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- View of Grand Rapids with Leonard Street Bridge in the background. The North Ionia School is in the right center. Logs can be seen floating in the river.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Ottawa Street view looking east towards hill. St. Marks church is middle center. Central High School is in the background.
- Date Created:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Two boys and two girls at library desk with books.
- Date Created:
- 1945-02-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Classroom of children praying
- Date Created:
- 1950-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Man presenting two boys with propeller from the War Finance Committee of Kent County
- Date Created:
- 1946-02-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Seventeen children on a stage with musical instruments
- Date Created:
- 1938-11-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Classroom of children
- Date Created:
- 1950-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows Pearl Street looking east. The Universalist Church, Boyer house, and Tower house are on the left. Central High School and St. Mark's Church can be seen in the background.
- Date Created:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Girl eating.
- Date Created:
- 1950-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three boys and a girl stand around maypole at school
- Date Created:
- 1947-05-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Four women watching while one woman throws bills in fireplace
- Date Created:
- 1950-04-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Boy Scouts on steps with wooden toys
- Date Created:
- 1945-12-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- New Burton School, built about 1929. Exterior winter scene showing one corner and two sides of the building. Building is essentially complete, although one set of scaffolding remains on the front, and some construction detritus such as pallets and cement blocks remain in the yard. The framework for a greenhouse or solarium can be seen attached to the building.
- Date Created:
- 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Ten Boy Scouts on steps with wooden toys
- Date Created:
- 1945-12-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior of new addition partially built
- Date Created:
- 1950-05-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This unidentified school building with "1927" above one entrance has some art-deco features. [In 2018, a researcher identified this as Kellogsville School.]
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Ottawa Street view looking east towards hill. St. Marks church is middle center. Central High School is in the background.
- Date Created:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior of school at 921 Alger SE
- Date Created:
- 1950-02-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man presenting two boys with propeller from the War Finance Committee of Kent County
- Date Created:
- 1946-02-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of a sewing class at East Bridge Street School. Several girls are sewing by hand, others are seated at sewing machines, and articles of clothing are hanging in the background.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three children putting canned goods into a miniature train with the sign ""Grand Rapids Food Train""
- Date Created:
- 1942-11-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Old breweries and North Division School on Michigan Avenue. Central High School is in the background on the right. C. Kusterer's brewery is on the right.
- Date Created:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The large crowd has gathered for the dedication of a monument to Central High School students who were killed in World War I. The monument is a square white tower with a bronze plaque inset that reads, "Dedicated to the memory of those from Central High School who have made the supreme sacrifice in defense of humanity in the World War, 1914-1918."
- Date Created:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three children painting at an easel in a classroom
- Date Created:
- 1949-10-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three children mixing cookie dough and spooning it onto cookie sheets
- Date Created:
- 1949-12-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Six men in suits and hats stand in front of the school entrance.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Christmas pageant, "The Birt of Christ," at Central High School. The image shows a stage, with a nativity scene at the center, with people dressed in costume. Costumed worshippers kneel along the approach to the scene. Behind them on each side are additional people dressed in choir robes.
- Date Created:
- 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A kindergarten classroom at East Leonard elementary showing six children using a play โCarrier Streetโ post office.
- Date Created:
- 1938-03-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Grand Rapids view looking east. Central High School is in the rear left. Kent County Court House is in the rear center.
- Date Created:
- 1880-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Group portrait of schoolchildren at Walker District School #2 taken on November 4, 1924. The group includes several African-American children.
- Date Created:
- 1924-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Five children on fire escape
- Date Created:
- 1947-07-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two children looking at books
- Date Created:
- 1949-04-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A very large group of female students sitting or standing in this group portrait. A older woman and two gentlemen are also in this group. A trophy is on the floor in front of the students. Three blind-covered windows are behind the group, and two large lamps hang from the ceiling.
