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Grand Rapids (Mich.). Public Service Department

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City of Grand Rapids photograph collection at the Grand Rapids Public Library

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Identifier: Collection 100
Abstract This collection includes photographs generated by two departments in the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Public Service Department photos document efforts by the city smoke inspector to record air pollution and public works projects in the city. The Traffic Engineer's Department photos document various street, traffic and grade separations in the city's street system. The images include the widening of South Division Avenue in the 1920s, views of expressways and aerial views from the...
Dates: circa 1911-1971, n.d.