Included here are page layouts for Gordon Harrington's newspaper column on Grand Rapids area history “Those Were the Days” believed to have been published in The Interpreter newspaper. See the available issues of the tabloid in microfilm.

The contents probably represents select, rather than comprehensive coverage of his articles, including topics such as artist Mathias Alten, the visit of Charles Lindbergh, and the local cosmetics business run by two women, Marietta Stanley Co., which produced “Sempre Giovine” perfume.