- Date Created:
- 1938-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Four children making hats from paper and flowers and ribbon
- Date Created:
- 1950-02-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Four women watching while one woman throws bills in fireplace
- Date Created:
- 1950-04-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Street view of Pearl Street and Division Avenue. St. Mark's Church is in the right background. Central High School is the background. Daniel Tower home is on the left.
- Date Created:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows Primary School #2 at South Division and Williams. Schoolchildren are lined up behind the fence and standing the porches. A plank sidewalk is in front of the fence.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the old stone school on Grand Rapids' West Side. Students are gathered in front of the school and also on the porch roof.
- Date Created:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior of Aberdeen Elementary School
- Date Created:
- 1949-02-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Large group of Central High School students posing on the front steps. These are probably the underclassman as pictured in the mid-1930s school annual, the "Helios."
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Ten Boy Scouts on steps with wooden toys
- Date Created:
- 1945-12-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows the Old Stone High School located at Ransom and Lyon Streets. It was torn down in 1867. This later became the site of the Junior College. Several children are standing outside the school.
- Date Created:
- 1860-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Girl holding flowers and being crowned with flowers as two girls watch
- Date Created:
- 1949-04-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Cub Scouts dressed up as cowboys and Indians
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Biology students stand with teacher holding posters advertising a food drive for birds.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Staff members at Central High School posing by the front entrance.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Children dancing around two maypoles with teacher watching
- Date Created:
- 1947-05-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Formerly known as Paris Township District School No. 11, the name was changed to Breton Downs in 1937, with the changing of Paris Road to Breton Road. The school, which is located at 2500 Boston SE in East Grand Rapids, was completed in 1931.
- Date Created:
- 1951-02-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the former Wealthy Street Elementary School at 2018 Wealthy St SE in East Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1951-02-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Woman and boy with a handful of bonds at a desk
- Date Created:
- 1944-02-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Teacher reading story to class
- Date Created:
- 1950-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Group of children on fire escape
- Date Created:
- 1947-07-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- People in middle of grassy area and people lined up around perimeter
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior of Aberdeen Elementary School at 900 Aberdeen NE
- Date Created:
- 1950-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Girl holding flowers and being crowned with flowers as two girls watch
- Date Created:
- 1949-04-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Girl and boy washing dishes
- Date Created:
- 1950-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three children painting at an easel in a classroom
- Date Created:
- 1949-10-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Four children putting canned goods into a miniature train with the sign "Grand Rapids Food Train"
- Date Created:
- 1942-11-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Boy painting a birdhouse.
- Date Created:
- 1950-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Woman speaking to a classroom of children
- Date Created:
- 1949-02-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior of new addition partially built
- Date Created:
- 1950-05-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Seventeen children on a stage with musical instruments
- Date Created:
- 1938-11-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- When Seymour Christian Reformed Church opened, attracting new residents to the neighborhood, a nearby frame school house quickly became over populated and a new school building was built in 1941. That school at 2540 Eastern Avenue SE is pictured here in 1957.
- Date Created:
- 1957-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two teachers looking at children's artwork
- Date Created:
- 1950-01-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows central High School surrounded by trees, with the only the upper level and the tower visible.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Group of children on fire escape
- Date Created:
- 1947-07-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Creston High School, located at 1720 Plainfield Avenue N.E., Grand Rapids.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two girls sitting in desks with two teachers standing (One female teacher dressed as a man)
- Date Created:
- 1949-02-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Five children on fire escape
- Date Created:
- 1947-07-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two children looking at books
- Date Created:
- 1949-04-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two boys and a girl with animal skins and books and doll
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The Union High School cheerleaders of 1949 pose to form a "U" for the photographer on September 20, 1949.
- Date Created:
- 1949-09-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The old Ottawa Hills High School, later Iroquois Middle School, located at 1050 Iroquois S.E., Grand Rapids. Photo taken November 1955.
- Date Created:
- 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Monroe Avenue view. "Commercial College" became Herpolsheimer's, which became Steketee's, which became Blue Cross Blue Shield. Lumber is foreground right.
