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- Notes:
- Old Luce home on the corner of Jefferson and Fulton (Southeast corner). Torn down about 1927. Gothic cottage, corner view. The house is constructed of narrow vertical wood siding, with a center entrance underneath a columned portico, with a high-peaked dormer window. The entrance is flanked on each side by sash windows with shutters. Part of the back porch entrance can be seen behind the right side of the house. A sign is nailed to a tree in front, which appears to say “Attention; Decker and Jean, G.R. Sav. Bank Bldg. (Grand Rapids Savings Bank?).
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior of the Expert Die and Stamping company, plant no. 3, their building at 201-205 Front NW. A sign on the building calling "men and women for defense work."
- Date Created:
- 1944-04-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The picture shows the Furniture Capital Truck Line, Inc.'s truck garage at 1621 Century SW, a beautiful brick building with half dome roof, with several General Motors Corp. truck cabs parked in front.
- Date Created:
- 1951-01-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows Ottawa Street has not been completely graded and you can see the ascent toward the old hill. Ca. 1862
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fine Arts Furniture building, located at 802 Monroe NW.
- Date Created:
- 1940-01-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The building is located "on Market St., the second church built in Grand Rapids. Williams St. S.W.” (On back of photograph in pencil). Large but simple two-story wooden building with attic and two chimneys. Appears to be used as an apartment building, with fourteen visible standard sash windows, and four separate entrance doors, one of which bears the address 239. At the door farthest away two African American women are standing, with one holding a large washtub. A large white cloth is hanging from an upstairs window. Utility pole with wires and an old gas (?) streetlight is in the foreground.
- Date Created:
- 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The new, multi-windowed factory building for the Tunis Johnson Cigar Co, located at 427 Ottawa N.W., is shown in this photograph. The neighboring building to the south is the Henry Moser Garage at 423 Ottawa N.W. The street is brick pavement, and there are several cars parked on both sides of the street. A street lamp is in front of the garage.
- Date Created:
- 1937-12-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the 1400 block of Milton St SE showing houses on the north side of the street in the Eastown neighborhood, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Most of these houses were built in the mid-1910s and are typical of the housing stock in the neighborhood.
- Date Created:
- 1946-12-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fleck's at 121 Monroe Ave, retailing women's and children's clothing. Exterior view of the building with neighboring buildings, Bon Marche on the left and Peggy Ann on the right, also selling women's clothing.
- Date Created:
- 1949-09-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior view of the Nehi Beverage and R.C. Cola Bottling Plant at 1967 Godfrey SW in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This view shows drivers with their trucks. Nehi's advertising slogan was: "Par-T-Pak, Full 32 oz Bottle. It has to be good." Photo taken on May 10, 1940.
- Date Created:
- 1940-05-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Corner service station with sign “Geo. W. Tubbs Oil Co.”, and a truck center left with the firm name and “Ace Hi Gasoline” on the side. “Open for Business” sign partly hidden by the truck, near a light post. Autos at the service station and neighboring building behind.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Detail of the LLC building showing the lamp next to the main entrance.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Detail of the LLC building showing rooflines and windows, undated.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- First O-Wash-Ta-Nong Club House at Reeds Lake, erected 1886. Was located at North end of what is now John Collins Park. Photo circa 1888.
- Date Created:
- 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Corner view of The Macey Company furniture factory located at 1516-1544 Division Avenue South. The Pere Marquette Railroad tracks are seen on left along with railroad crossing gate.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view of Monroe Avenue features streetcar tracks down the center of the road. The Rathbun House hotel is located on the right center of the photo. Soda water is advertised at one the stores in the foreground. H. M. Stowe's Hat Store is in the background, on the right.
- Date Created:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior view of a house with an automobile in the driveway.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Santa Claus Parade on lower Monroe Avenue, downtown Grand Rapids, showing a parade float of "Noah's Ark". This annual Christmas parade was sponsored by Wurzburg's Department Store.
- Date Created:
- 1950-11-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- One shot of building front at 1133 Front NW
- Date Created:
- 1948-12-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- 832 Grandville Avenue SW was the site of Joldersma Funeral Home beginning in 1887. Jacob Joldersma immigrated from the Netherlands as a child. Later he and his two brothers founded the furniture and undertaking business on Grandville with a second location at 823 Leonard Street NW. Jacob's son, Alfred, was the second generation to own the business. The building shown here was built in 1930 and was most recently the Bethel Assembly of God church.
