This collection consists of one photo album created by Louise VanderVelden from 1911-1946. Both she and her brother, Fred, grew up in Detroit, and both lived in Grand Rapids for a period of time. The album was found by the donor, Marjorie Marks, in her home in Huntington Woods, Michigan and was donated to the Grand Rapids Historical Society, who gave it to the Grand Rapids Public Library. The donor's notes are included in the collection. They are genealogy notes related to Omer A. Forrester, Louise VanderVelden's first husband.

In addition to photographs from trips Louise took with her mother, there are interior photographs of 40 Benjamin Ave. and photographs of Fred Warnars in front of Creston Transfer Company trucks and in front of his Grand Rapids home, possibly 1124 Scribner Ave NW.