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- Notes:
- C. C. Comstock's Row housing along the Grand River being evacuated due to the high waters of the log jam on the Grand River. Furniture and large sacks are piled outside the building.
- Date Created:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the fire that consumed part of the downtown area. Crowds of people can be seen standing around. Horse-drawn wagons are visible; as well as a horse-drawn streetcar that is advertising the Phenix Clothing House.
- Date Created:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Old livery barn at 944 S. Division. Clapboard two-story building with brick front. Part of the clapboard siding and the first floor of the brick have been painted white. Sign over the entrance says “944 Used Cars”. Above the entrance is a bay window, and above that is the year “1890”. On the roof above the bay window is a decorative peak, with finials on both sides, and at the corners of the roof are graduated scallop moldings. Various signs are displayed on the front and especially the side of the building, including “Ajax cord tires”, “Brookfield butter”, “Old Nick cigars”, and various theatrical events. A large 4-door sedan is parked on the street in front
- Date Created:
- 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior sign on the building reads: "20th Century Recreation Bowling" with two bowling pins on the sign. "Kellogg-Burlingame Co." - storefront next door to the bowling lanes. Three men standing in the photo, two on the left, and one looking out the door's window.
- Date Created:
- 1937-09-09T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- The Hotel Browning was built in 1917 by Alvah Brown. It had 250 rooms and shops on the street level. It also had a four-lane bowling alley and a billiard room. The Ferguson-Droste-Ferguson Hospital bought the building in 1938, and continued for some time to operate some of the space as a hotel. The building is located at 72-80 Sheldon Ave SE in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. Photo circa 1938.
- Date Created:
- 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Widdicomb Furniture Co., Fifth Street Plant. Bird's-eye view of plant building with water tank on roof, and view to St. Adalbert Basilica through the mist behind. Railroad tracks and freight cars in foreground.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The Grand Rapids Furniture Museum was opened to the public in 1936 in the historic home of T. Stewart White, a prominent local lumberman. In 1959 the furniture and accessories were moved to the Public Museum of Grand Rapids East Building on Washington Street. The building later became part of Davenport University's campus and is now part of Grand Rapids Community College's campus.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows Miller's Landing at Reed's Lake. The pavilion can be seen in the background. Row boats are upside down on saw horses. Two dogs stand on the dock with a man. A boy sits on the dock in the foreground. Ca. 1880.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The building at Madison Avenue and Alger Street was still under construction in this photo and soon to be opened as the South Congregational Church. Article: Grand Rapids Herald, 3-5-1950, pg. 34.
- Date Created:
- 1950-02-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)