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- Notes:
- Scene after a fire, showing a crane loading bales into a truck. A burnt out building is visible in the background. Three uniformed policeman are standing in the street in front of the site.
- Date Created:
- 1948-03-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Building with smoke pouring from the front windows. Cook Paint and Varnish Company, Research Division, probably in Kansas City, MO.
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fire fighters fighting fire, fire fighters standing around
- Date Created:
- 1949-04-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Accident scene, overturned car burned and smoking
- Date Created:
- 1949-10-25T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- Firemen spraying bales
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fire fighters with hoses
- Date Created:
- 1948-08-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Accident scene, car overturned and smoking
- Date Created:
- 1949-10-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Engulfed building with flames and billowing smoke. Cook Paint and Varnish Company, Research Division, probably in Kansas City, MO.
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Interior of the building of the Cook Paint and Varnish Company, Research Division, probably in Kansas City, MO.
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Lake Macatawa, Ottawa County, fire, showing a ruined wooden residential building, probably a cottage near Lake Macatawa (formerly known as Black Lake)
- Date Created:
- 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Lobby of the Livingston Hotel after the time of the fire on April 2, 1924. Photo shows a jumble of chairs, settees and other furniture shoved and piled together.
- Date Created:
- 1924-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Firemen putting out a fire at the Columbia Storage Company located at 435-439 Ionia Avenue SW.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Hoses and puddles of water outside AMI building
- Date Created:
- 1948-08-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Accident scene, wrecked car burned and smoking
- Date Created:
- 1949-10-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fire fighters standing around
- Date Created:
- 1949-04-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Interior of the building of the Cook Paint and Varnish Company, Research Division, probably in Kansas City, MO.
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fire fighters standing around
- Date Created:
- 1949-04-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Scene after a fire, showing a crane loading bales into a truck.
- Date Created:
- 1948-03-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Scene after a fire, showing fire fighters spraying water from hoses. The shell of a building is visible and smoke is rising from the building and piles of rubble.
- Date Created:
- 1948-03-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Robert Loomis writes in his diary about his arrival in Grand Rapids with his family, as well as his travels in Michigan. Additionally, he records what was lost and what was saved in a fire in one of the stores in Grand Rapids.
- Date Created:
- 1866-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Old streetcars set on fire, at night, where the only light is from the fire.
- Date Created:
- 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Firemen spraying bales
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Scene after a fire, showing a shell of a building and piles of bales. Smoke is rising from the rubble and fire fighters are still at work, spraying water from hoses. A crowd is gathered across the street.
- Date Created:
- 1948-03-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of Grand Rapids before the 1873. Sweet's Mill is shown in the center of the picture. The covered bridges in the background are the Pearl Street bridge and Bridge Street bridge.
- Date Created:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Orpheum Theater after being destroyed by fire, December 20, 1932. The image shows the interior of brick walls, with charred remains of posts, beams and lath still standing.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Scenes after fire, showing a damaged area taken from above, with fire fighters still at work.
- Date Created:
- 1948-03-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Wrecked car burning
- Date Created:
- 1948-03-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Firemen spraying bales
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Winegar Furniture Company fire on April 24, 1927. The image shows three firemen in full regalia, with hoses and ladders, actively engaged in putting out the fire. One fireman is walking toward the camera and is seen in full frontal view. Parts of two or three additional figures can be seen, behind a great fog of steam or smoke coming from the brick building.
- Date Created:
- 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Orpheum Theater, interior after the fire. In the foreground is a pile of rubble, with a background of a still standing multicolored brick wall. In the lower right corner of the image are some theater seats.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Interior of the building of the Cook Paint and Varnish Company, Research Division, probably in Kansas City, MO.
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Firemen spraying burning bales
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Rubble and a few standing timbers of the Star Transfer company. An unidentified building is seen at the left side of the photo.
- Date Created:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Scene after fire, showing a crane loading bales into a truck.
- Date Created:
- 1948-03-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Wrecked car burning
- Date Created:
- 1948-03-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Firemen spraying bales
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two firemen spraying bales that are a flame
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two firemen spraying bales that are aflame
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Scenes after a fire, showing a crane loading bales into a truck.
- Date Created:
- 1948-03-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Livington Hotel at Fulton and Division S.E. Light colored 4-story brick building with mishmash of architectural elements including curved wooden bay windows, arches, balconies with wrought iron railings, and decorative brickwork. There is a corner entrance with a large round pillar, and steps on each side of it. There is another entrance on the front of the building, with a balcony above. The front corner of the building toward the right on the image is boarded up on the street level. Along the side of the building at street level is a large billboard for Grand Rapids Trust Company. Streetcar wires and a traffic light are seen above the street. A man is sitting on the steps by the pillar, and several parked cars can be seen. Two 5-globe streetlights stand in front of the hotel, one of which bears the highway sign for M 13.
- Date Created:
- 1924-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Firemen putting out a fire at the Columbia Storage Company located at 435-439 Ionia Avenue SW.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Firemen spraying bales
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Scenes after fire showing smoldering bales and fire fighters still at work. Several hoses and a ladder are visible. A river is in the background.
- Date Created:
- 1948-03-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Firemen putting out a fire at the Columbia Storage Company located at 435-439 Ionia Avenue SW.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Engulfed building and billowing smoke with firefighters in the foreground. Cook Paint and Varnish Company, Research Division, probably in Kansas City, MO.
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Interior of the building of the Cook Paint and Varnish Company, Research Division, probably in Kansas City, MO.
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Firemen spraying bales that are aflame
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fire fighters fighting fire
- Date Created:
- 1949-04-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fire being put out at the Columbia Storage Company located at 435-439 Ionia Avenue SW.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A Sunday morning fire of the Lumberyard at Grandville Ave. and Clyde Park. The photo shows a railroad track leading to and blocked by rubble. Haze, perhaps smoike, in the background. Several men and boys are lined up to the right side of the track, and a few other men are scattered around.
- Date Created:
- 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Accident scene, car overturned and smoking
- Date Created:
- 1949-10-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Firemen using hoses
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Scene after a fire, showing a crane loading bales into a truck.
- Date Created:
- 1948-03-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Accident scene, Police and fire crew inspect burned car
- Date Created:
- 1949-10-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Car in garage destroyed by fire
- Date Created:
- 1948-08-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Firemen putting out a fire at the Columbia Storage Company located at 435-439 Ionia Avenue SW.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Rubble and a few standing timbers after the fire at Star Transfer. An unidentified building is seen at the left side of the photo
- Date Created:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fire fighters standing around
- Date Created:
- 1949-04-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Accident scene, Police and fire crew inspect burned car
- Date Created:
- 1949-10-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fireman putting out a fire at the Columbia Storage Company located at 435-439 Ionia Avenue SW.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Fire fighters fighting fire
- Date Created:
- 1949-04-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)