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Van Hoecks Shoes scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 400

Scope and Contents

The Van Hoecks Shoes scrapbooks contains eleven scrapbooks from the Van Hoecks Shoes store for the years 1975-2008. Each scrapbook contains clippings of advertisements that were published in the Grand Rapids Press and some other local papers.

Dates

  • 1975-2008

Biographical / Historical

Van Hoecks Shoes was a retail business located on Monroe Center in downtown Grand Rapids. The business was established in the 1940's and closed in 2012. This collection includes scrapbooks of clippings of the advertisements the business ran in the Grand Rapids Press and other local papers.

Extent

6 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Van Hoecks Shoes scrapbooks includes eleven scrapbooks for the years 1975-2008. Each of the scrapbooks contains clippings of advertisements for Van Hoecks Shoes that were published in the Grand Rapids Press or other local newspapers.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Van Hoecks Shoes 2012.095

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Van Hoecks Shoes 2013.012

Title
Finding Aid for the Van Hoecks Shoes scrapbooks
Status
Completed
Author
Melissa Fox
Date
August 2013
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Grand Rapids History Center Repository

Contact:
Grand Rapids Public Library
111 Library Street NE
Grand Rapids Michigan 49503 USA
616-988-5497