Grand Rapids Public Library

Notes:: Display at a Lumber Dealers' convention of Fir-Tex Insulating Board Co. products. A sign says that Fir-Tex has warehouses in Grand Rapids (528 Bridge NW) and in Cadillac, Royal Oak, and Detroit. A neighboring exhibit booth advertises "Mule-Hide Roofs, not a kick in a million feet."
Date Created:: 1941-02-06T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Mother Goose float at the Santa Claus Parade in downtown Grand Rapids.
Date Created:: 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Exterior of the Fox De Luxe Brewery at Michigan Street and Ottawa Avenue, showing the brewing building from the southwest side. Boxes of Fax De Luxe beer can be seen through the large windows of a one-story section.
Date Created:: 1949-01-28T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: A picture of a family Christmas dinner party given by the Bale-Boeree Company in a wood-paneled room at the Peninsular Club, 116-120 Ottawa Ave NW. The men and women are dressed in business attire, the girls in party dresses and the boys in suits. The group is sitting around a cloth covered table set with silverware and napkins, candles, and floral arrangements. In the background on the left is a small Christmas tree and three large windows lined with drapery. At the top of the picture is the lower portion of a crystal chandelier.
Date Created:: 1937-12-25T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: A group of houses on the west side of Campbell Place NE looking south. The house numbers from the right: 157, 151-49, 145, 139, 133, 127. The houses appear to be frame construction and are two stories. Bare-limbed trees are in the parkway in front each house. The ground is snow covered, a street runs in front of the houses, and the background is an overcast sky. Two cars are shown on the street on the far left of the photo.
Date Created:: 1938-01-21T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: A group of 11 men, five seated and six standing, dressed in business suits or white butcher's coats and aprons. The picture notes that this is the Single Management Course, Grand Rapids Branch, March 8, 1938. In the background are canned goods and various postings, two large chalkboards, and above the chalkboards is a diagram of a cow showing the different cuts of meat and a sign which reads “This is a Kroger Training Store Managed by Ed Samp”, located at 1435 Buchanan SW.
Date Created:: 1938-02-15T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Exterior view of the building at 72 Grandville Avenue SW, with delivery trucks and their drivers in front of the Hecht Distributing Co., distributing Altes Lager Bier “The Beer in the Green Bottle.” With the large A at the top of the building it came to be known and the Anheuser-Busch building, occupied later by the Grand Rapids Community Foundation.
Date Created:: 1938-03-06T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: An all-male choir standing on the front steps of the Trinity M.E. Church, located at 1100 Lake Drive S.E. The choir is dressed in black robes with white surplices. Four men stand behind the choir dressed in business suits. The church is brick and stone, with beveled glass windows in the front doors. Two scones are on either side of the doors.
Date Created:: 1938-04-17T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: View of the audience for a General Motors Company show at Keith's Theatre.
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

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