1940 detroit telephone book

Youll discover more than your ancestors name and address in city directories. Detroit city directory, polk, 1845 free hathi trust digital library. The teams statistical leaders included whizzer white led the team with 514 rushing yards, 461 passing yards, and 32 points scored, and lloyd cardwell with 349 receiving yards. The city directories contains directories published between 1815 and 1945 by j. This rare footage in the 1940s shows detroit like youve never seen before if youre a history buff, theres nothing more fascinating than watching video footage of a time long past. We have compiled the ultimate database of phone numbers from around the state and country to help you locate any lost friends, relatives or family members. May 17, 1940 is as much a blunder as it is an affront. These inofrmational updates measure 8 x 1112 inches. Because they are published frequently, more often than every ten years like the census, directories help us verify residences and. Search our online phone book to find phone numbers, addresses, and more. Nysl holdings are listed below in alphabetical order by. The alphabetical listings provide clues to researchers about employment, residence, and age of citizens. Huge industrial muscle earned detroit the arsenal of democracy badge. Use form number natf 82 to order individual pages of federal population census schedules, 17901930, used for genealogical research or as evidence of age and place of birth for employment, social security benefits, insurance, passports and other reasons.

The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of americans in 1940, with details about a households occupants that include birthplaces, occupations, education, citizenship, and. Detroit was one of the worlds most important cities during the 1940s. Sept 1940, apr 1951, apr 1952, apr 1953, apr 1954, apr 1955, apr 1956, apr 1957, apr 1958, apr 1959, apr 1961, apr 1962, mar 1963, jan 1964, jan 1966, jan 1968, jan 1972, jan 1973, jan 1976, nov 1976. Varieties of telephone books telephone directory directory first. The digital public library of america brings together the riches of americas libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.

The detroit jewish chronicle invits correspondence on subjects of interest to the jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an endorsement of views expressed by the writers. Detroit city directory, unknown, 1837 free michigan local history network transcribed. Outdated directories in the stock room of a philadelphia paper mill, ca. Whitepages official site find people, phone numbers. This selfservice collection consists of yellow and white pages telephone directories for most u. City directories on microfilm or microfiche and selected telephone books and county directories on microfilm are filed in cabinets in the 7th floor microforms area. Expand your research by checking out the michigan online historical newspapers here. Clair shores, utica and warrenoverall pretty nice condition all pages intact. Nonsubscribers can, however, use the search engine and see a listing of possible results but no images or further details. The 1940 census records were released by the us national archives april 2, 2012, and brought online through a partnership with. The detroit jewish news digital archives may 17, 1940. Sabbath scriptural selections pentateuchal portionlev. In the united states, the demand for telephone service outpaced the scalability of the alphanumeric system and after introduction of area codes for directdistance dialing, allnumber calling became necessary.

The cover of the 1958 yellow pages emphasizes royal oak and troy the former big beaver and adds royal oak township. T are a number of businesses listed with trade, name of business or owner and telephone number and address. Telephone books genealogy archives state historical. City directories and selected telephone books on microfilm. Telephone exchange names were used in many countries, but were phased out for numeric systems by the 1960s. Detroit during the early 1940s rare historical photos. United states telephone directories, 1883 2010 recap 12. Collection is arranged alphabetically state by state, and then by city. Vintage antique candlestick telephone receiver kit brown cord. Get lost in rarely seen photos of detroit during the 1940s. City directories, telephone books and county directories do not circulate, but are available for use onsite. City directories digital archives city of san diego. This website allows you full access to the 1940 census images, in addition to 1940 census maps and descriptions. City directories give us regular and timely snapshots of a community.

