Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print depicting a fireworks display over the Detroit River at night, with the Renaissance Center and Blue Cross Blue Shield Building in the background.
Caption #1 reads- The Hudson's-Stroh's fireworks extravaganza will again be the "crowning jewel" in the events planned for the Detroit-Windsor International Freedom Festival, June 30 - July 4. This year's fireworks display will begin downtown at dusk on June 30 and will conclude after several tons of colorful starbursts have been shot into the night sky from barges on the Detroit River. In case of bad weather, everything will be rescheduled for July 1. The fireworks is only one of over 75 Festival events.
Caption #2 reads- For release on or after Tuesday, June 5, 1979. Detroit River "lights up" June 29 - For the 21st consecutive year, the spectacular Freedom Festival Fireworks will herald the opening of Detroit and Windsor's annual celebration. This year's fireworks display will begin at 9:55 p.m., Friday, June 29, from barges anchored midway in the Detroit River opposite the Veterans Memorial Building, Cobo Hall and Ford Auditorium. More than 600,000 people are expected to watch the seven tons of colorful starbursts light up the skylines of the two cities. In case of bad weather, everything will be rescheduled for Saturday, June 30.