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- Visit of Commander Richard E. Byrd to Grand Rapids, March 16, 1927. Head shot of two men. On the left is Harry C. Doane, wearing a tweed coat, vest and tie, spectacles, and a fedora. Commander Byrd is wearing his military jacket and tie and his pilot's leather helmet and goggles on top of his head.
- Date Created:
- 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Louise Martha Fitch standing on a porch with along winter coat and hat.
- Date Created:
- 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Mr. Brown flew the first airplane for U.S. Mail from Grand Rapids. The image shows the head and shoulders of a young man wearing a pilot's leather helmet and goggles. A striped suit jacket, white shirt, and bow tie complete his outfit. He was later killed in his airplane.
- Date Created:
- 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Photograph of Ray Minisee, the son of George Henry Minisee and Helen Thompson.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Portrait of Robert W. Irwin (1889-1953), prominent businessman in the Grand Rapids furniture industry. Irwin began his career in 1889 at the Grand Rapids School Furniture Company where he quickly rose to superintendent of the plant. In 1900 he left to purchase the Royal Furniture Company, along with A. W. Hompe and Ralph Tietsort. By 1911 he, along with several others, purchased and reorganized the Phoenix Furniture Company. He later acquired full control of Phoenix Furniture and consolidated it with Royal Furniture and formed the Robert W. Irwin Company in 1919, where he served as President until his retirement in 1951.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows the Joslyn Home at the corner of Fulton and Spring Streets. Dr. Holmes is sitting on the fence.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A woman in a floral print dress holding a crystal mug speaks to a boy in checked pants and a shirt with horizontal stripes, sitting in a high-backed chair and holding a plate. A girl in a dress runs by.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Comstock Row was tenement housing, built in 1874 for employees in Charles Comstock's pail factory, and located south of Leonard Street on Monroe Ave., NW. The picture depicts several men, women, and children outside the building.
- Date Created:
- 1880-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Photograph of Dr. Robert Claytor, the first black physician to gain admitting privileges at St. Mary's Hospital and co-founder of the Brough Community Association, which evolved into the Grand Rapids Urban League.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Ralph P. Tietsort was an executive in the furniture industry. Tietsort, Robert W. Irwin, and A. W. Hompe purchased the Royal Furniture Company in 1900. And in 1911, Tietsort, Irwin, and several others purchased the Phoenix Furniture Company.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)