- Date Created:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Four children making hats from paper and flowers and ribbon
- Date Created:
- 1950-02-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Ottawa Hills High School shop teacher on left: Lloyd Hutt, M.T. Two of the students are unidentified, the third is Bob Ogden. The image shows an unfinished scale model building, mounted on two sawhorses, with one boy on each end of it. The boy to the right is operating a hand plane, while the boy on the other side appears to be measuring and marking at the top corner. A third boy stands to the left, holding a hammer and another piece of the model, which is resting on the floor. Mr. Hutt stands beside him with his hands behind his back. The boys are all wearing dark aprons over white shirts and ties, and Mr. Hutt wears a long work smock. The background is a brick wall, and to the left of the image is stacked lumber
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- An unidentified new art-deco style school building, with just "High School" above the door. [In 2018, a researcher identified this as Kellogsville High School, circa 1936.]
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Six boys from Congress School posing with a poster describing the American political system.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fulton Street park view. Porter House on left (Grand Rapids Public Library site), Park Congregational Church on right. Central High School in background on left.
- Date Created:
- 1872-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A silhouette picture of Mary and the manger is mounted center stage, with a Christmas tree on each side and a star above and to the left. The backs of wooden chairs can be seen in the foreground, set up for an audience.
- Date Created:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The planning committee of the Central High School Holiday Hop. Pictured (left to right) are James Rogers, Barbara Danley, Juanita Brunson and Karla Stoeffer. Music was provided by Dale Tanis Orchestra.
- Date Created:
- 1949-12-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Nearly finished addition to the school building
- Date Created:
- 1948-08-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Nearly finished addition to the school building
- Date Created:
- 1948-08-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two teachers looking at children's artwork
- Date Created:
- 1950-01-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The image is almost identical to no. 272, except that the silhouette has been lighted differently, showing more detail.
- Date Created:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the old Union High School, located at 615 Turner N.W., Grand Rapids. Circa 1920.
- Date Created:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A boy and a two girls in a classroom
- Date Created:
- 1950-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Leavitt house and tower of old stone school house. Circa 1865.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View from hill, Summit Street. Central High School is in the background. Many homes are pictured
- Date Created:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Teacher lifting girl
- Date Created:
- 1950-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three children painting at an easel in a classroom
- Date Created:
- 1949-10-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Boys doing tumbling act outside school
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Girl painting at an easel.
- Date Created:
- 1950-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Alger Park School was built in 1927, with a four-room addition completed in 1948. Charles Garfield took a special interest in the school when it opened, donating materials for a historical exhibit and personally supervised the exterior plantings. Article: Grand Rapids Herald, 3-5-1950, pg. 34.
- Date Created:
- 1950-02-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows the North Ionia School in the front bottom, Leonard Street bridge in the background on the right and the Coldbrook water station in the middle. Logs are floating in the Grand River.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Children dancing around maypole outside school
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Group portrait of the fourth grade class from Fountain Street School, 1907. Front Row: Otis Felger / Felix Houseman / Mildred Green / Charlie Fuller / Robert Hartly / Ruth Baker / Myrtle Otlman / Howard Sherman / James Sproat / Marion Gaskill / Evelyn Morris / Etta Vander Mollen / Thelma Peake / Myla Smedley. Second Row: Melville Gilleland / Raymond Fortiene / Paul Strawhacker / Cleo Smith / Russell Cornelius / Edward Hart / Marie Crozier / Willie Carry / Francis O'Connor. Third Row: Dorothy Leonard / Catherine Norner / Darwin Barnhart / Charles Eddy / Rudolph Dornick / John Blair / Walter Wholeman / Milton Fox.
- Date Created:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two girls sitting in desks with two teachers standing (One female teacher dressed as a man)
- Date Created:
- 1949-02-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View looking down from Bridge Street hill in 1870. The North Division School is on the far right. Leonard Street bridge is barely visible in the background.
- Date Created:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of Central High School. Trees line the fence that surrounds the school. The clock is clearly visible on the tower. Circa 1875.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)