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- Description:
- Photographs of events in greater Lansing, particularly parades and circuses. Theodore Roosevelt's 1907 visit to Lansing is included in this series.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Twelve color slides taken during the Lansing Centennial History of Transportation "Antiques to Atoms" parade in 1959. Most images are taken looking across Michigan Avenue toward Gladstone's Merchandise Mart (428 E. Michigan Ave.). Several are out of focus. Slides include the following: A: Southeastern American Chippewa Indians float B: Fisher Body-Lansing Plant (Miss Michigan) float D: Motor Wheel Corp. (Miss MSU) float E: Michigan Yellow Cab I: Howard Sober, Inc., Industrial Transport, Inc., and Commercial Driveaway Inc. float J: Downtown Business Association float K: Oldsmobile Division (Miss America) float L: Captain Kangaroo in one of the parade's 150 convertible Oldsmobiles.
- Date Created:
- 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Five slides of people preparing for Lansing Centennial activities. Most are in period costume. They are identified as follows: A: Front: Dorothy Bodine, two unidentified women. Back: Evie Hagie, June Hawkins, Rina Showers, unidentified, June Krater. B: L-R June Krater, Audrey Pitts, Dorothy Bodine, Rina Showers, Evie Hagie. C: Front: Audrey Pitts, Dorothy Bodine. Back: June Krater, Harold Bodine, Evie Hagie, Rina Showers. D: L-R Evie Hagie, June Krater, Dorothy Bodine. E: L-R unidentified, Audrey Pitts, 2 unidentified, Dorothy Bodine.
- Date Created:
- 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Several unidentified people in costume as pioneers, early residents, and Native Americans, in the Lansing Centennial of Transportation parade. A contest was held for several costume categories during the parade. Originally part of the Carl Dalrymple Collection.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- A sign for the Lansing Centennial on in front of the state capitol building. The sign notes the parade (Centennial of Transportation) on May 23, 1959, and a "Huge Trade Fair" from May 23 to 31. Two copies. Originally part of the Carl Dalrymple Collection.
- Date Created:
- 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Note on back of photo: "A log cabin, symbol of a by gone day, stood on the site where the Federal Building stood during the first half of the century. The newly constructed City Hall and police wing served as a backdrop for the Centennial events. The razing of the old City Hall progressed during the celebrations. The 40&8 'Train' was entering the picture from the right." This may have been part of the Lansing Centennial of Transportation parade in May 1959 or another of the city's centennial parades that happened that year. Originally part of the Carl Dalrymple Collection.
- Date Created:
- 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- The Michigan State University Museum's float, featuring a circa-1820 30-foot dugout canoe and an 1870 birch-bark canoe. The Esquire Theater, Murton Opticians, Jim's Cocktail Bar, Lansing Cafe, and Mattison's Jewelry are all visible in the background. Originally part of the Carl Dalrymple Collection.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- A group portrait of several men in suit jackets, some with beards or goatees. They are all teachers and staff at Walter French Junior High School. This photograph is dated 1958, but most Lansing city centennial activities took place in 1959. A 15-category beard and moustache contest was part of the festivities. On the back of the photograph: "Centennial year for Lansing, 1958" "Front row L-R: Yarger Leonard Kelshaw Throop Harlow Back row L-R: Chet Horton - Custodian Astelas Van Hennick Steen"
- Date Created:
- 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- A GM Firebird "car of the future" on a float, pulled by a convertible in the Lansing Centennial of Transportation Parade on East Michigan Avenue. This was one of three versions of the Firebird concept car that were featured in the parade. The Esquire Theater, Murton Opticians, Jim's Cocktail Bar, Lansing Cafe, and Mattison's Jewelry are all visible. Originally part of the Carl Dalrymple Collection.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- The Long Branch Lassies of the Greater Lansing Labor Council, the Beau Chasers, the Covered Wagon Cuties and other women's groups in costume for the Lansing Centennial of Transportation Parade on East Michigan Avenue. Altman's Mens Store, the Esquire Theater, Murton Opticians, Jim's Cocktail Bar, Lansing Cafe, Hotel Wentworth, and Mattison's Jewelry are all visible in the background. Image has been hand tinted. Originally part of the Carl Dalrymple Collection.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
