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- Description:
- Frank J. Hecker's self-published memoir, from an edition of seventy-five, recounting his military and business activities. The book is three quarter bound with tan cloth on blue buckram boards, and includes a tan slipcase.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- A crane, brick warehouse buildings and several open train cars full of tin scrap collected for the war recycling effort, at the Simon Iron and Steel Corporation, 634 North Cedar Street, in Lansing (Mich.). A city Public Works Division dump truck can also be seen.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
- Description:
- Open roof train car full of passengers, two copies.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mead Family Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Description:
- A freight train traveling along the shore of a river. Note on sleeve: "359. Train of car"
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lawrence Family Collection
- Description:
- A crane and several open train cars full of tin scrap collected for the war recycling effort, at the Simon Iron and Steel Corporation, 634 North Cedar Street, in Lansing (Mich.).
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
- Description:
- Photograph of view of Michigan Avenue east of the bridge over the Grand River, Lansing. The scene showing several railroad cars was near the Michigan Central train depot. The Stevens and Taylor Artificial Stoneworks is in the background. Store on the right selling Imported Liquor and Tobacco and Detroit Ale and Porter. Sign on horse drawn cart says, "Upper River Ice."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Edmonds Photograph Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Description:
- A view of what is described in LFD history as the World's First Motorized Apparatus which was placed into service December 17, 1908. Firefighters appear to be spraying box cars on nearby train tracks. Individuals in this photograph are not identified.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Description:
- A train running along the Grand River on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern tracks. The sign on the building at the right reads "Grand River Restaurant & Pool Room" though this business is not listed in the 1898 Lansing City Directory. Note on sleeve: "No. 36. July 8, 1898. 5:30 pm. Snap Shot slow. Opr. Hat. Full sunlight."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lawrence Family Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Train cars and electrical poles in front of a warehouse identified as the Bird Block. The building is at the 100 Block of North East Street.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Frank J. Hecker's self-published memoir, from an edition of seventy-five, recounting his military and business activities. The book is three quarter bound with tan cloth on blue buckram boards, and includes a tan slipcase.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sanitation workers inside a loading shed use ropes and a pulley to transfer garbage--filled transport bins from a horse-drawn vehicle to a railroad car.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1912-09-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Notes:
- Several railroad cars in a train yard. One is a Canadian National Railway car with capacity and weight limits. Other cars: D T & I Railway (Detroit, Toledo and Ironton, Ohio) and Pere Marquette.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Notes:
- Locomotive on Pike's Peak.
- Date Created:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- D T & I Railway (Detroit, Toledo and Ironton, Ohio) Car (with an older logo) coupled to a Pere Marquette car with weight and capacity limits. A good view of the coupling.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two men on train car with bag of fertilizer and man on truck with bag
- Date Created:
- 1941-12-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Smashed car next to steam engine and Pennsylvania car at scene of accident
- Date Created:
- 1950-04-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Perry W. Greene (left) and William de
Vriendt (right) standing in front of a model French box car, with Perry Greene Druggist building
(drugstore) in background. [Clipping from Grand Rapids Press (Mar. 9, 1930, p.16) attached to back of
photo, giving additional information.] 1930
- Date Created:
- 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the old Union Elevator and Feed Mill at the corner of Fulton Street and Ionia Avenue. The John G. Doan Co., Fruit Packages and Shippers of Fruits & Produce, is in operation in 1890. A train car is visible on the side of the building. A bicycle and horse-drawn wagon are on the street, in front of the building.
- Date Created:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- A crane and several open train cars full of tin scrap collected for the war recycling effort, at the Simon Iron and Steel Corporation, 634 North Cedar Street, in Lansing (Mich.).
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Photograph of view of Michigan Avenue east of the bridge over the Grand River, Lansing. The scene showing several railroad cars was near the Michigan Central train depot. The Stevens and Taylor Artificial Stoneworks is in the background. Store on the right selling Imported Liquor and Tobacco and Detroit Ale and Porter. Sign on horse drawn cart says, "Upper River Ice."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Edmonds Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Delivery man wheeling large crate up ramp underneath Hotpoint sign with another man watching. The signs says "Hotpoint: The Name Everybody Knows"
- Date Created:
- 1945-10-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Men sitting in railroad passenger car
- Date Created:
- 1948-08-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Freight cars loaded with furniture at the warehouse. Writing on the freight cars states: "Grand Truck Western G.T.W. 42293"
- Date Created:
- 1937-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Four women about to get on train
- Date Created:
- 1946-11-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad depot, along with the Baldwin House at the far left, the Parnell House to the right of that, and the Sherman House near the center of the photo. Ca. 1865
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Old Union Station with an engine and car pictured.
- Date Created:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Group of draftees in a train car on their way to training camp.
