Town and City Scenes--Grand Ledge

Black and white photograph from circa 1887-1895 showing the Stone Dam on Grand River at Grand Ledge, Michigan. The Stone Dam was constructed in 1887 by J.S. Mudge, the then new owner of the Seven Islands Resort. This dam created a deep, level body of water used for boating and swimming.

Black and white postcard of east Jefferson Street in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Black and white photograph from 1959 of the Bridge Street bridge in Grand Ledge, Michigan, looking south over Grand River.

Black and white postcard from approximately 1907 showing a street scene on N. Bridge Street in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Black and white photograph of the Grand River flooding in 1893 around the mill in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Black and white aerial photograph of Grand Ledge, Michigan, 1959. Image shows Bridge Street clearly in the center, crossing the Grand River with the concrete bridge.

Black and white stereograph of the steamer 'Swallow' on the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Color postcard from approximately 1911 showing the lovers lane on Stone Creek in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Black and white postcard from approximately 1907 of Jefferson Street in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Black and white photograph from 1893 showing the flooded Grand River at Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Black and white photograph from circa 1907-1910 showing the Bridge Street bridge crossing the Grand River, with the Stone Dam in the background in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The Stone Dam was constructed in 1887 by J.S. Mudge, the then new owner of the Seven Islands Resort. This dam created a deep, level body of water used for boating and swimming. The iron bridge was replaced in 1910 by a concrete one.

Color postcard from approximately 1905 showing a view of Grand River and Second Island, with the Round House on it, at Grand Ledge, Michigan. The Round House and Second Island were part of the Seven Islands Resort. J. S. Mudge, then-owner of the resort, had envisioned the Round House as a mechanical tower with rotating levels. Even as a merely decorative building, the unique architecture made the Round House a symbol of the resort.

Black and white stereograph titled "The River from Island No. 4," showing a view of the Grand River from Fourth Island, part of the Seven Islands Resort, in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Black and white photograph from circa 1885-1895 showing the grounds of the Island House Hotel on Second Island. The second owner of the islands, S. M. Hewings purchased the resort islands in 1877, and built the Island House Hotel on Second Island. In 1886, he sold the resort to J. Scott Mudge, who improved on the Island House.

Black and white postcard from circa 1910-1920 showing people fishing on the Grand River with the natural rock ledges behind them, near Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Black and white photograph from 1863 of the flooding Grand River rushing over the Stone Dam in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The Stone Dam was constructed in 1887 by J.S. Mudge, the then new owner of the Seven Islands Resort. This dam created a deep, level body of water used for boating and swimming. In 1893, the river flooded, bring with it chunks of ice; both the ice and the flooding water several damaged many buildings.

Black and white aerial photograph from 1959 showing the Grand Ledge Chair Company factory along the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Founded in 1883, it passed through various ownerships until it folded in 1982. The factory in the image was constructed in 1902.

Black and white photograph from 1959 of the Bridge Street bridge in Grand Ledge, Michigan, looking south across Grand River.

Black and white stereograph titled "Down the River from the Bridge," showing a view of the Grand River from just behind the Bridge Street iron bridge (built 1870, replaced in 1910), with a group of men posing on the bridge, in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Black and white photograph from circa 1890-1900 of the Grand River and Seven Islands Resort at Grand Ledge, Michigan. On the left is the rollercoaster connecting Second and Third Islands, put in place by the resort's third owner, J. S. Mudge.

Black and white stereograph showing a scene along the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Other half of stereograph was too damaged to include.

Black and white photograph from 1905 of the first auto parade in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Ransom E. Olds (founder of Olds Motor Vehicle Company in Lansing, and the Oldsmobile and Reo brands) and his wife are in the first car.

Black and white aerial photograph of Grand Ledge, Michigan, 1959. Image shows the view north, including Jefferson Avenue, Bridge Street, the concrete bridge and Grand River.

Black and white photograph from circa 1887-1895 showing the Stone Dam on the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The Stone Dam was constructed in 1887 by J.S. Mudge, the then new owner of the Seven Islands Resort. This dam created a deep, level body of water usef for boating and swimming.

Black and white photograph from circa 1885-1895 showing men standing on the ledges along the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan. In the background is the High Bridge - a railroad bridge built in 1887 by the Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad.

Black and white postcard from pre-1906 showing an aerial view of the iron Bridge Street bridge in Grand Ledge, Michigan. On the left is the saw mill, and on the right, the building next to the bridge is the Grand Ledge Chair Company factory, opened in the 1880s and eventually moved to a larger factory in 1906. The bridge in the image is the iron bridge, built in 1870 and replaced by a concrete bridge in 1910.

Black and white postcard showing a bird's-eye view of Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Black and white aerial photograph from 1959 showing the Grand Ledge Chair Company factory along the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Founded in 1883, it passed through various ownerships until it folded in 1982. The factory in the image was constructed in 1902.

Color postcard from circa 1907-1915 of Hemlock Point above Sandstone Creek in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Hemlock Point is located at the base of Lions Head Rock, and was a popular destination for boaters on the Grand River. It includes one of the only natura

Black and white postcard from approximately 1959 showing a Riverside Park building in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The park was later renamed Fitzgeral Park.

Black and white photograph of a scene on the Grand River, surrounded by the picturesque ledges, with Grand Ledge, Michigan in the background.

Black and white photograph from circa 1891-1893 of the pavillion and part of the rollercoaster on Third Island, part of the Seven Islands Resort in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The rollercoaster, built in 1891, was one of the first in Michigan and was destroyed by flood in 1893.

Black and white photograph from circa 1917-1919 of a marching band and Liberty Bond promotion during World War I on Bridge Street, in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Black and white aerial photograph of Grand Ledge, Michigan, 1959. Image shows Grand River and the Bridge Street crossing.

Black and white photo postcard of the Grand Ledge, Michigan water tower, built in 1906 on the north side of town.

Color postcard from circa 1907-1915 showing a scene on the Grand River at Grand Ledge, Michigan.