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Grand Rapids Views. 1880-1920 (21)

 File — Box: 11.5, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

[.1] View looking north east from proposed Soldiers Home site, “Ball 40”, Aug. 1885. [.2] View looking south east from proposed Soldiers Home site, “Ball 40”, Aug. 1885. [.3] Panoramic landscape view with factory. “Shipman Coal Co.” on a shed. See also 054-46.5-17. [.4] N.E. Corner of Lincoln & 4th looking toward Lookout Park. . Hornung's Old Homestead left foreground, with numerous other houses in the foreground right. Two large smokestacks in center are said to be for the two Widdicomb plants on Dewey St. Early view with descriptive info. On back. [.5] View of Grand Rapids taken from west hills north of Bridge St. Light tower in center is at Bridge & Pine. Phoenix Furniture Co. plant at right background and old Jefferson St. School to the right. At right foreground is George King's sales stables on Lincoln Ave., his house next to it at right edge of picture (Lincoln & Bridge). White house with gables just behind stable barn is Goldsmith's home, corn. Barker Place & Bridge. Garfield & First Streets at right bottom edge. Dark tree at left center is pine in front of old Vedder's home on Bridge St. near Marion. To left of this tree is George Barker's old barn. [.6] View of Grand Rapids taken opposite west end of Third St. Pine St. School in center. Beyond is St. James Church with steeple and the old parish school this side of ti. At left foreground (cor. Lincoln & third) is Peter Cooper Sr's. House, barn, etc. (His sons are Peter, Sebastian, Robert & George). St. Mary's Church shows faintly in left background. [.7] View of Grand Rapids opposite West end of Fulton St. Car track stopped at Marion St. Long low building at left center is old bicycle race track grandstand w race track oval showing at right (oval ran from California to Fulton). Old Jefferson School at left background. [.8] Looking east over the city from the Michigan Trust Building. Old Central High is center background at St. Marks Episcopal Church and Parish House on N. Division at on Pearl in the foreground. Old Second Reformed Dutch Church, later occupied as lodge room by woodmen, on Bostwick near Lyon shows at left. [.9 ] Winter view of Grand Rapids taken from high hill at John Ball Park. [.10] Mich. Artotype Co. bird's eye view of early Grand Rapids Post Office, lookout hill center left. [.11] Mich. Artotype Co. birds eye view toward the river mostly of building roofs. “Phoenix Furniture Co.” is seen on structure center left. Pearl St. is seen running from the lower right corner to the center of the image. Near the center is Sweet's Hotel at Pearl & Monroe/Canal, and the bank building with the clock tower across Pearl St. south from the hotel. The diagonal buildings left are on Monroe St. [.12] Bird's eye view of old County Building and old City Hall with clock tower from Michigan Trust Building. Coke billboard partially visible. [.13, .14, .15, .16] Four small snapshots, March 1920. Landscape with buildings & gas(?) utility plant silos in the background. Perhaps Lookout Hill, or other unidentified hilly landscape. Unidentified brick street with trolley tracks a curve. Commercial area Building at center appears to have “.. Telephone Co.” on it. Perhaps taken from atop Crescent St. Hill. [.17] View from hill southwest toward river, Coldbrook School in foreground right. Berkey & Gay tower seen at far left center in photo. [.18] Copy print. Bird's eye view along Monroe to Pantlind. Baxter Co. on top of building lower right, Friedman's, Collat Bros., Wonderly Building in Campau Square. Street cars and horse drawn wagons with several people on the street. [.19] Worms eye view of unidentified dirt street with numerous horse drawn wagons along both sides. “Jaxon?...” sign on one building left. [.20] View from Reservoir Hill. Copy print, Neg. 774. [.21] Contact print #50 of early pictorial map. Grand Rapids View, 1863. Bird's eye, river in foreground. Missing 6/12/2009

Dates

  • circa 1837-2011

Extent

From the Collection: 32 Linear Feet (Approximately 60 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

This folder was formerly 054-11-15.

Repository Details

Part of the Grand Rapids History Center Repository

Contact:
Grand Rapids Public Library
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Grand Rapids Michigan 49503 USA
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