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- Two studio portraits of 1st Lieutenant Charles H. Holden of Company A, 26th Michigan Infantry, who served in the Civil War. Photo circa 1863.
- Date Created:
- 1863-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Portrait of an African American naval reserve officer in uniform.
- Date Created:
- 1944-11-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Studio portrait of Colonel George Gray in uniform. Colonel Gray served in the Sixth Michigan Cavalry and fought at Gettysburg during the Civil War. He was a prominent attorney and served as the City Attorney in 1857.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- George G. Briggs: b. Wayne County, Mich. January 24, 1838--d. Grand Rapids, Mich. December 8, 1912. Began as mercantile clerk in Battle Creek, 1852-55; bookkeeper in Galesburg, Mich. 1856-58. Partner in Averill & Briggs store, 1858-62. Raised Company A, 7th Michigan Cavalry, served from 2nd Lt. to Colonel, 1862-65, in Civil War and Indian Wars. Came to Grand Rapids 1866; married Julia, daughter of John W. Pierce, went into partnership with father-in-law in dry goods firm Pierce & Briggs, 1866-69. State representative, 1869-70. Secretary-treasurer of Michigan Barrel Co. 1870-87. First president of G.R. Board of Trade 1887-90. Postmaster at G.R. 1890-94. Vice-president of National City Bank 1894-98. Was well-known as art connoisseur and collector, an early patron of Mathias Alten. Built house at 143 Lafayette NE in 1909, designed to display his collection. Sources: GRP, Dec. 9, 1912; Baxter, p. 594.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Gene Autry in his Army uniform at the Pantlind Hotel, Grand Rapids. Autry was inducted into the Army Air Forces as a Technical Sargeant during a live broadcast on his radio show "Melody Ranch" on July 26, 1942.
- Date Created:
- 1944-04-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)