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- Democrat. In 1864 was city's first exclusively wholesale grocery and liquor merchant. Served three terms as city treasurer in late 1870s, while running private bank that in 1879 was merged into Fourth National. Next year became first president of Kent Furniture Company. Later moved to Chicago.
- Date Created:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Mayors of Grand Rapids digital collection
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- Parents born in Netherlands. He was born in Grand Rapids. Moved from Grand Rapids to farm near Zeeland at age 10. Printer. Served on City Commission 1929-1935. Long time friend of George Welsh. Elected mayor 1954 and hired Welsh as City Manager. Buried on his 70th birthday, March 17, 1958. Son Russell later led fight (petition/election) to save the Welsh Auditorium.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Mayors of Grand Rapids digital collection
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- Mrs. Huntley Russell, president 1906-1908.
- Date Created:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- A photo of the Grand Rapids, Michigan artist, Reynold Weidnaar, making an etching inspired by a Grand Rapids Herald photo. The artist spent a week sketching the Pere Marquette locomotives in the Wyoming railroad yards. Photo taken for the Grand Rapids Herald on June 8 1947 and ran in the Herald on June 15th.
- Date Created:
- 1947-06-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Man sitting at desk
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Republican. First Dutch-born mayor, a druggist and patent medicine manufacturer. His tonics and nostrums were popular around the Midwest. Tried to enforce Sunday "blue laws" that embroiled him in controversy.
- Date Created:
- 1881-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Mayors of Grand Rapids digital collection
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- Democrat. Son of pioneer jeweler Aaron Dikeman, who arrived in 1837, Ed succeeded to his father's business. Noted as racehorse owner and enthusiast. Moved to Chicago in 1890s. Family home at SE corner of Fulton and Lafayette built in 1849 still stands.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Mayors of Grand Rapids digital collection
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- Portrait of Dean Smith, signed and dated October 28, 1944. Smith was a foreign manager of Standard Oil in Burma. During World War II he and his family were forced to leave and escaped into India with the British Army.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Mrs. Don Levandoski, president 1966-1968.
- Date Created:
- 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Democrat. Partner in plaster mills, railroads, real estate, mostly with Amos Rathbone. They built several downtown buildings in the 1870s that are still standing. As he was dying, Rathbone heirs accused him of crooked dealings, but he died before anything was proved.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Mayors of Grand Rapids digital collection