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- Martin L. Sweet came to Grand Rapids in 1846 and soon after built a flour mill, the Grand Rapids City mills. In 1860 he became mayor of Grand Rapids. And in 1868 he sold his mill and built the Sweet's Hotel, which stood on the site of the Pantlind Hotel and now the Amway Grand at the northwest corner of Pearl and Monroe. He was also involved in banking and the lumber business.
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Man holding scrolls
- Date Created:
- 1949-09-28T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Woman with mirror
- Date Created:
- 1944-02-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Side portrait of State Representative Tom Mathieu with Michigan Capitol building in background.
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Mrs. Henry D. MacNaughton, president 1936-1938.
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Portrait of Dr. Luther Gable, signed. Gable was a scientist and a radium-uranium physicist.
- Date Created:
- 1946-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Loraine Immen, president 1889-1890. Mrs. Immen was prominent supporter of art and literature. Tiffany stained glass windows in First (Park) Congregational Church, the Shakespeare "Rose" window in the LLC building, the Longfellow statue in Veterans Memorial Park, and the Lincoln bust at Washington and State streets were a few of her gifts to the city. She also founded the Shakespearian Club.
- Date Created:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Man seated and looking at pictures
- Date Created:
- 1945-11-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of a painting of a woman with center parted white hair under a white cap, tied under her chin. Her face is heavily wrinkled, but her dark eyes are still expressive.
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Portrait of Paul Manship, signed. Manship was a famous sculptor whose most recognizable piece is "Prometheus" at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Circa 1948.
- Date Created:
- 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)