- Date Created:
- 1952-06-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows Pearl Street looking west from the old stone school. St. Mark's Church is on the left. The Grand River is visible in the background.
- Date Created:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows what buidlings were in place before the 1873 fire.
- Date Created:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- An exterior view of Eaton's store located at 64-70 Louis at the corner of Ottawa NW in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. The store sold general merchandise and factory outlet items.
- Date Created:
- 1950-08-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Center Theatre located at 240-242 Monroe Avenue, Grand Rapids. "Colt Comrades" and "Silver Skates" on marquee.
- Date Created:
- 1943-07-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Butterworth Hospital, Michigan Ave. Image shows the façade view with vehicles parked down the front hill.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- "The Ottawa" Hotel at Ottawa Beach, north of Lake Macatawa (formerly Black Lake), near Holland, Michigan. Was built in 1886, was later moved closer to the beach, remodeled and enlarged. Circa 1890.
- Date Created:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior of Ackerman Electrical Supply building at 549 Pine Ave NW. Photo includes a Chevrolet company pickup truck and a store front window displaying lamps. Two men are standing in front of the building, one of whom may be William Ackerman.
- Date Created:
- 1938-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior view of D'Amico's Food Market, located at 747 Division Avenue South.
- Date Created:
- 1943-01-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Blodgett Hospital now Spectrum Health-Blodgett Campus, located at Plymouth and Wealthy S.E. in East Grand Rapids. Circa 1932.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior of the General Truck Sales Corp. building at 205-211 Market SW. The sign reads, General Motors Trucks and Trailers. Also shows the building next door, Blue Valley Creamery.
- Date Created:
- 1940-12-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Slocum's Gulf service station, located at 1157 Wealthy St SE in the Wealthy Theater Historic District.
- Date Created:
- 1954-06-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The John Widdicomb Co. started operations in 1897. The factory shown in this photo is at 601 Fifth St at Seward Ave., Grand Rapids. Photo circa 1925.
- Date Created:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Old house on Lyon hill. The house's hilltop setting is more apparent in this view, which takes in more of the surroundings. Two large fancy chimneys can be seen on the roof of the main house, and a smaller, plainer chimney on the roof of the wing. There is a small birdhouse hanging in a small tree near the house. The side of the next house up the hill can be seen at the right side of the photo.
- Date Created:
- 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Gas Plant Explosion where two workmen were killed. The foreground shows bricks and rubble, with parts of a brick wall with more wreckage visible behind it.
- Date Created:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Photo of the Melvin E. Hines Service Station located at 801 Franklin St SE, at the corner of Eastern Ave SE in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1952-04-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Facade of the Regent Theater, with playlist on the marquee. Mickey Rooney in "Andy Hardy's Private Secretary". "Top Dancing" sign on building, above the Regent Ball Room enterance doors. "Spring Jubilee" sign above the theater doors. Flags streamers above the marquee.
- Date Created:
- 1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior view of Club 21 on South Division Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids.
- Date Created:
- 1939-12-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Image shows large squared-off brick building, with fancy brickwork around curved-top windows and a short tower on one of the front corners. The tower is topped with a white railing and a miniature steeple in one corner of the railing. The building has a large front entrance, two steps up, with white wooden doors. An old wooden shed can be seen on the left side of the building at some distance across snowy terrain.
- Date Created:
- 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the Scribner Street car barn, looking north, with street car approaching. The barn was demolished in 1982. Photo circa 1925.
- Date Created:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The first mayor of Grand Rapids, Henry R. Williams, built this stone house above Crescent Park in 1851. It was later occupied by Dr. Johnson, and finally known as the Camp House. A game of croquet is in progress. Ca. 1865
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Waters House at 43 College S.E.; White mansion set behind wooded front yard. The front entrance is adorned with a two story semi-circular portico with six Corinthian columns. A large sun porch with railed deck above is seen at the left side of the image. Part of a similar feature can be seen on the other side of the house. Above the main roofline the dormers and possible 3rd level are partially obscured by the trees. There is a wire fence with narrow metal posts around the house, midway out in the yard. A large birdbath appears to the right of the image in the front yard. Everything is snow covered.
- Date Created:
- 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Seymour Christian Reformed Church was originally located on Hazen Street until this building at 840 Alger SE was completed in 1941.
