit, Mich. 1910–1920 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | city-prohibition.html, crime33-organized.html, river-border.html, river-crossings.html, river-prohibition.html, transport37-border.html, transport37-river.html |
| Chrysler girl worker at Saks Fifth Avenue store Spring 1942 | Arthur S. Siegel | Public domain — FSA/OWI | Source record | everyday40-shopping.html, newspapers-daily-life.html |
| Traffic at 5:30 on Second Avenue, Detroit, Mich. July 1942 | Arthur S. Siegel | Public domain — FSA/OWI | Source record | city-streets.html, crime33-auto.html, criminology.html, streets-board.html, streets.html, transport37-auto.html, transport37-crime.html, transport37-expressways.html, transport37.html |
| Railroad viaduct leading to Michigan Central Station, southwest Detroit November 3, 2019 | Carol M. Highsmith | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | neigh36-southwest.html |
| Streetcar safety demonstration, Detroit, Mich. 1915–1930 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | built35-transport.html, transport37-streetcars.html |
| Detroit, Michigan. Waiting in line at sugar rationing board Spring 1942 | Arthur S. Siegel | Public domain — FSA/OWI | Source record | city-1940s.html, everyday40-home.html, everyday40-prices.html |
| White Star Line dock, Detroit, Mich. 1900–1920 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | river-industry.html, works38-logistics.html |
| A Winter scene, Detroit ca. 1900–1910 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | everyday40-weather.html, map32-west-side.html |
| Looking north on Woodward Ave. from the Maccabees Building July 1942 | Arthur S. Siegel | Public domain — FSA/OWI | Source record | city.html, everyday40.html, explore.html, map-room.html, map32-downtown.html, neigh36-downtown.html, newspapers-city-desk.html |
| Ralph Palmer with his mother — family-owned photograph. | Palmer Family Archive | Family-owned / user-supplied archive | Internal project asset | archive-family.html |
| Full school group photograph from the Palmer family archive; Ralph is identified on the image. | Palmer Family Archive | Family-owned / user-supplied archive | Internal project asset | archive-education.html |
| Ralph Renna Palmer’s documented 1943 Tool Engineering certificate from the family archive. | Palmer Family Archive | Family-owned / user-supplied archive | Internal project asset | archive-industry.html |
| Ralph Palmer during his U.S. Army Air Forces service — family archive. | Palmer Family Archive | Family-owned / user-supplied archive | Internal project asset | archive-military.html |
| Detroit patrol officers from the Palmer family archive; Ralph is identified on the far left. | Palmer Family Archive | Family-owned / user-supplied archive | Internal project asset | archive-police.html |
| Ralph Renna Palmer’s 1943 Tool Engineering certificate — a documented anchor for his skilled-trades and engineering background. | Palmer Family Archive | Family-owned / user-supplied archive | Internal project asset | works38-tool-die.html |
| Detroit patrol officers from the Palmer family archive — real Detroit police context for the pre-digital methods section. | Palmer Family Archive | Family-owned / user-supplied archive | Internal project asset | police-methods.html |
| Former Detroit Police Department headquarters, 1300 Beaubien March 2007 photograph | Mikerussell | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source record | crime33-homicide.html, detective28-holdup.html, police-places.html, power39-police-admin.html, sealed-homicide.html, works38-policing.html |
| Detroit, Michigan. Poker hand and hands of girl players Summer 1941 | Arthur S. Siegel | No known restrictions — FSA/OWI | Source record | after-dark-gambling.html |
| Detroit, Michigan, July 24, 1967 July 24, 1967 | Phil Cherner | CC BY-SA 2.5 | Source record | sealed-1967.html |
| Church and Grand River Avenue in snow, Detroit, Mich. 1900–1905 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | case30-cleaning-stub.html |
| Detroit, Michigan. Residence February 1942 | Arthur S. Siegel | Public domain — FSA/OWI | Source record | neigh36-west.html |
| Gratiot Avenue from Woodward, Detroit, Mich. 1900–1910 | Detroit Publishing Co. | No known restrictions on publication | Source record | neigh36-east.html |