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- Description:
- Looking northwest from City Hall window. Located on North Capitol Avenue. Originally part of the Carl Dalrymple Collection.
- Date Created:
- 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- View of City Hall at left, taken in 1898 or 1899. City Hall was built in 1896. The Federal Building can be seen in the foreground. Image has been hand tinted. Originally part of the Carl Dalrymple Collection.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Plaque reads: "The Bronze Bell was taken from the old Lansing Hall clock tower, when the building was torn down in 1959... It weighs 3425 lbs. - 60% heavier than the Liberty Bell. ...It was cast in 1896." It was moved to the Old Presque Isle Lighthouse after being salvaged from the demolition heap of Lansing's old city hall. The Stebbins family of Lansing owned the lighthouse and a nearby resort, and had used other salvaged materials from Lansing building demolitions to restore the lighthouse as well.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- The Standpipe was built in 1885, located in the 100 block of South Cedar Street. Many panoramic photographs of the city were taken from the top.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Board of Water and Light's Ottawa Street power plant, located along the Grand River. It was built in 1940 and is characterized by exterior brick colors that go from dark to light, bottom to top of the building. The view is from the Michigan Avenue bridge. Originally part of the Carl Dalrymple Collection.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Photograph taken from the stairs of the State Capitol. Part of old City Hall is visible at left, and the Federal Building/Post Office is in the center. The view is to the east looking down Michigan Avenue.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Four views of an addition being built at the Eckert Power Plant along the Grand River. Gift of Tim Theusch.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Two Michigan Department of Agriculutre Division of Weights and Measures Truck are visible. Four copies.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Completed in 1906.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- City Hall is on the left, on North Capitol Avenue. The Post Office is on the right in the photo and located on West Michigan Avenue. The Bank of Lansing building can be seen in the background at right. Originally part of the Carl Dalrymple Collection.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection