A week after the attack, Dearbornites of every race, faith and creed came together as a community to remember all those who were lost on September 11. From our collection is the first candle lit for the Peace & Unity Vigil held at The Henry Ford on September 19, 2001.

Our Warren Avenue historic walking tour is coming up September 12th at 10AM. Tickets can be purchased here: tinyurl.com/warrenave26

In honor of #NationalDogDay we're sharing this 1914 image from the Mildred Cronogue collection. Identified in the photo are Mildred Cronogue's very dressed up dog named Ted along with John Grogan.

One of the first big recurring Arab American events in Dearborn were annual street fairs along Dix Avenue in the late 70s and 1980s. These images are from the August 1981 edition known as the Arabian Village Street Fair.

As a reminder of Dearborn's historical air quality issues, we're sharing this late 1960s Salina School cleanup parade photo. Stay safe in all the smoke outside.

This odd costume photo was taken during the 1915 Dearborn Independence Day Parade at the corner of Monroe and Michigan. Early 20th century Dearborn had a long tradition of July Fourth strange costume parades.

This image showing Harb's Hobby Shop and the northwest corner of Michigan and Oakwood was taken in June 1961. You can see our Commandant's Quarters in the background.

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This Warren Avenue shot was taken 45 years ago this month in June 1981. Looking west from near Horger it shows a city tree planting program in progress. In the background is the old Peoples Outfitting Company building which was still a Hudsons Warehouse Store at the time.

In honor of DHM staff being over at the West Peace Park on Friday for the Dearborn Summer Market, heres a Spring 1955 shot showing the Peace Park area. On the left is the old freight railroad station while on the right is the road now known as West Village Drive.

This feature on Arab American food businesses along the 13700 block of Warren Avenue was published 35 years ago this week in the Dearborn Times Herald.

This sketch of the Rouge Plant area was published on the front page of the Fordson Independent 100 years ago today.

Given the popularity of our recent Dearborn Theater post, we wanted to share this May 1976 image of Michigan Avenue looking west. The Dearborn Theater is on the left

Dedication photo of the Dearborn Police Station taken 65 years ago this month

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This interesting image shows the Westborn Mall parking lot looking east probably around 1968

Here's a circa 1980 slide image of a Dearborn strip mall along Michigan just west of Military matched up with an image taken today. Sacred Heart Church is visible in the background of both images.

Our museum has collected Dearborn menus ranging from 1920s aviation themed places to modern Middle Eastern restaurants. Here's an interesting one we spotted for Hoppe's Restaurant at 23920 Michigan Avenue that likely dates from 1961.

In honor of National Reading Month we wanted to share this slide image from 1995 showing the Borders Bookstore location on Ford Road in Dearborn.

Fairlane Town Center Mall had its grand opening 50 years ago today on March 2nd 1976. Only about 50 stores were open during its first week with many more opening later in March.

Inspired by recent NYC snow imagery, here's a winter shot of Wyoming Ave looking south from Brandt in December 1929.

Yesterday we shared an image of Oxford Lanes. Today we're sharing a February 1961 vs 2026 comparison just to the south showing Mallard's Tavern at 2400 S Telegraph and Stanke's General Store at 2430 Telegraph.

This February 1961 shot shows the Oxford Lanes Bowling Alley near the southwest corner of Telegraph and Scott. Located at 2200 S Telegraph, the building was torn down in the early 2010s for a car dealership.

With recent news about Jesse Jackson's passing, we wanted to share these Dearborn newspaper clippings from the 1988 Michigan Democratic Caucus. Jackson was the only candidate to make an appearance in Dearborn that election cycle. While Jackson placed 2nd in Dearborn, he won the state overall.

This image shows the Garrison Place East office building and adjoining 500 car capacity parking garage that recently made the news. Built in 1971, those facilities were designed and engineered time by the Nordstrom-Samson Associates firm

In honor of #NationalPizzaDay, here's an image of DeMarco's Pizza Palace @ 5960 Schaefer taken in October 1986. In the 2010s, the Schaefer Road DeMarcos closed and was replaced with Fratelli's in 2019. DeMarcos still operates a location on Ford Road in Dearborn Heights which opened in the late 2000s

We've paired up a February 3rd 1976 shot of "The Colonial Shoppes" commercial area on Telegraph just north of Hollander with an image taken today. Its a solid example of Dearborn aesthetic tastes changing over 50 years.

This photo shows the construction of a temporary ice skating rink in December 1955 at what is presumably Hemlock Park.

This interesting late 30s Dearborn Police shot shows Oakwood Blvd looking north at what is now Rotunda. Notice the early traffic lights in view?

Dearborn High School's second building opened 100 years ago this week near the corner of Mason and Garrison streets. Containing 40+ rooms, the new building was a nearly 5 fold expansion in space from the high school's previous home in a now gone older building next door.