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- Gas Company Publicity, interior view of Gas Company showroom with decorations. Employees dressed in Old West/Cowboy costumes for the Old Range Round Up promotion. Employees stand next to several stoves and kitchen appliances on display. Sign reads "3500 Grand Rapids Families ...can tell you about the economy and convenience of natural gas house heating".
- Date Created:
- 1937-09-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The sign on this storefront advertises Norge by Spoelstra Sales and Service, at 748 Franklin Street SE, owned by Lloyd E. Spoelstra. A Norge stove and refrigerator are on display in the window. A neon sign advertises radio repair, tubes and parts. A sign by the door reads "RCA Victor Auto Radio with metal tubes, custom built dash mounting."
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Corner view of a radio shop that has display windows on two sides of the building showing radio cabinets, and Norge appliances. A large neon sign advertising the Norge Rollator hangs out front blocking the name of the business. They carry Zenith and Philco radios and Grunow electric refrigerators.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Mr. Freeman Comstock showing a woman a refrigerator at Comstock's Store, located at 232 Bond Avenue NW.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A storefront with a neon sign advertising "Norge" products, owned by H. S. Murrow, at 2004 Division Avenue South in Burton Heights. Window displays a Norge electric range and refrigerator on one side and and Norge wringer washer and a mangle.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Storefront windows of Grinnell Brothers Music at 206 Monroe Avenue NW selling pianos, band instruments, radios, and sheet music, but also, as featured in the windows, Norge appliances. Refrigerators, Stoves, and washing machines are displayed with cardboard cutouts of newsboys with an Extra edition of a newspaper advertising the convenience and value of Norge appliances.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Delivery man wheeling large crate up ramp underneath Hotpoint sign with another man watching. The sign says "Hotpoint: The Name Everybody Knows."
- Date Created:
- 1945-10-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Interior photo of electric stoves and radio cabinets on display at the store, 70 N. Division. The stoves and radios stand on a checkerboard floor and several lights hang from the ceiling. A display suggesting the use of kitchen appliances is along the back wall of the room on the far right.
- Date Created:
- 1937-12-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior of The Electrical Supply Company retail at 317 Bond Ave. NW selling lighting fixtures and appliances.
- Date Created:
- 1944-05-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Gas Company Publicity, exterior of building to show decorations. Signs read: "Old Range Round Up" featuring a man riding a horse, and "Cash in your old stove now!" The street sign reads "Library St." Several posters/cutouts of promotional materials are attached to the building, images of cowboys riding horses and gas stoves.
- Date Created:
- 1937-09-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)