Paradise Loans
Grab
Description
View of Paradise Loans on the corner of Oakland and Owen during 1967 riots in Detroit. Security gate and windows broken; men and women stand outside building. Man rolls a tire across the street in foreground. Signs on building read: "We loan the most and sell for less. Save 40 to 80% on all out of pawn merchandise. Paradise Loans, cash in a flash. Watch repair, we buy old gold." Handwritten on back: "Oakland and Owen, July 25, 1967."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh022176
- Subject:
- Riots--Michigan--Detroit
- Pawnbrokers--Michigan--Detroit
- Automobiles--Tires
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1967-07-25
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Riots-1967
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.