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Detroit and Beyond

1970s, 1980s, Everyday People, Photographers • 17751 Views • Comments Off on Detroit and Beyond

Now we go back to a time when Budweiser six pack vans cruised the streets of Michigan, Darth Vader walked amongst the surfers of Whitmore Lake and a 1972 film titled “The Man” starring a young James Earl Jones had a ridiculous tagline.

Here we have a small selection of photos taken from a collection called From The Archives by amateur Michigan photographer Don Hudson. Since the early seventies he documented life on the streets of the home of Motown and other smaller towns in Michigan, taking in events such as fairs, political rallies and the odd Blues festival.

These photographs were taken in various locations from the late sixties to the start of the eighties. If you want to check more of Don’s stunning Black and White snaps of streetlife, then cast your peepers over his Flickr page

 

 

Blues Festival

 

 

 

 

1969 Detroit

 

 

 

Detrit 1973

 

 

 

Ann Arbor, MI April 1st, 1978

 

 

 

 

Detroit Cinema 1973

 

 

 

Detroit 1980

 

 

 

detroit photo boot

 

 

 

Budweiser Van

 

 

 

Pinckney, MI 1978

 

 

 

Belleville, MI 1979

 

 

 

Detroit in 1980

 

 

 

1979 disco

 

 

 

ape girl

 

 

 

stormtrooper

 

 

 

Darth Vader

 

 

 

disco

 

 

1979

 

 

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