- Date Created:
- 1941-06-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Looking north on Canal Street from Pearl Street. Several businesses can be seen on Pearl Street: Ben. Franklin Fast Job Presses; John Bole Card & Job Printing; Grand Rapids Savings Bank; Houseman & Mainzer; Holden & Aspinwall Fire Insurance; E. B. Goodrich Fire Insurance; Clark & Clark Grocers and M. M. Monroe &Co. On Canal Street you can see: L. J. Rindge & Co. Boots & Shoes, Valley City Shoes, Dr. Camp's office, The Daily Times. Fuller & Co. Window Glass can be seen on the left. Several horse-drawn wagons are in the streets. Streetcar tracks can be seen in the middle of the roads. Ca. 1877
- 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:
- Photograph of a framed picture of the Grand Rapids Labor Temple, located at 415 Ottawa Avenue NW.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Image shows the Consumers Hardware Co. storefront. The brick building has a white door with a large display window. Inside the window, the sign reads: �Kwik-Gas Sales, Consumers Hardware Co.�
- Date Created:
- 1937-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View shows several groups of people standing in front of the Maris House. A few horse-drawn wagons loaded with barrels are in the front of the house. Ca. 1865.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Ehinger Shoe Store 2 Fulton NE, at the corner of Division in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. The building was originally built for Davenport College, and was used later for Junior Achievement.
- Date Created:
- 1959-06-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The Columbian Storage & Transfer Co building at 435-39 Ionia S.W. This exterior photo appears to be at the intersection of Ionia and McConnell, facing southwest. A man is standing in front of a few trucks in front of the multi-windowed building. The streets are brick paved, and there are utility poles with telephone and electric lines along the street.
- Date Created:
- 1937-12-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A view of several houses in the 500 block of College SE in the Heritage Hill historic neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1951-04-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the YMCA building at 27-33 Library St N.E., with Fountain Street Church in the background.
- Date Created:
- 1959-07-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior view of Keith's Theatre, located at 113-121 Lyon N.W.
- Date Created:
- 1947-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the Pantlind Hotel from Campau Square, at the intersection of Monroe and Pearl.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three women in front of building
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior view of a house.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of U.S. Postal Service Station C, located at 941-43 Wealthy St SE in the Wealthy Theater Historic District, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The buildings was named the Helmus Building.
- Date Created:
- 1939-07-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Bird's eye from diagonally across the street of the Grand Rapids Savings Bank (Peoples Building) on the northeast corner of Monroe and Ionia Avenue in downtown. There is a streetcar in the street in front of the building. The building on the left is the Pythian Temple (Ashton Building).
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the Ledyard Building at the corner of Pearl & Ottawa in downtown. Shown are Dunns, Lloyds, and Ottawa Restaurant. Also shown is “Atkins Insurance Agency” on third story corner window.
- Date Created:
- 1952-10-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Elk's Temple at 220 Ottawa Avenue NW. Exterior.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Steamboat channel behind the lower islands in the Grand River. The steamboat, Carrie J, is in the channel. Factories can be seen in the background.
- Date Created:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- C. C. Comstock's Row housing along the Grand River being evacuated due to the high waters of the log jam on the Grand River. Furniture and large sacks are piled outside the building.
- Date Created:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the fire that consumed part of the downtown area. Crowds of people can be seen standing around. Horse-drawn wagons are visible; as well as a horse-drawn streetcar that is advertising the Phenix Clothing House.
- Date Created:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Old livery barn at 944 S. Division. Clapboard two-story building with brick front. Part of the clapboard siding and the first floor of the brick have been painted white. Sign over the entrance says “944 Used Cars”. Above the entrance is a bay window, and above that is the year “1890”. On the roof above the bay window is a decorative peak, with finials on both sides, and at the corners of the roof are graduated scallop moldings. Various signs are displayed on the front and especially the side of the building, including “Ajax cord tires”, “Brookfield butter”, “Old Nick cigars”, and various theatrical events. A large 4-door sedan is parked on the street in front
- Date Created:
- 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior sign on the building reads: "20th Century Recreation Bowling" with two bowling pins on the sign. "Kellogg-Burlingame Co." - storefront next door to the bowling lanes. Three men standing in the photo, two on the left, and one looking out the door's window.
