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- Description:
- An oral history from Thelma E. Sanford, the daughter of Arthur C. Haite, who ran a furniture business and funeral home in Lansing in the early 20th century. Along with her interview, Mrs. Sanford provided several photocopied newspaper clippings and photos. She was interviewed by her daughter Patricia Sanford Brown at her home at Burcham Hills, East Lansing, on August 22, 1990. A transcript for this recording is linked with the audio files below.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Voices of Lansing Oral Histories
- Description:
- Jury-Rowe furniture, Western Union and the Bank of Lansing are seen. City Planning Division staff annotated the photo.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing City Planning Division Photographs
- Description:
- View of the same block as 2015-06-003.V6.075 but taken four year's later. Lansing Broadcasting Co. is still present in a building holding several businesses in addition to their WILS-AM radio station: Verra-Kleen Cleaners, and Baucom Barber; all used 407 as their address. Next, Vandervoort Marine Sales replaced the Dura-Chrome Dinette Co. at 417. Michigan Liquor Control Commission Retail and Wholesale Store remained at 417. A&P grocery completed the block at 425 but had received a new exterior. City Planning Division staff annotated the photo.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing City Planning Division Photographs
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing City Planning Division Photographs
- Notes:
- Winegar Furniture Company fire on April 24, 1927. The image shows three firemen in full regalia, with hoses and ladders, actively engaged in putting out the fire. One fireman is walking toward the camera and is seen in full frontal view. Parts of two or three additional figures can be seen, behind a great fog of steam or smoke coming from the brick building.
- Date Created:
- 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Vandenberg Brothers Furniture Company was a retail furniture store located at 229-237 Monroe Avenue N.W. in the Belknap/Lookout neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The site is currently part of the Grand Center.
- Date Created:
- 1948-10-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three men and woman in living room display
- Date Created:
- 1949-07-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man squatting and man and woman standing next to cart
- Date Created:
- 1949-07-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- Photo cut by City Planning Division staff to show only a single store. The side of the adjacent building advertises the Furniture Exchange at 312-314 North Washington Avenue.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing City Planning Division Photographs
- Description:
- View of south end of the 300 block, east side. Covers entire block, taken from Ionia Street. Working north from East Ionia Street, the first stores: Parker Paint & Wallpaper at 300, Gibbs Natural Health Foods at 302, Marshall Music at 304, Top Value Redemption Gift Store trading stamps at 306, Baby Grand Bar at 308, vacancy at 310, and the taller Furniture Exchange at 312-14. City Planning Division staff trimmed two photographs to make this composite view. City Planning Division staff placed sequential numbers at the bottom of each piece, "F34" and "F35" and added other annotations.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing City Planning Division Photographs
