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- The main floor exhibit of automobiles is filled with people standing, so that only the roofs of the autos on display are visible. A few signs stand out for Graham and Chrysler. The balconies are also filled with people, sitting. A ray of light from some projection equipment is coming from a projection room at the back.
- Date Created:
- 1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Panorama of stadium
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- View of exhibit booths, including those for the Grand Rapids Public Library (with Alberta Massingill seated at booth) and the Grand Rapids Public Museum, at the City of Grand Rapids Open House.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Exterior of the building. Children stand in the doorway and are peering in the windows.
- Date Created:
- 1945-05-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- 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:
- Man speaking to crowd seated on bleachers with trees in background
- Date Created:
- 1941-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- View of crowd gathered at the Bay View Assembly Hall.
- Date Created:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- View of the crowds at the City of Grand Rapids Open House, with exhibit booths on the sides.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Panorama of stadium
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- View of the log jam on the Grand River in 1883. A covered bridge is at the center of the photo, which has Phoenix Furniture Co. on the roofline. Crowds gather on banks as the logs are far as the eye can see.
- Date Created:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Free exhibition by Harry Houdini in front of the Herald Building. The image is taken from the back of a large crowd of people, all wearing hats. Beyond the sea of hats can be seen a makeshift stage, on which there are three men, two of whom appear to be handcuffing the third. Behind them, at the back of the stage is a curtained box, large enough to hold several people.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Boy with calf and others gathered around
- Date Created:
- 1949-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Shot of University of Michigan football game
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Santa Claus Parade showing parade float of Santa and two reindeer. Monroe Avenue at Ottawa, in downtown Grand Rapids. Photo shows Fanny Farmer, Shellman Optical Company and Steketees Department Store. This annual Christmas parade was sponsored by Wurzburg's Department Store.
- Date Created:
- 1946-11-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Liberty Bell Parade at Campau Square in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Liberty Bell replica rang out on May 25, 1950 to signify the opening of the local Independence Savings Bonds drive of the Treasury Department. The ceremony was held in front of the McKay Towers building. Speakers included Jack Benny, Eddie "Rochester" Andersonfrom the Jack Benny show as well as local dignitaries. Veterans and civic groups also particiapted in the event. This photo was taken at Campau Square in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1950-05-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Shot of University of Michigan football game
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
- 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.)
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- View of the crowds celebrating the end of World War II on Monroe Avenue, downtown Grand Rapids.
- Date Created:
- 1945-08-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man speaking in crowd
- Date Created:
- 1949-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Liberty Bell Parade with Jack Benny riding in a Goodwin-Pontiac convertible. The Liberty Bell replica rang out on May 25, 1950 to signify the opening of the local Independence Savings Bond drive of the Treasury Department. Speakers at the ceremony included Jack Benny, "Rochester" from the Jack Benny show as well as local dignitaries. Veterans and civic groups also participated in the event. This photo was taken at Campau Square in downtonw Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1950-05-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Three men, dressed as cowboys, riding horses down Monroe Avenue during a parade; with crowds, automobiles, and Florsheim Shoes in the background.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- View of a procession of pickup trucks carrying ovens, men on horses, and a stagecoach, during a parade down Monroe Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A Farmers' Day event sponsored by the Schantz Implement Co., 408-410 Front Avenue NW. Photo is taken in an auditorium, with a audience watching something on stage. Processing note on the folder claims that it the former Germania Hall interior at 430 Front NW.
- Date Created:
- 1938-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the Grand Rapids Battalion leaving for the Spanish-American War, April 26, 1898. Crowds line the streets, and the rooftops. Flags are being flown in the crowds and from buildings.
- Date Created:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Santa Claus Parade on Monroe Avenue at Division, downtown Grand Rapids. Shown are Peck's Drugstore, Goebbels & Brown Sporting Goods and the Civil War monument. This annual Christmas parade was sponsored by Wurzburg's Department Store.
- Date Created:
- 1947-11-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Shot of University of Michigan football game
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man speaking to crowd
- Date Created:
- 1949-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fisher-Drummond Wall Paper Co holding a meeting of painters in the Moose Temple, 147 S. Division. The room is filed with men in suits, some sitting on benches. A booth on one end of the room shows Wonder White Products Inc, purveyor of 'lotionized woodwork, tile, and paint cleaner.โ
- Date Created:
- 1938-03-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Image shows a seated crowd in an auditorium with two levels for a cooking show. Two women (presumably the hosts of the cooking show), one in a white uniform and one in a dress, stand in the aisle and smile for the camera.
