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- Visit of Commander Richard E. Byrd to Grand Rapids, March 16, 1927. Commander Byrd is wearing his military jacket & tie, with pilot's leather helmet and goggles on top of his head.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Posed image of group at a gathering.
- Date Created:
- 1937-09-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- People sit at tables and mingle in a large, open room, at an unknown event. Attendees wear suits and dresses. A single microphone stands at the center of the room.
- Date Created:
- 1952-05-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Portrait of George Everett Fitch. Ca. 1892
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Large Salvation Army group on step leading to Black and Silver Room of the George W. Welsh Civic Auditoirum
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- George G. Briggs: b. Wayne County, Mich. January 24, 1838--d. Grand Rapids, Mich. December 8, 1912. Began as mercantile clerk in Battle Creek, 1852-55; bookkeeper in Galesburg, Mich. 1856-58. Partner in Averill & Briggs store, 1858-62. Raised Company A, 7th Michigan Cavalry, served from 2nd Lt. to Colonel, 1862-65, in Civil War and Indian Wars. Came to Grand Rapids 1866; married Julia, daughter of John W. Pierce, went into partnership with father-in-law in dry goods firm Pierce & Briggs, 1866-69. State representative, 1869-70. Secretary-treasurer of Michigan Barrel Co. 1870-87. First president of G.R. Board of Trade 1887-90. Postmaster at G.R. 1890-94. Vice-president of National City Bank 1894-98. Was well-known as art connoisseur and collector, an early patron of Mathias Alten. Built house at 143 Lafayette NE in 1909, designed to display his collection. Sources: GRP, Dec. 9, 1912; Baxter, p. 594.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of the intersection of Finney and Goodrich, SW, taken on behalf of Floyd Skinner, president of the Grand Rapids NAACP. The photograph shows two people on a front porch.
- Date Created:
- 1961-03-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Photograph of Joseph Lett's lumber camp in Mecosta Co.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Dumond and children on the steps of the annex to the Public Museum. The man in the photograph is probably Frank L. Dumond, then curator of the museum at the time. He is standing in the midst of a very large group of children, including a few African-American children, all dressed in coats and hats, although he is bareheaded and wearing a three piece suit.
- Date Created:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)