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- Posed photograph of six men and three women to promote the sale of war bonds during World War II. Four figures sit in front of a desk; five others stand behind them. All are looking at an unfolded piece of paper that a man in the center is holding. Two men wear uniforms and hats with "59 Michigan" embroidered on them-this is the number of the Crispus Attucks American Legion Post & Auxiliary. A patron identified persons in the photograph as Rillar Rasberry, Mary Lewis, Cauncey L. Ryder, Leona Holloway, Theodore Rasberry, Oscar E. Moore, Joseph L. Henderson, Dr. Cortez A. English, and LeRoy Johnson.
- Date Created:
- 1943-09-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A group of men pose for a photograph while loading a large boulder onto a flatbed rail car. The boulder was originally located at the Lion's Boy Scout camp. It was moved by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and then transferred to Lookout Park by Golden-Boterto. It became a veterans monument for soldiers in the Spanish-American War of 1898. Several workmen and two men in suits look toward the camera.
- Date Created:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A woman stands, wearing a long dress with a high collar. Woods was the wife of James Woods and mother of Harriett Hill--the first African American woman police officer and first woman detective in the Grand Rapids Police Department.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three women sit at a table in the Grand Rapids Public Library, looking at books.
- Date Created:
- 1946-06-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A posed snapshot of three senior citizens seated on a couch. A man in the middle holds a cane. A folding table is before them with a tablecloth and ashtray on it. Windows behind the group show an empty street.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Photograph of a woman seated at an office desk. The blinds in the windows behind her are open, revealing a neon sign with the letters “CS.” On the desk is a telephone and other office equipment and materials.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A snapshot of five women at the back of a room. Four are seated, one stands.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A group portrait of six medical professionals in an office setting. Seated at the desk, pen poised to write in an open three ring binder, is Dr. Grace Eldering, credited with co-developing a vaccine for the whooping cough. Seated on the far left is Loney Clinton Gordon, who discovered the culture used for the vaccine. Names of the other people are unknown. The photograph is labeled "Lactobacillos acidophilus Studies of Grand Rapid's children. A part of the local fluoridation experiment" and "K.O. Polio, 1963."
- Date Created:
- 1963-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A young boy shakes hands with an older woman, kneeling. A man sits on a couch behind them. On the left another woman also sits. Names unknown.
- Date Created:
- 1944-07-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Photograph of Virginia (Burnett) Glenn seated in a chair. Behind her are floral draperies and a desk stacked with books and papers. A large Great Dane sits at her feet.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)