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- Portrait of Cadette Everett Fitch.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Portrait of John Ball, circa 1875. John Ball (1794-1884) was an early pioneer and land speculator who came to Grand Rapids in 1836. He was also a teacher, lawyer, and a politician. He also left forty acres of land on the west side to the City of Grand Rapids which became John Ball Park and home of John Ball Zoo.
- Date Created:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Etta Wilson was known as Michigan's first newspaper woman. She was reporter for the Herald, covering topics from society to sports. She later worked for the Detroit Sunday News-Tribune. She was also a lecturer and an ornithologist.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- C. H. Leonard was an early inventor of refrigerators, known as the Leonard Cleanable Refrigerators. He established the Grand Rapids Refrigerator Company which was later acquired by Kelvinator.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two separate images comprise this photo. One is a bust portrait of a well-dressed man, about 60 years old, wearing a double-breasted suit coat, white shirt with high collar, and tie. The other is of his home, Blythefield Farms, a rambling, two-story structure, with multiple-peaked wavy tile roof, and a long, columned veranda. In the foreground is a flat grassy area. A curved walkway leads to the building.
- Date Created:
- 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Image of a flyer for the Richard Allen Home for Colored Girls, located at 195 Bates Street.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Group of well-dressed men and women standing at the south door of City Hall. Some local dignitaries posed with a reporter from New York.
First row: Elwirt Ellis (later, Mrs. Robert Jewell); John D. Karel (Mayor); Marguerite Fields; George W. Welsh (City Manager); Myrta Bellair
Second row: unidentified man; Mrs. Earle MacClellen; Edith Bowers; Mary Kay Einecke, Reporter from New York; Charles B. Kelsey; William Bryant; Earle MacClellan
Third Row: Jack Ellis; Vincent Coleman; William Pollard; Pal Mills; unidentified man
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Photograph of two women with a horse team at the Bill Weaver Camp. One may be Minnie Weaver or Lynn Cummings Weaver. Photo from the historical collection of Marguerite Jackson.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Studio portrait of Colonel George Gray in uniform. Colonel Gray served in the Sixth Michigan Cavalry and fought at Gettysburg during the Civil War. He was a prominent attorney and served as the City Attorney in 1857.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Lee H. Bierce, Secretary of the Association of Commerce, at his desk in the old building. Mr. Bierce is seated in a wooden chair, with both arms resting on the desk. His left hand holds a paper, while his right holds a pen or pencil. To his right is a telephone (mouthpiece on a standard, with separate receiver hanging beside it). On the wall behind him is a street map of Grand Rapids.
- Date Created:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)