- Date Created:
- 1937-09-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior view of Kraft Foods Co. at 250 Michigan St NE at the southeast corner of Lafayette in the Belknap/Lookout neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The company distributed Kraft cheese, Kraft dressing products and Parkay margarine. The building was taken over one year later by Gordon Food Service. Sitting in front of the building was the Walter Finger service station selling City Service products. The site is currently part of the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus.
- Date Created:
- 1950-09-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The Hotel Browning was built in 1917 by Alvah Brown. It had 250 rooms and shops on the street level. It also had a four-lane bowling alley and a billiard room. The Ferguson-Droste-Ferguson Hospital bought the building in 1938, and continued for some time to operate some of the space as a hotel. The building is located at 72-80 Sheldon Ave SE in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. Photo circa 1938.
- Date Created:
- 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Widdicomb Furniture Co., Fifth Street Plant. Bird's-eye view of plant building with water tank on roof, and view to St. Adalbert Basilica through the mist behind. Railroad tracks and freight cars in foreground.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The Grand Rapids Furniture Museum was opened to the public in 1936 in the historic home of T. Stewart White, a prominent local lumberman. In 1959 the furniture and accessories were moved to the Public Museum of Grand Rapids East Building on Washington Street. The building later became part of Davenport University's campus and is now part of Grand Rapids Community College's campus.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows Miller's Landing at Reed's Lake. The pavilion can be seen in the background. Row boats are upside down on saw horses. Two dogs stand on the dock with a man. A boy sits on the dock in the foreground. Ca. 1880.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The building at Madison Avenue and Alger Street was still under construction in this photo and soon to be opened as the South Congregational Church. 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 O-Wash-Ta-Nong Boat Club at Reed's Lake. A hitching rail is featured in the front. A young girl and a man are standing at the rail new the fence entrance to the club. Two men are standing on the porch of the club and someone is walking towards the entrance.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows C. C. Comstock's housing for African Americans. This was north of the waterworks pump house.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows the decorated arch for the Centennial Celebration. Several horse-drawn wagons are on the street. A restaurant on the left advertises soda water and ice cream, breakfast, dinner and supper, and 25 cent oysters. Sweet's Hotel is behind the arch on the left.
- Date Created:
- 1876-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Monroe St. looking northwest. Front view of three Victorian row buildings of four stories each, plus a corner view of fourth building which juts out from the others and has an elaborate clock tower on top. The three flat buildings are labeled “12 Foster, Stevens & Co. 10”, “Spring and Co.”, and “Gilbert”. The Gilbert building houses Studley & Barclay and the Grand Rapids Rubber Store. The clock tower building houses L. Higer and Sons (clothiers).
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The building is a large but simple shed-style hangar, with five small-paned windows along one side and a large sliding door (partially open) at the end. Multiple floodlights are mounted on the roof of the building, aimed at the roof, sides and ends of the building. There is also a windsock mounted at the peak of the roof. Two automobiles are parked in front of the building. The yard is of dirt, with some sparse grass.
- Date Created:
- 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the old skating rink on Division Avenue. Sign advertisements are on the wall, as well as listing for masquerade contest on Tuesday evening, November 27th. Ca. 1906
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Elk's Temple at 220 Ottawa Avenue NW. Exterior, front entrances with Christmas decorations and automobiles parked on the street. Elks sign is visible.
- Date Created:
- 1944-12-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Royal Theatre, located at 306 Leonard St. N.W., Grand Rapids. “Yankee Doodle Dandy” on marquee. Photo taken on July 19, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-07-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows Monroe looking north. The Commercial College is located on the left, in the Luce Block. Carriages and wagons line the streets. Streetcar track runs down the middle of the road. A bank is on the opposite corner of the college.
- Date Created:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the 1200 block of Wealthy St SE showing houses on the south side of the street in the Eastown neighborhood, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Most of these houses were built in the early 1900s and are typical of the housing stock in the neighborhood.
- Date Created:
- 1947-01-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the LLC building in June 1981.
- Date Created:
- 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The first location of Grand Rapids Osteopathic Hospital, which opened in 1942, was at 1225 Lake Drive SE in the Eastown neighborhood, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The building currently houses Thresholds, Inc. mental health services.
- Date Created:
- 1946-04-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of Monroe Ave. at Ottawa, looking East. Shows Fanny Farmer, Winkleman's and Steketee's Department Store.
