Object Type: Folder
In Folder: RG 2018-82 Archives of Michigan General Photograph Collection, ca. 1860-1970
Black and white copy print of an aerial photograph of downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. Visible in this image are the Pantlind Hotel (now Amway Grand Plaza Hotel), the Michigan National Bank Building and the various bridges crossing the Grand River.
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Color postcard from circa 1915-1920 of Monroe Avenue, looking south (postcard title is incorrect) along Campau Square in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In the mid-1920s, several stories were added onto the Grand Rapids National Bank Building, on the left.
Color postcard from circa 1907-1908 of the intersection of State and Washington Streets in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Black and white stereograph showing a view of Grand Rapids, Michigan from the high school building. On the left is the Fountain Street Baptist Church, build in 1877 (burned down in 1917). To the right of it is the Division Street Methodist Church (the congregation later to become the First United Methodist Church), which was built up in the 1850s-1860s, and was sold when the congregation moved to a new location in 1913
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Color postcard from circa 1907-1910 showing a bird's-eye view of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The view is looking down Bridge Street, crossing the Grand River.
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Black and white stereograph showing a view of Grand Rapids, Michigan from the high school, looking northwest towards the Grand River.
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Grand Rapids Home Coming and 60th Anniversary Celebration Aug 22-27, Grand Rapids (Mich.); c. 1910.
Black and white aerial photograph of an unidentified shopping mall near Grand Rapids, Michigan, housing a Wurzburg's Department Store; the company was founded in Grand Rapids in 1862.
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Black and white print (taken from stereograph) of Grand Rapids before the 1872 fire, approximately 1870.
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Black and whit aerial photograph from approximately 1949 showing downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, east of the Grand River. This view includes Veteran's Memorial Park, the Michigan National Bank Buildings, a clear view of Fulton Street, the Grand River, City Hall and the bridges crossing the river.
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Black and white copy print of a panorama (from two separate images joined together) photograph from circa 1875-1880 showing the view up Canal Street (later Monroe Avenue) from Pearl Street. On the left is Sweet's Hotel, later to become the prestigious Pantlind Hotel.
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Color postcard showing a street scene on South Division Avenue, including the Cody and Livingston Hotels in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Black and white stereograph showing a view of Grand Rapids, Michigan, taken from the home of Dr. Schuyler Graves, a prominent doctor in Grand Rapids.
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Black and white stereograph titled "Grand Rapids view taken from the Normal School," showing a bird's-eye view of the city.
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Color postcard from circa 1907-1909 of the stone grotto set along a wide path in John Ball Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Black and white stereograph of Grab Corners in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This was the original name for the square at Monroe and Pearl Streets, later being renamed Campau Square and finally Rosa Parks Circle.
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Taken from High School, showing Baptist Church in distance, Grand Rapids (Mich.); n.d.
Color postcard from circa 1915-1925 showing Monroe Street at night, looking south towards the Pantlind Hotel (now the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel) in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Color postcard from circa 1913-1915 of Campau Square (now Rosa Parks Circle) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On the right is the Pantlind Hotel, which opened in 1913 and is now the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. In the 1920s, the Pantlind Hotel was considered one of the nicest hotels in America.
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Color postcard from circa 1938 showing the Grand Rapids Furniture Museum, housed in the Fulton Street mansion of T. Stewart White (a local lumber baron). Grand Rapids was known as "The Furniture City," as it was the first center of mass-production of furniture in North America. The museum opened in 1936 and operated until 1959. The collections were moved to the Grand Rapids Public Museum.
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Color postcard from circa 1900-1906 of the Grand Rapids City Hall on the corner of Lyon and Ottawa Streets in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The city hall was built in 1888 and demolished in 1969.
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Black and white print from negative from 1930 of the Grand Rapids Wastewater Treatment Plan.
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Black and white photograph from circa 1920-1930 showing a streetcar and automobiles crossing railroad tracks on Fulton Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Black and white stereograph showing a view of Grand Rapids, Michigan, with the Fountain Street Baptist Church and the Division Street Methodist Church on the left. The Fountain Street Baptist Church was built in 1877, and burned down in 1917. The Division Street Methodist Church was built in the 1850s and 1860s, and was sold in 1913; the church moved to a new location.
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Black and white stereograph showing a view of Grand Rapids, Michigan. On the right is the Fountain Street Baptist Church, built in 1877 (burned down in 1917).
Kent County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from circa 1920-1930 showing the railroad crossing on NW Bridge Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On the right is the New York Central Railroad Freight Station.
Kent County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph taken in December 1948 by the Michigan Dept. of State Highways showing the traffic conditions at Division or Plainfield Avenue near the Old Kent State Bank Triangle in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Kent County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph taken in December 1948 by the Michigan Dept. of State Highways showing the traffic conditions at Division Avenue and Hall Street in Grand Rapids.
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Color postcard of Pearl Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan, showing a corner of the Pantlind Hotel (opened 1913, now the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel).
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Black and white stereograph showing a residential street in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Color postcard from circa 1907-1909 of a street scene on Monroe Avenue in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Black and white photograph from circa 1920-1930 showing the railroad crossing on NW Bridge Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The lighthouse-shaped structure is presumably the signalman's booth.
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Black and white postcard from circa 1920-1930 showing a railroad crossing in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Black and white copy print showing an early street scene in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The view is looking north up Canal Street (later Monroe Avenue).
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Black and white stereograph showing a view of a portion of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, with the Fountain Street Baptist Church in the background, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. St. Mark's, on Division and Pearl Streets, was opened in 1848, and still stands as the oldest public building in the city. The Baptist Church was completed and opened in 1877, but burned down in 1917.
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Black and white photograph taken in December 1948 by the Michigan Dept. of State Highways showing the traffic conditions at Division Avenue and Monroe Avenue in Grand Rapids.
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Black and white copy print of a postcard showing an early image of the Pantlind Hotel when it was still known as Sweet's Hotel on Campau Square (now Rosa Parks Circle) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The postcard tells the story of guest Tillie the Terrible Swede, "fastest bicyclist of her sex."
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Black and white stereograph of the corner of Wilson Street, showing the telegraph office, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Black and white stereograph showing a scene on the Grand River, at Grand Rapids, Michigan. A steamboat can be seen in the background.
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Color postcard showing the Michigan Veterans Home (known at the time as the Old Soldier's Home) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Established by act of State Legislature, it catered to disabled soldiers and sailors. The first building was completed in 1886, and by 1889 more funds were appropriated for expansion, including the building of a hospital and space for a cemetary.
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Black and white photograph from circa 1920-1930 showing the railroad crossing on NW Bridge Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Black and white postcard from circa 1920-1930 showing a railroad crossing in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Color postcard from circa 1907-1910 showing Monroe Avenue in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Color postcard from circa 1910-1913 showing a street scene with crows of people on the sidewalks on Monroe Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Black and white stereograph of an unidentified residential street in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Print of an early scene on the Grand River at Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Color postcard from circa 1907-1915 showing the view down Monroe Avenue from Campau Square (now Rosa Parks Circle) in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Black and white photograph from circa 1987-1988 showing the old St. Adalbert church building in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Built in 1881, when St. Adelbert finished the large basilica in 1913, the old church was moved via horse-drawn carts to Belmont, Michigan to serve the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish there. It was used until the late 1980s.
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