- Date Created:
- 1940-11-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three railroad cars in a railroad yard. One is from the Pere Marquette Railway.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Eastward view of train yard with three boxcars parked behind warehouse along Ionia north of Oakes. Names visible on the warehouses include Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocers, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Extruded Metals Company in Belding, Michigan. Exterior
- Date Created:
- 1947-03-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Three men wearing clown masks look out from window of a train.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1955-07-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Tall, massive Henkel Flour Mills factory complex includes a line of silos; in the foreground are a shipping dock fronting the Detroit River, a Grand Trunk Western Railroad shed and railroad tracks; in the background are railroad cars and two tugboats on the river.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1928-11-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Notes:
- Six men standing outside of train car
- Date Created:
- 1948-08-02T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- Man and woman greeting each other on a train platform beside a passenger car.
- Date Created:
- 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Men sitting in railroad passenger car
- Date Created:
- 1948-08-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Duplicate of #56. Shanty Town with Union Station (Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad) in the middle of the photograph.
- Date Created:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Sailors hanging out the windows of a train car, with women standing on the platform, with a kissing couple in the center.
- Date Created:
- 1941-05-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Bird's-eye view of a railyard, looking east, showing buildings, tracks, cars and a locomotive. Also shown is a building being demolished due to a fire.
- Date Created:
- 1929-04-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Extruded Metals Company in Belding, Michigan. Rear exterior, with Norfolk and Western railroad freight car, old barrels, barbed wire-topped chain link fence.
- Date Created:
- 1947-03-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Woman standing on a Pullman stool at a train platform with a passenger car behind her.
- Date Created:
- 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Shanty Town with Union Station (Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad) in the middle of the photograph.
- Date Created:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Pike's Peak locomotive.
- Date Created:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Pennsyvania Railroad flat car on the tracks.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Railroad boxcar coupled to flatcar, giving a fairly close view of the coupling. Boxcar is a D T and I (Detroit, Toledo and Ironton, Ohio) Railway car.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Photograph of a railroad crossing on road C-611, near Whitneyville, MI, showing the side of a country road at the crossing, with a train passing on the track.
- Date Created:
- 1937-07-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Four women inside train
- Date Created:
- 1946-11-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Group of boy scouts in uniform in front of the Pere Marquette Railroad car with words "Railways Express Agency" printed on the side. Two covered wagons with large wooden wagon wheels stand behind the scouts with "Grand Rapids Area Council Boy Scouts, Isle Royal Expedition, 1935" printed on the cover of the wagons.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Photograph of a rail yard with a boxcar in the foreground. The picture also show a couple of round towers, a factory and several storage tanks near a building with "Gravarco" on the stack and the word Lacq[uer] on the side. Chesapeake & Ohio cars are on the tracks.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- C&O coal car and conveyor belt and pile of coal
- Date Created:
- 1940-05-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- Three men wearing clown masks look out from window of a train.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1955-07-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Sanitation workers inside a loading shed use ropes and a pulley to transfer garbage--filled transport bins from a horse-drawn vehicle to a railroad car.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1912-09-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Three men wearing clown masks look out from window of a train.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1955-07-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- A freight train traveling along the shore of a river. Note on sleeve: "359. Train of car"
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lawrence Family Collection
- Description:
- Sanitation workers inside a loading shed use ropes and a pulley to transfer garbage--filled transport bins from a horse-drawn vehicle to a railroad car.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1912-09-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Sanitation workers inside a loading shed use ropes and a pulley to transfer garbage--filled transport bins from a horse-drawn vehicle to a railroad car.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1912-09-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Three men wearing clown masks look out from window of a train.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1955-07-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Tall, massive Henkel Flour Mills factory complex includes a line of silos; in the foreground are a shipping dock fronting the Detroit River, a Grand Trunk Western Railroad shed and railroad tracks; in the background are railroad cars and two tugboats on the river.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1928-11-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Three men wearing clown masks look out from window of a train.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1955-07-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Three men wearing clown masks look out from window of a train.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1955-07-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Open roof train car full of passengers, two copies.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mead Family Collection
- Description:
- A crane, brick warehouse buildings and several open train cars full of tin scrap collected for the war recycling effort, at the Simon Iron and Steel Corporation, 634 North Cedar Street, in Lansing (Mich.). A city Public Works Division dump truck can also be seen.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
- Description:
- A train running along the Grand River on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern tracks. The sign on the building at the right reads "Grand River Restaurant & Pool Room" though this business is not listed in the 1898 Lansing City Directory. Note on sleeve: "No. 36. July 8, 1898. 5:30 pm. Snap Shot slow. Opr. Hat. Full sunlight."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lawrence Family Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Description:
- A view of what is described in LFD history as the World's First Motorized Apparatus which was placed into service December 17, 1908. Firefighters appear to be spraying box cars on nearby train tracks. Individuals in this photograph are not identified.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fire Department Station No. 1 Photographs
- Description:
- Train cars and electrical poles in front of a warehouse identified as the Bird Block. The building is at the 100 Block of North East Street.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection