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1951. Accident, Eastern at 28th SE

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Damaged car parked on a field
Date Created:
1947-11-20T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

1952. Auto Show

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One man stands in the center of an exhibit of ten automobiles in the George Welsh Civic Auditorium. Two small signs are visible, one with "Packard" and another "Lincoln."
Date Created:
1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

1953. Damaged Automobile

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Wrecked automobile in Coopersville, Michigan. Image shows the damage from the front-end of the vehicle with a missing front driver's side tire.
Date Created:
1937-10-14T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

1954. Accident, Belmont Crossing

Notes:
Several angles of totalled car
Date Created:
1945-11-03T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

1955. Ann Arbor, campus, football stadium

Notes:
Two men and two women walking arm-in-arm from car
Date Created:
1946-10-19T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

1956. Accident, River Road NW

Notes:
People looking at car on its side
Date Created:
1950-06-27T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

1957. Gezon Motors

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The exterior of Gezon Motors, 720-734 Monroe Ave NW, a distributor of the Studebaker, with the round Studebaker logo above the door. It's a brick building with multiple windows with awnings on the street side showing the cars in the showrooms.
Date Created:
1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

1958. Accident, Buchanan at 28th SW

Notes:
Damaged car getting towed
Date Created:
1949-01-15T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

1959. Auction, Farm at Trufant

Notes:
Cars and trucks parked on both sides of the street
Date Created:
1949-03-25T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

1960. Winters and Crampton executives

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Exterior view of Winters and Crampton Corporation located at 38 White, Grandville, Michigan, showing an office building on the street, the factory behind the offices, along the railroad tracks. Also visible are neighboring houses and cars in the parking lot.
Date Created:
1938-03-12T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)