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- Notes:
- Two men stand atop a conveyor next to piles of coal in the Comstock Park Fuel and Ice Comapny yard. Railroad tracks in the foreground.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- A small collection of souvenir calendars from Lansing area businesses, primarily the Lansing Ice and Fuel Company. The collector was one of the last two remaining customers of this company, and kept her coal burning furnace operating until about 1970. The calendars are mainly stock photography or art, with a business's address stamped or printed on the exterior. About 50 calendars are included in the collection.
- Date Created:
- [1940 TO 1960]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Maude Wilcox Stolz Calendar Collection
- Description:
- Located at 310 Franklin (Grand River Avenue). Photo shows Grandpa Reck (second from the right) in the late 1800s (per Helen Reck in April 1995).
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Four views. Photos a and b are of the Board of Water and Light coal storage towers on the east side of the Grand River in North Lansing. Photo c shows the BWL Dye Conditioning Plant on Cedar Street. Photo d is of the dam, pump station, and coal towers in North Lansing.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Notes:
- Four trucks from the Comstock Park Fuel and Ice company parked in a yard surrounded by piles of coal.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Front of building including company truck. Located at 140 Albany SW.
- Date Created:
- 1938-12-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man standing and talking to man in truck parked in front of Backart building
- Date Created:
- 1939-04-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man standing on loading dock and putting hose into bed of truck filled with coal
- Date Created:
- 1940-12-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two men and coal hopper
- Date Created:
- 1939-11-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
