1. Man with bowler? hat seated in front seat of Austin automobile, ca. 1903-1904?, in front of large building, with broad pedestal-block entrance lamp. “Sample from The Photograph Co. of American, 61 Market St., Chicago, Telephone Main 3852.”—verso note. Neg. 3625.
2. “127-131 Sheldon SE. Austin 1916, Model 66”.—pencil on back of photo. Note: The Grand Rapids City Directory 1912 has the Walter Austins living at 117 Sheldon St. This image shows an auto parked in the center of a brick street, with two large houses in the background.
3. Royal Photo Co., Grand Rapids. “138 Sheldon. Austin 1909”—pencil note on back of photo. Neg. 2340. Shows a auto standing in the street near a street sign for “Sheldon and ? (Oakes?)” The building behind has a stripped awning at an entrance porch left behind the auto. The Austin family lived on Sheldon at Oakes St., ca. 1912.
4. “3049” “1905 Austin”—pencil on back on photo. Damaged original photo with upper right corner missing. Shows the auto photographed with a sheet backing.
5. Linen backed photographic print. “Austin 1913”—pencil on back of paper. Evidence of moisture stain on back of print. Image is prints in a frame on the page. Shows the Auto with a city landscape in the backgroud, probably Grand Rapids’.
6. Photo postcard of the same or similar auto as “Austin 1913” above. This view has a woman and child in the front and two men in the back of the auto, on the street in front of a large building (hotel?), near a body of water(?). Car maker ID: L.N. Pritchard, Photographer. 431 Umatilla St., Grand Rapids, Mich.