- Date Created:
- 1954-02-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of H. L. Parker Shops, a women's clothing store located at 112 Monroe Avenue NW in dowtown Grand Rapids. Also shown are the Florsheim Shoes store and the Herkner Jewelry Company.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of Campau Square showing Grand Rapids National Bank (without upper floors, later called McKay Tower) and Monroe Avenue.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Ford Paint building interior, building appears to be under construction.
- Date Created:
- 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- 145-169 Monroe SW, View in Campau Square of W.T. Grant Co.. F.W. Woolworth's at right, clock on sign, formerly the Home State Bank Building. H.L. Green Co. to the left of Grant's. Automobiles and people in the street and sidewalks.
- Date Created:
- 1952-07-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Interior view of the Banquet Bar-B-Q located at 33 Sheldon NE in downtown Grand Rapids.
- Date Created:
- 1940-05-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Old Lowe house at 152 N. Division opposite the Post Office. Corner view of a three-story Victorian town house of pale brick, with Mansard roof. Straight, wide cement steps with wrought iron railings lead to curved-top double front doors at the left side of the house. Above the front door is a large window. To the right, the walls curve outward, with two tall windows topped by decorative moldings on both first and second levels. There are two dormer windows in the attic; one single peaked dormer and one double window with a curved dormer over the curved section of the house. Part of the cornice is in disrepair. There is a driveway or street immediately adjacent to the house on the right side, where the corner of a parked vehicle can be seen. The side of the house is obscured by small trees in full foliage. The side wall of the house next door can be seen on the other side; very close by -- no side yard.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Maple Grove County Facility pictured as a new building in 1929. A two-story brick building with a large front porch with brick pillars and five arches with white keystone .
- Date Created:
- 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Central Reformed Church Addition, dedicated March 15, 1931. The image shows only the addition, not the main building.
- Date Created:
- 1931-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Calvin College Administration Building on Franklin in November 1955. The building is currently used by the Grand Rapids Schools administrative offices.
- Date Created:
- 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Veltman Cookie Company trucks at 1549 Madison Street, SE. The building's exterior sign reads: "Veltman Cookie Co." Two men stand next to two separate delivery trucks. Lettering on the left truck reads "Veltman Cookie Co. Grand Rapids, MICH. 'Quality at a Low Price.'" The truck on the right reads: "Veltman Cookie Co., 'Its Cookie Time.'"
- Date Created:
- 1937-10-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The Hekman Biscuit Company factory was located at 1363-1365 Grandville Ave. SW between 1908 and 1949. The company subsequently operated from a newer and larger facility on 28th Street. Edsko Hekman was a baker in the Netherlands before immigrating to Grand Rapids and taking up the trade here, eventually passing the business to his sons. He and his sons also founded the Hekman Furniture Company.
- Date Created:
- 1940-08-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Cities Service gasoline station, small building at Neland and Franklin SE, with checkered roof. Two men standing, three pumps. Rack with oil cans beside pump.
- Date Created:
- 1937-10-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Liberty Show House in 1929, after bombing. Three show houses were bombed at this time. Brick, commercial, 2-story building with three sets of upstairs windows. Just below the windows is a large sign “LIBERTY.” On the street level below the sign are large display windows, one of which holds a movie poster for a Harold Lloyd movie (title is obscured by people standing in front of it). The other window bears a sign “Open for business”. A corrugated roof overhang is attached at the top of the building, and short brick towers at each end rise from ground level to a little above the roof. Each of the towers also has a display window at ground level, with movie posters displayed. About a dozen warmly dressed people are standing here and there in front of the theater, and there is snow on the ground.
- Date Created:
- 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the LLC building with a marquee sign promoting "America's Prophecy Crusade", undated.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View looking up Canal Street from Pearl Street. Two blocks on the first corners of Lyon Street are faced with gypsum plaster blocks. Horse car is waiting at the switch. Streetcar tracks run down the middle of the street. Horse-drawn wagons line the streets. Drawings are visible on the photo.
- Date Created:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior of the Fox De Luxe Brewery from the corner of Michigan and Ionia NW. This picture includes the large Fox beer bottle on two sides of the building. Visible across the Michigan Street is the sign for the Van Houten Neon Sign Company, on the northwest corner of Ionia and Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- An exterior view of the Young Mens Christian Association, located at 33 Library St NE in Grand Rapids.
- Date Created:
- 1947-03-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)