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- Notes:
- Bird's eye from diagonally across the street of the Grand Rapids Savings Bank (Peoples Building) on the northeast corner of Monroe and Ionia Avenue in downtown. There is a streetcar in the street in front of the building. The building on the left is the Pythian Temple (Ashton Building).
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This view shows Monroe looking north. The Commercial College is located on the left, in the Luce Block. Carriages and wagons line the streets. Streetcar track runs down the middle of the road. A bank is on the opposite corner of the college.
- Date Created:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of Campau Square showing Grand Rapids National Bank (without upper floors, later called McKay Tower) and Monroe Avenue.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Photo shows the Eastown branch of Old Kent Bank, located at 1515 Wealthy St SE, at the intersection of Lake Drive, in the Eastown neighborhood, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1959-05-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View of the Grand Rapids Savings Bank (Peoples Building) on the northeast corner of Monroe and Ionia Avenue in downtown. Shows the recently completed construction of the building. The building on the left is the Pythian Temple (Ashton Building).
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- View looking south on Ottawa Avenue at Pearl Street. Michigan Trust building is on the left. Furniture Exhibitors building is on the right.
- Date Created:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Grand Rapids National Bank's Michigan Street branch. “First to be equipped with tear gas bombs.” Image shows deserted lobby decorated for Christmas with pictures of Santa Claus, candles around each gated teller station, several Christmas trees and the sign “Join our Christmas thrift club” on the top of the teller's partition. In the center of the lobby are standing height tables for customers. The checkerboard tile floor is a salient feature of the photo.
- Date Created:
- 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- “Bank that was robbed twice within four years. Last robbery was this year (1930). Robbers took $10,000. All were caught and received sentence of life imprisonment at Marquette for robbery under arms. One bystander was shot but recovered. Leonard and Turner Branch.” The building is of white brick, with fancy brickwork and two bay windows on the front. Behind the building (right side of photo) is a sign for “Lily White Flour”, above which is a porch with laundry hanging on a line. The bank occupies the corner portion of the building, which also houses a grocery store (Wilburt Ley appears on awning). Three automobiles are parked on the street at the side and in front of the building. There is a traffic light at the intersection, and a fire hydrant on the corner.
- Date Created:
- 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- “Grand Rapids Trust building, cor. Monroe and Ionia.” Built in 1926 for the Grand Rapids Trust Company, this building became the Michigan National Bank building in 1941. Michigan National curtailed operations in the 1990's. The building as shown is a multi-story (at least 12 floors) concrete building with tall, arched three-part windows at ground level on front and sides, recessed corners on the first 11 floors, and reversed corners on the top two floors. A flagpole and the top of a tower on the roof can be seen. A street level sign on the Peck Building immediately to the west along Monroe Ave. says “Cole and Erwin, Jewelers.” Along Ionia Street (left side of building) is some remaining workmen's scaffolding, and farther along is Mark's Auto Supplies and Chinnick Restaurant. Several vehicles can be seen along the street, including a pickup truck in motion. Four men are standing around a fire hydrant in the foreground, and a policeman is standing in the center of the intersection. 1930
- Date Created:
- 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Exterior view of the National Bank of Grand Rapids, located at 1160 South Division Avenue. Scene of a bank robbery. [Original negative is damaged from vinegar syndrome.]
- Date Created:
- 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)