- Date Created:
- 1937-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Child holding stick near furniture display
- Date Created:
- 1949-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- People in front of Michigan State University campus building
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Crowd around barn and farmhouse
- Date Created:
- 1949-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Crowd of women gathered on a sidewalk waiting to get inside a building.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Photo shows a large group of men and women at a dancing party at Ramona Gardens at Wealthy Street and Lakeside Drive.
- Date Created:
- 1937-08-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Shot of University of Michigan football game
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man standing on a table with a crowd gathered around him, with delivery trucks behind him. The trucks are from B. & M. Storage Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Also seen is a sign reading "First shipment of Pendleton to John Wanamaker - Phila., John Wanamaker - N.Y., B. Altman & Co. - N.Y., Abraham & Straus - Brooklyn."
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two men and two women with a little boy looking at a book
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the crowds celebrating the end of World War II on Monroe Avenue, downtown Grand Rapids.
- Date Created:
- 1945-08-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Several men in crowd
- Date Created:
- 1949-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Float with a cowgirl and an oven on it with the words "Detroit Jewel" on the float. Float is being pulled by a truck and a crowd is seen in the background.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two men and two women standing outside of gates to stadium
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the crowds celebrating the end of World War II in Campau Square, downtown Grand Rapids.
- Date Created:
- 1945-08-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Crowd of people crossing the street. Buildings on Monroe Avenue are decorated for Christmas.
- Date Created:
- 1939-12-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man with crowd
- Date Created:
- 1949-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Float with a cowboy and cowgirl and ovens on it with the word "Roper" on the float. Float is being pulled by a truck and a crowd is seen in the background.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Boy with calf and others gathered around
- Date Created:
- 1949-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of a parade with boys in costumes playing drums and boys dressed as cowboys marching down Monroe Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Crowds gathered outside of the Southlawn Theatre.
- Date Created:
- 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Shot of University of Michigan football game
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A crowd of people, all ages, sitting on outdoor amphitheater seats at night watching a movie. Order form states the photo was taken in Belding, Michigan
- Date Created:
- 1937-08-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Crowd around barn and farmhouse
- Date Created:
- 1949-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of a procession of pickup trucks carrying ovens during a parade down Monroe Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Panorama of stadium
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Interior of packed auditorium, the George Welsh Civic Auditorium. The cast of the presentation is on stage, some sitting on bales of hay.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A Farmers' Day event sponsored by the Schantz Implement Co., 408-410 Front Avenue NW. Photo is taken in an auditorium, with a audience watching a demonstration on stage. Advertisements on the walls include Oliver planters, cultivators, and harrows, Deming Pumps and water systems, Royster field-tested fertilizers, and Tanglefoot Fly Paper. Processing note on the folder claims that it the former Germania Hall interior at 430 Front NW.
- Date Created:
- 1938-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Ramona grandstands filled with people entertained by a band, set up under a tent on a baseball field. Director, Paul Whiteman, is visible in a white suit. School house in the background.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Shot of University of Michigan football game
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Crowd of families in the Home Appliance Store at 716 Wealthy SE, awaiting a drawing for a prize which might be one of the electric stoves in the picture. Also visible: an ad for "Zenith personalized adapter, sets the tone for any room."
- Date Created:
- 1937-08-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two men and two women on steps of stadium
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of a parade with people dressed as cowboys marching down Monroe Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Crowds at the 1935 Auto Show around an Oldsmobile.
- Date Created:
- 1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View looking down at the Libery Bell Parade in Campau Square in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Liberty Bell replica rang out on May 25, 1950 to signify the opening of the local Independence Savings Bonds drive of the Treasury Department. Speakers at the ceremony included Jack Benny, "Rochester" from the Jack Benny show as well as local dignitaries. Veterans and civic groups also participated in the event.
- Date Created:
- 1950-05-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Bird's-eye view of crowds at Calder Plaza, downtown Grand Rapids, during Festival of 1974.
- Date Created:
- 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E), parade on Monroe Avenue, downtown Grand Rapids. Photo circa 1920.
- Date Created:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of a procession of pickup trucks carrying ovens during a parade down Monroe Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man with crowd
- Date Created:
- 1949-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of a parade with men in uniform playing drums and cowboys marching down Monroe Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Panorama of stadium
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Demonstration of a conveyor at the City of Grand Rapids Open House, with crowds watching.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of a crowd in the stands at the West Michigan State Fairgrounds in Comstock Park.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Shot of University of Michigan football game
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the audience for a General Motors Company show at Keith's Theatre.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)