Institution: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.) / Topic: Gas industry - Detroit Housewives League

Notes:: Interior of the Grand Rapids Gas Light Company building at 43-47 Division Ave North, showing a display of gas ranges and advertising a clearance sale. Tellers sit at the "Duplicate Bills Information" windows ready to accept payment on your gas bill.
Date Created:: 1937-08-06T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Gas Company Publicity, interior view of Gas Company showroom with decorations. Signs read "See the modern kitchens and basements", "Home Canning Exhibit In Process", "Instant hot water at lowest cost". Employees dressed in Old West/Cowboy costumes for the Old Range Round Up promotion. The showroom displays several stoves and kitchen appliances.
Date Created:: 1937-09-09T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: 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:: House at 1738 Alexander SE with a large group of people in the front yard. A sign reading "All Gas Wonder House, erected by Gas Company, Owen Ames Kimbal Co. builders, Eugene V. Goebel, landscape architect, Herpolsheimers Co. house furnishings."
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Image shows a large pile of discarded gas stoves in what appears to be a dirt parking lot near a warehouse. Each stove has a number spray painted on it.
Date Created:: 1937-10-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Two buses off-load a crowd of people in the front of the new all-gas house, at 1738 Alexander SE.
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Groups at Gas Company Parade. A crowd of men and women dressed in western/cowboy costumes riding horses down the street of an industrial area for the Gas Company Parade. One person waves an American Flag. Several people watch the parade from the side of the street.
Date Created:: 1937-09-11T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Banquet at Morton Hotel, photos taken for Gas Company Publicity. The image shows a group of men and one woman on a stage, dressed in western outfits with cowboy hats and bandanas.
Date Created:: 1937-09-08T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Pictured is a Quick (Kwik) Gas Co delivery truck with bottled gas cylinders. The truck, with the words Kwik Gas on the side panel, is parked in a dirt driveway next to a two story, light colored frame house. A delivery man is removing a cylinder of gas from the rear of the truck. Electric and phone lines attached to the house appear in the upper right of the photo.
Date Created:: 1938-01-19T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Interior of the Grand Rapids Gas Light Company building at 43-47 Division Ave North, showing a display of gas ranges, including Magic Chef, Detroit Jewel. Customers and sales people in the background.
Date Created:: 1937-08-06T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

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