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- Description:
- Four views. Photos a and b are of the Board of Water and Light coal storage towers on the east side of the Grand River in North Lansing. Photo c shows the BWL Dye Conditioning Plant on Cedar Street. Photo d is of the dam, pump station, and coal towers in North Lansing.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- A pen and ink drawing made from a photograph taken in 1862. Shows a point on Franklin Avenue (later Grand River) near Center Street with a bridge, a church, and several other buildings.
- Date Created:
- 1862-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- A pen and ink drawing made from a photograph taken in 1862. Shows a point on Franklin Avenue (later Grand River) near Center Street with a bridge, a church, and several other buildings.
- Date Created:
- 1862-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Guest speaker Carmen Benavides, long-time resident of North Lansing, member of the local Hispanic community, and retired principal from the Lansing School District, talks about her life experiences at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center on March 6, 2003.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- Robert Morris shares stories about the settlement and changes over time to "North Town," the village also known as North Lansing or Old Town, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- An oral history from Thelma E. Sanford, the daughter of Arthur C. Haite, who ran a furniture business and funeral home in Lansing in the early 20th century. Along with her interview, Mrs. Sanford provided several photocopied newspaper clippings and photos. She was interviewed by her daughter Patricia Sanford Brown at her home at Burcham Hills, East Lansing, on August 22, 1990. A transcript for this recording is linked with the audio files below.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Voices of Lansing Oral Histories
- Description:
- Four views. Photos a and b are of the Board of Water and Light coal storage towers on the east side of the Grand River in North Lansing. Photo c shows the BWL Dye Conditioning Plant on Cedar Street. Photo d is of the dam, pump station, and coal towers in North Lansing.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Curator Elizabeth Homer talks about the early life of Lansing pioneers Marion and James Turner, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- A "Pearl Mills" wagon full of bags of flour, at the corner of Turner Street and Grand River Avenue in North Lansing. Pearl Mills, later the Breisch Milling Company, operated at that location for 75 years before being torn down in August of 1926 to be replaced by a "modern oil and repair station" (Lansing State Journal, May 19, 1926, page 2). In the photograph from left to right are employees George E. Palmer, Frank Chaffee, and the wagon driver Del Baker. The photograph was donated by Mrs. George Palmer.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- The mural was dedicated in October 1975. It is located at the corner of Turner Street and Grand River Avenue.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
