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CD of above. 2008.032

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Peck Drugstore in Grand Rapids is often recognized as a landmark business on Monroe Ave., one of the most photographed streets in Grand Rapids. However, the Peck name is also remembered for the sensational 1916 family murder (Peck-Waite Murder), which was widely reported in the national press of the era. John Peck and his wife, Hannah, were murdered by their son-in-law, Arthur Waite. This small collection provides a place to build a general collection related to both the...
Dates: 1916-2000

“Who Wants to Kill a Millionaire? : the Peck Building : Greed and Intrigue” / by David Greiner. Grand Rapids Magazine, Apr. 2000. photocopy)

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Peck Drugstore in Grand Rapids is often recognized as a landmark business on Monroe Ave., one of the most photographed streets in Grand Rapids. However, the Peck name is also remembered for the sensational 1916 family murder (Peck-Waite Murder), which was widely reported in the national press of the era. John Peck and his wife, Hannah, were murdered by their son-in-law, Arthur Waite. This small collection provides a place to build a general collection related to both the...
Dates: 1916-2000

The Great Riverside Drive Poison Mystery / by P.L. Trussell : story of the murder of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Peck of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Clipped from the magazine “True Detective Mysteries”Apr-June 1931. Photocopies. 00.[3302].1 Formerly MKG364.T77

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Peck Drugstore in Grand Rapids is often recognized as a landmark business on Monroe Ave., one of the most photographed streets in Grand Rapids. However, the Peck name is also remembered for the sensational 1916 family murder (Peck-Waite Murder), which was widely reported in the national press of the era. John Peck and his wife, Hannah, were murdered by their son-in-law, Arthur Waite. This small collection provides a place to build a general collection related to both the...
Dates: 1916-2000

Modernization pays Peck. Soda Fountain Magazine. V. 38, no. 7, July 1939. P. 18 P2000.033, 8/17/2001

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Peck Drugstore in Grand Rapids is often recognized as a landmark business on Monroe Ave., one of the most photographed streets in Grand Rapids. However, the Peck name is also remembered for the sensational 1916 family murder (Peck-Waite Murder), which was widely reported in the national press of the era. John Peck and his wife, Hannah, were murdered by their son-in-law, Arthur Waite. This small collection provides a place to build a general collection related to both the...
Dates: 1916-2000

Notes from select GR city directories on the Peck Drug Store and its neighbors, and the separate Peck Building.

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Peck Drugstore in Grand Rapids is often recognized as a landmark business on Monroe Ave., one of the most photographed streets in Grand Rapids. However, the Peck name is also remembered for the sensational 1916 family murder (Peck-Waite Murder), which was widely reported in the national press of the era. John Peck and his wife, Hannah, were murdered by their son-in-law, Arthur Waite. This small collection provides a place to build a general collection related to both the...
Dates: 1916-2000

Neg. 3752. Van Dusen's / Yager's Bootery, 61 Monroe Ave.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Peck Drugstore in Grand Rapids is often recognized as a landmark business on Monroe Ave., one of the most photographed streets in Grand Rapids. However, the Peck name is also remembered for the sensational 1916 family murder (Peck-Waite Murder), which was widely reported in the national press of the era. John Peck and his wife, Hannah, were murdered by their son-in-law, Arthur Waite. This small collection provides a place to build a general collection related to both the...
Dates: 1916-2000

Neg. 3753. Division Street side, with Pecks Drug Store at the corner, and the Division entrance to Jandorfs at right. (Also a digital Fuji? print) See also Neg. 3951.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Peck Drugstore in Grand Rapids is often recognized as a landmark business on Monroe Ave., one of the most photographed streets in Grand Rapids. However, the Peck name is also remembered for the sensational 1916 family murder (Peck-Waite Murder), which was widely reported in the national press of the era. John Peck and his wife, Hannah, were murdered by their son-in-law, Arthur Waite. This small collection provides a place to build a general collection related to both the...
Dates: 1916-2000

Neg. 3754. Pecks Drugstore, 34-38 Monroe showing the corner entrance at Monroe and Division. This is said to be artist Mathias Alten's former studio. Billboards for Masterpiece Cigars and Pecks on this side of building. "City Sign Co" written on upper window.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Peck Drugstore in Grand Rapids is often recognized as a landmark business on Monroe Ave., one of the most photographed streets in Grand Rapids. However, the Peck name is also remembered for the sensational 1916 family murder (Peck-Waite Murder), which was widely reported in the national press of the era. John Peck and his wife, Hannah, were murdered by their son-in-law, Arthur Waite. This small collection provides a place to build a general collection related to both the...
Dates: 1916-2000

Neg. 3755. Pecks Drugstore Building at Monroe and Division. To the left of Pecks is Jandorf's Cafe, Candy, Baked Good. See also Neg. 3952 without the annotation on the image.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Peck Drugstore in Grand Rapids is often recognized as a landmark business on Monroe Ave., one of the most photographed streets in Grand Rapids. However, the Peck name is also remembered for the sensational 1916 family murder (Peck-Waite Murder), which was widely reported in the national press of the era. John Peck and his wife, Hannah, were murdered by their son-in-law, Arthur Waite. This small collection provides a place to build a general collection related to both the...
Dates: 1916-2000

Neg. 3756. Peck's Drugstore on Monroe side with , Jandorf's Café left. Mathias Alten Studio address was 38 1/2 Monroe Ave. suggesting that the door between Pecks and Jandorfs on Monroe may lead up to this studio.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Peck Drugstore in Grand Rapids is often recognized as a landmark business on Monroe Ave., one of the most photographed streets in Grand Rapids. However, the Peck name is also remembered for the sensational 1916 family murder (Peck-Waite Murder), which was widely reported in the national press of the era. John Peck and his wife, Hannah, were murdered by their son-in-law, Arthur Waite. This small collection provides a place to build a general collection related to both the...
Dates: 1916-2000