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- Description:
- Market located in East Lansing beginning in 1922. It was run by sisters Clara Hunt Vedder and Ada Hunt Whitehouse.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Two men working at molding equipment at the Veltman Cookie Company.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A display in in the window of an unidentified grocery store of General Foods items, including Maxwell House and Sanka coffees, cereals, Postum beverages, Bakers Coconut, Minute Tapioca, Post Toasties A sign hangs in the window with a clock and the AG Store logo, "The World's Largest Food Distributors," identifying the store as a Nationally Retailer-Owned Grocer.
- Date Created:
- 1939-05-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Display for Frost Pack Distributing Co., 1805 Porter SW, at a Frozen Food convention featuring a "Complete Line of Weber Refrigerated Cases" and Booth Quick-Frozen Foods. A sign advertises "Frigid Dough, Frozen Ready-to-bake Pies, Cakes, Rolls, and Cookies" claiming "It's Fun to bake the modern way!" Frost Pack promotes themselves as the West Michigan's largest frozen foods distributors, delivering state wide.
- Date Created:
- 1947-09-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior view of Kraft Foods Co. at 250 Michigan St NE at the southeast corner of Lafayette in the Belknap/Lookout neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The company distributed Kraft cheese, Kraft dressing products and Parkay margarine. The building was taken over one year later by Gordon Food Service. Sitting in front of the building was the Walter Finger service station selling City Service products. The site is currently part of the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus.
- Date Created:
- 1950-09-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Veltman Cookie Company trucks at 1549 Madison Street, SE. The building's exterior sign reads: "Veltman Cookie Co." Two men stand next to two separate delivery trucks. Lettering on the left truck reads "Veltman Cookie Co. Grand Rapids, MICH. 'Quality at a Low Price.'" The truck on the right reads: "Veltman Cookie Co., 'Its Cookie Time.'"
- Date Created:
- 1937-10-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The Hekman Biscuit Company factory was located at 1363-1365 Grandville Ave. SW between 1908 and 1949. The company subsequently operated from a newer and larger facility on 28th Street. Edsko Hekman was a baker in the Netherlands before immigrating to Grand Rapids and taking up the trade here, eventually passing the business to his sons. He and his sons also founded the Hekman Furniture Company.
- Date Created:
- 1940-08-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Window displays in local grocery stores advertizing the food show, "Visit the Food show This Week." Food products on display include Burry's Crax, Hekman Saltines, Domino sugar, Lily White flour.
- Date Created:
- 1941-03-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Frost-Pack Distributing company, "Distributors of Booth's Frozen Foods," exhibit at a Home Show. The picture shows a Bordon sign featuring a Elsie Bordon, the cow, along with their slogan "If it's Bordon's, it's got to be good." Also advertising "Delicious New Nucoa, the wholesale vegetable Oleomargerine, thrift spread with Vitamin A." On display are Bordon's cheeses, Hellmann's Mayonnaise and French Dressing, Old Country Hardtack Gamia Landets Knackerbrod. Frost-Pack was located at 1805 Porter SW in 1941.
- Date Created:
- 1941-03-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A display in a grocery store of General Foods items, including including Maxwell House and Sanka coffees, cereals, La France detergent booster, cereals, Jello, Swans Down Cake Flour. One of the cereal boxes displays on the backside cutouts from the "Ferdinand the Bull" children's book. Two male employees are standing by the display, with one identifying the store on his uniform as Ruschmann's Midnite Market, which was located at 938-40 S. Division.
- Date Created:
- 1939-05-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
