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- Description:
- A large group of unidentified people in a dirt road with streetcar tracks. Some of the men pictured are holding musical instruments, including one with a bass drum which reads "Prince's Military Band, Lansing." In the background at left can be seen the Emily A. Atkins Bazaar, at 315 East Franklin Street (now Grand River Avenue). The location is North Lansing. The attached photograph is a copy of the original which is severely damaged. Both are in the Local History Collection.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Robert Morris shares stories and history of North Lansing, now known as Old Town, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- This item is constructed like a photograph album, but it is not known how many copies of it were produced. Handwritten inside the cover is the following: "Presented to Public Library of Lansing, Mich. by Wagenvoord and Co. Bookbinders and Fred J. Wagenvoord, Photographer." The book includes photographs of flooded Lansing, each identified. They are as follows: 1: A view of Lansing (identification not legible due to damage) 2: Washington Avenue North 3: Grand River in North Lansing 4: A view of North Lansing 5: Liederkrantz/Arbeiter Hall 6: Liederkrantz Hall 7: Saginaw Street Bridge 8: A home on Saginaw Street 9: Saginaw Street East 10: Lake Shore Depot 11: Lake Shore Railroad Yards 12: Untitled view 13: Untitled view including Rikerd Lumber Company 14: River Street 15: River Street 16: River Street 17: Main Street East 18: Untitled view High resolution TIF files of each image in the album are available. Contact library staff for more information.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Digitized Books
- Description:
- Robert Morris shares stories about the settlement and changes over time to "North Town," the village also known as North Lansing or Old Town, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- An oral history from Thelma E. Sanford, the daughter of Arthur C. Haite, who ran a furniture business and funeral home in Lansing in the early 20th century. Along with her interview, Mrs. Sanford provided several photocopied newspaper clippings and photos. She was interviewed by her daughter Patricia Sanford Brown at her home at Burcham Hills, East Lansing, on August 22, 1990. A transcript for this recording is linked with the audio files below.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Voices of Lansing Oral Histories
- Description:
- Curator Elizabeth Homer talks about the early life of Lansing pioneers Marion and James Turner, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- Guest speaker Carmen Benavides, long-time resident of North Lansing, member of the local Hispanic community, and retired principal from the Lansing School District, talks about her life experiences at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center on March 6, 2003.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- Four views. Photos a and b are of the Board of Water and Light coal storage towers on the east side of the Grand River in North Lansing. Photo c shows the BWL Dye Conditioning Plant on Cedar Street. Photo d is of the dam, pump station, and coal towers in North Lansing.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- A pen and ink drawing made from a photograph taken in 1862. Shows a point on Franklin Avenue (later Grand River) near Center Street with a bridge, a church, and several other buildings.
- Date Created:
- 1862-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- A small booklet of writing by and about the eccentric Merlin Valleau, a native of Waverly Township, Michigan. Includes photographs of him taken by Norton Louis Avery of North Lansing, from a national photography prize competition which won first premium for portraits. Morris Collection Series 9 Item 324.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Morris Ingham County History Collection