Whitepages is the authority in people search, established in 1997. Wayne county, michigan online historical directories. The city clerk archives digitized these directories on loan from the central san diego public library. Fullscreen scenes show vintage vehicles, fashions, hairstyles, the crowleymilner department store, cunninghams drugs, a streetcar, chryslers tank assembly workers, tense integration of the sojourner truth homes federal housing project in 1942 and five images from june 1943 rioting. Detroit phone book and detroit phone directory makes searching for businesses and people in detroit easy by providing an online business and residential phonebook and phone directory in detroit. Items in this collection can be requested through the nypl catalog. When it comes to detroit, it can be difficult to imagine what life was like in the. With comprehensive contact information, including cell phone numbers, for over 275 million people nationwide, and smartcheck, the fast, comprehensive background check compiled from criminal and other records from all 50 states. Thirty vivid, oversize blackandwhite photos from the library of congress show the detroit in the 1940s. Our hope was that the addresses of individuals listed in the white pages could be used to help locate individuals in the 1940 census. If you dont find a nonabbreviated version the street you see in the phone book does not match any street shown in the list please contact stephen morse creator of the onestep website. Before the 1940 census was transcribed and made searchable, the nebraska library commission worked with nebraska institutions to digitize the telephone white pages from 1940 and make them available online. It really depends on condition of course and whos on ebay that week.

Not finding anyone with that name in either the 1961 phone book or the 1967 polks directory. The 1940 united states federal census is the largest census released to date. City directories on microfilm in the microform reading room. We offer the ability to search by first name, last name, phone number, or business name. City directories microform reader services, researcher and reference services division, library of congress. Blue book, a social directory of detroit and suburbs. Links to directories at ancestry are to the images themselves, which are browsable.

Some cities may be included in telephone books of counties and larger cities. This lot consists of three rare original supplements to the 1940 amtliches fernsprechbuch berlin or 1940 berlin phone book published for berlin during the third reich. The detroit exchange directory was published in 1899 and they were trying to promote having a telephone in the home or place of business so because just having a telephone was new no business ad pages are in the book. Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data. Collection is arranged alphabetically by state, and then by city. Detroit city directories hathitrust digital library.

Convert the address into a census enumeration district, then find his record at the national. Detroit white pages detroit phone directory lookup. The detroit jewish news digital archives march 29, 1940. Wyandotte, mi 1936, 1938, 1940 city directories allen county public library. Telephone directories contain addresses and phone numbers and can be quite helpful in locating living relatives or possible relatives with the same surname or. United states telephone directories, 18832010 size. They list residents and businesses within a city or town, often including suburbs. Berichtigungsblatt 2 and 3 for the 1940 berlin phone book published by the reichpostdirektion. This database is a collection of directories for u. Find email addresses and use our people search form. While most of the directories cover pittsburgh and allegheny city, a portion includes homestead and nearby boroughs. Find 50 listings related to phone book white pages in detroit on. These annual volumes preceded telephone directories and listed names, addresses and occupations of local merchants and residents.

Message boards topics research resources michigan phone directories 1940 1960 detroit telephone directories. United states telephone directories ii summary title. The 1940 united states federal census is the largest census released to date and the most recent census available for public access. Antique telephone kellogg wood wall phone crank solid brass sku 22599. See more ideas about detroit, detroit history and detroit michigan. Landlords use whitepages tenantcheck, which is designed expressly. Telephone directories from various states across the united states, dating from 1883 to 2010.

Telephone directories from various states across the united states, dating from ca. Detroit jewish chronicle and the legal chronicle published weekly by the jewish chronicle publishing co. Centerline, east detroit, fraser, mount clemens, roseville, st. Vintage antique original western electric 302 condenser for 302 sku 20573. Inventory of street address directories business reference. Suppose you are looking for john h fedeler, livein superintendent at the new york public library, 19101940. Some variations in years indicate books published by different phone companies, not duplicate issues. Try our free white pages search to find address and phone information. Detroit directories from 1887 through 1915 may list the name and death date of individuals who died during the preceding year. Detroit and the industrial region surrounding it, was plunged into semidarkness as all except street lights and in war factories went out for fifteen minutes during a. Telephone and city directories in the library of congress. Telephone books at the tennessee state library and archives. Old telephone books possibly the worlds largest online collection of phone books. Use our 1940 nyc telephone directories to find his address.