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- Description:
- Front view of the rebuilt Detroit Opera House, which was destroyed by fire in 1897 and rebuilt; streetcars, horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrian traffic can be seen in the foreground on Woodward Avenue. Retail establishments occupy the ground floor of the building.
- 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:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- 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:
- Store front photograph with display windows of Earl Robson Department Store at 4339-41 S. Division
- 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:
- Comstock's storefront at 232 Bond Avenue NW, with Norge refrigerators, stoves, washers, and mangles shown in the window. They also carried radios and automobile supplies, such as tires and batteries. Owned by Freeman J. Comstock.
- 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:
- This view shows the Luce Building which housed the Commercial College, the Grand Rapids branch of Foster Brothers, a dentist, Rodman's and Earle's hosiery and notions. The stores have their wares displayed out on the sidewalk. This later became the site of Herpolsheimer's.
- Date Created:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Photo with a broad view of the five Breen's Delivery Service trucks, two Chevrolet, one International, and one Ford, along with five smaller vehicles, including at least one Dodge Brothers' models. The trucks are parked in front of Breen's Delivery Service and Breen's Service Garage, 411-413 Scribner NW. Neighboring buildings include the Grand Union Tea Co. at 417 Scribner, and DeWindt Commercial Photography at 425 Scribner. Two church spires are in the background.
- Date Created:
- 1937-08-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Comstock's appliance shop, but no the same one that was at 232 Bond NW. It may be their second store that was at 4404 South Division. Norge stove and and open refrigerator, even showing the motor, in the windows and two wringer washers out in front of the store. They also advertise automobile tires and batteries sold on instant credit.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Storefront of Van's Radios Sales and Service at 958 Burton Street SE also washing machines and "electric refrigerators." In the windows an open refrigerator, a stove and washing machine are displayed with cardboard cutouts of well-dressed women pointing out features of the appliances. A large advertisement uses Ripley, in Believe It or Not, to extol the Rollator made by Borg-Warner Co. of Detroit, which comes with a ten-year guarantee.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)