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- Notes:
- Group of people, including disabled veterans in wheelchairs, at a dedication ceremony for a fountain at the Michigan Veteran's Home.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- The speakers' dais during the dedication ceremony in front of the new Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1. All are unidentified. Similar photographs appear in the booklet "Lansing Fire Department: Dedicated to the Saving of Life and Property" which was published in approximately 1950. The brochure credits George Beak, Communications Division, and Frank Mainville, Press Photographer, for the photographs in the booklet.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Notes:
- State Representative Tom Mathieu speaking to members of the press at an unknown ribbon cutting ceremony.
- Date Created:
- 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- Several men in suits standing at the entrance to the new Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1. The men are most likely members of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners. The board members' portraits appear in the booklet "Lansing Fire Department: Dedicated to the Saving of Life and Property" which was published in approximately 1950. The brochure credits George Beak, Communications Division, and Frank Mainville, Press Photographer, for the photographs in the booklet.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Description:
- This is a group of digital of photographs scanned from an album owned by the Lansing Fire Department in its historical collection. These photographs primarily document the construction and opening of Station No. 1 (now Station 42, the "Big House") at 120 East Shiawassee Street in downtown Lansing, from 1948 to 1949. The station was dedicated in 1949. The photo album also contains some older historical photographs, many undated, which have been included here. The people in the photographs have not been identified. The original photographs are 8" x 10" black and white prints, several with moisture, mold, or glue damage. A few have been hand tinted. They were all scanned in color. The Forest Parke Library and Archives at CADL is grateful to the Lansing Fire Department for allowing us to share these photographs. If you are interested in accessing the originals, please contact the Fire Department directly.
- Date Created:
- [1908 TO 1951]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Description:
- Taken during the dedication of the I-496 Crosstown Expressway, also known as the Oldsmobile Expressway or Olds Highway. This brand-new 1970 Oldsmobile Toronado led the opening of I-496 at a ceremony on Friday morning, December 18, 1970. View is of the westbound lanes at the bridge over Cedar Street and the Grand River.
- Date Created:
- 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Man reading plaque on pole
- Date Created:
- 1938-11-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Group of people at a dedication ceremony of a a fountain at the Michigan Veteran's Home, including disabled veterans in wheelchairs, veterans holding American flags, and a man at a podium.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Group of people at a dedication ceremony of a a fountain at the Michigan Veteran's Home, including a veteran speaking at a podium and veterans holding flags.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man speaking at a podium with a group of people behind him with their heads bowed in prayer, at a dedication ceremony of a fountain at the Michigan Veteran's Home.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
