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- Description:
- The view is to the north.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Reed Interurban Collection
- Description:
- This collection contains photographs related to the interurban rail line between Lansing and St. Johns that was contracted April 23, 1900, and had its last run May 18, 1929. It began as the Lansing, St. Johns & St. Louis Railway company and changed hands (and names) several times before ending service. The photographs were collected by Michael Reed for a display at a youth talent show. Most of the photographs are prints made from glass negatives that were taken by Emery Hamilton, who worked on the line. They are not dated and some of the location information may not be accurate.
- Date Created:
- [1900 TO 1929]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Reed Interurban Collection
- Description:
- An interurban train car north of Lansing. The view is to the north at the County Farm Sub-Station siding along Taft Road. The sign on the front of the car reads "Lansing - Local - St. Johns."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Reed Interurban Collection
- Description:
- An interurban car pulling freight cars. The word "freight" was etched on the photograph or its negative at lower left.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Reed Interurban Collection
- Description:
- Two interurban cars on a bridge approach over the Pere Marquette Railroad. The car at back is no. 406, and the view is to the south.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Reed Interurban Collection
- Description:
- Interurban passenger car no. 208, connected to a freight car full of beets. Pere Marquette Railroad cars were used to haul the beets from St. Johns to the Lansing sugar beet factory. Cars were interchanged to the Pere Marquette at North Lansing.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Reed Interurban Collection
- Notes:
- Group of men and women travelers from Lions Club International at the train station. Several are wearing pith helmets. Passenger cars in the background.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Ticket gate at the Grand Rapids & Indian Railroad depot. Circa 1890.
- Date Created:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A mother, two girls and one young man, standing by the side of a railroad car. The girls and mother are wearing corsages and one of the girls carries a bouquet of flowers and instrument case, a violin.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Unidentified train porter, standing at entrance of train car, with one foot on a stool, and other on the platform. The stool is labeled “Pullman,” the company that manufactured and operated the train cars for which he worked. Though washed out from over-exposure, you can make out “Pull” on the brass plate affixed to his cap).
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
