Institution: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.) / Topic: Department stores - Collections

Notes:: Two men and two boys with propellor and model plane and poster of insignias
Date Created:: 1943-04-15T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: The miniature train from Herpolsheimer's Department Store basement. Circa 1950.
Date Created:: 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: View of Monroe Ave. at Ottawa, looking East. Shows Fanny Farmer, Winkleman's and Steketee's Department Store.
Date Created:: 1954-02-02T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: The Wurzburg Department Store exhibit at the annual Home Show features the GE products they carried: three refrigerators, one with a separate freezer door; a stove; the insides of a dishwasher so one could see how it works; a clothes washer with the motor on display with a see-through agitator on top, so one could see how it works; a mangle iron press; three televisions, one a table top, another a small console, and the third in a larger console along with a radio and record player. A sign announces that "Television is coming to Grand Rapids in 1949. WLAV will bring Grand Rapids the world's greatest features including drama, comedy, sports, variety, and news from the nation's talent capitols." In the view is an exhibit next it of Chic's Paints & Supplies at 1956 S. Division, featuring "Berryflat" paint, "improved oil-based flat finish."
Date Created:: 1949-03-15T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: View of Monroe Ave. looking West. Shows the Morton House and Steketee's Department Store. Photo taken on September 5, 1951.
Date Created:: 1951-09-05T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: View of Wurzburg's Department Store at 101-113 Monroe Ave., Grand Rapids.
Date Created:: 1956-05-18T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Woman and two girls shopping for dolls at Herpolsheimer Company Department Store.
Date Created:: 1938-12-14T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Steps leading to a show room between the north and south buildings on the 5th floor at Herpolsheimers, 101-109 Monroe NW. In the corridor in front of the steps are a couch, chair, side table and floor lamp. A large sign stating February Furniture Sale hangs above the stairs. The display room shows various pieces of bedroom furniture. Large, overhead lamps hang from the ceiling.
Date Created:: 1938-02-16T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Exterior view of The Boston Store, a department store located at 149-155 Monroe Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids, with shoppers passing by on the sidewalk. Also shown is Baker's Shoes and the H. L. Green department store.
Date Created:: 1950-01-28T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Three women in fur coats shopping at the perfume counter at Herpolsheimer Company Department Store.
Date Created:: 1938-12-14T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

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