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- Notes:
- Two Leonard Refrigerator Company men present a gift or award to a third man.
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A group of committee men posed outdoors in front of the steps leading to the main door of the Y.M.C.A. All are dressed in overcoats, most are wearing hats, and a few are wearing gloves.
- Date Created:
- 1937-11-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Professor Conrad G. Swensberg (1835-1897) came to Grand Rapids in 1866 and founded the Grand Rapids Commercial College, also known as Grand Rapids Business College, which later became Davenport University. He taught at the school for over twenty years. He later was the owner and publisher/editor of the Telegram-Herald newspaper. In addition, he was the president of the Valley City Milling company, a founder of the Phoenix Furniture Company, a founder of the Aldine Manufacturing Company, a director of the Grand Rapids Savings Bank, and director of the Grand Rapids Street Railway Company. He was also an organizer of the local Y.M.C.A. and helped to establish the city's first free library.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- One Leonard Refrigerator Co. business man receiving congratulations from three others.
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- Photo of E. Bement & Sons Float on labor day 1892. Included left to right Louis Gleason, Dan Daley, Chas Emery, Norm Spencer, Fred Molitor, H.S. Bartholomew, Sherwood Bennett, Frank Free, Louis Molitor, R. Shoemaker, Louis Emil, Vigo Ihle. See also an explanatory essay about this photograph in the Edmonds Family Collection (2018-10-001).
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Edmonds Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- An interior photo of the East Grand Rapids City Hall at 750 Lakeside Drive S.E. Two men are standing at the L-shaped counter receiving assistance. Four men and two women are at work behind the counter. Windows are in the background, and two overhead lights hang from the ceiling.
- Date Created:
- 1938-01-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A group of about 75 men at a luncheon at the Y.M.C.A., in Room 211. The men are seated at cloth covered tables.
- Date Created:
- 1937-11-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Martin L. Sweet came to Grand Rapids in 1846 and soon after built a flour mill, the Grand Rapids City mills. In 1860 he became mayor of Grand Rapids. And in 1868 he sold his mill and built the Sweet's Hotel, which stood on the site of the Pantlind Hotel and now the Amway Grand at the northwest corner of Pearl and Monroe. He was also involved in banking and the lumber business.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A dinner at the Tap Room in the Peninsular Club, 116-120 Ottawa N.W. The group of men and women, in evening dress, is gathered seated or standing around a large cloth-covered table prior to eating. The table is set with china, crystal and silverware, and several lighted candles. The room is partially wood paneled and two large overhead lamps appear in the background.
- Date Created:
- 1937-11-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man seated at a desk, with books and a picture of a young girl on the table behind him.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
