Bands. ca. 1920. A large group of people, with some in uniform, standing in front of a large building (Old City Hall). Bands, two with marked drums: (1) [Elks Club] Wolverine Lodge, (2) Grand Rapids Melody Band. See the Grand Rapids Herald, June 12, 1927 page 12 column 1: “Negro Elks Open State Convention This Afternoon”

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From the Collection:

The collection contains documentation of a joint project by Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Grand Rapids Study Club, the Suburban Club, the Grand Rapids Public Library, the Grand Rapids Public Schools and the Grand Rapids Public Museum to detail the history of the Black community in Grand Rapids. Documentation, including photographs, was collected and reproduced. The material documents the people and their occupations during the first 150 years of Grand Rapids' history.