Box 11
Contains 23 Results:
Axes! Leonard Fenn ... Colburn and Fenn, Ansonia, Conn., Oct. 1861. 00.[5726].1
Included here are early mostly single sheet advertisements, on small to oversized paper. Most are for Grand Rapids area firms and wares, but a select number of historical items representing the types of national wares that may have been advertised, sold and used in Grand Rapids area also included.
Some of these have pencil annotations which indicate that they came from Henry McConnell. See Coll. 117, for the separate collection of broadsides given by McConnell.
Collins Axe Factory / R.S.W. From Marietta Intelligencer (Marietta, Ohio). 00.[5735].1 Note: No known Grand Rapids associations except the donor, Henry McConnell
Included here are early mostly single sheet advertisements, on small to oversized paper. Most are for Grand Rapids area firms and wares, but a select number of historical items representing the types of national wares that may have been advertised, sold and used in Grand Rapids area also included.
Some of these have pencil annotations which indicate that they came from Henry McConnell. See Coll. 117, for the separate collection of broadsides given by McConnell.
Voigt Milling Co. Mailer, addressed to Frank L. Cooper, Grocer, Muskegon, Mich. Has “About Mark Twain” as a recent addition to the Voigt Line. Has various color illustrations of the plant and Voigt line packaging, including Minnesota Spring Wheat, Hygienic Graham, Flouright ... gem health food, Golden Crescent Corn Meal, Royal patent flour, Crescent, Calla Lily. Printed by Powers-Tyson, G.R., n.d. P2003.030.1
Most of the business sources located in this collection are listed alphabetically by the name of the firm. If the firm name includes a personal name, it may be filed alphabetically for the first name or initial in the name, or by the last name of the person, if this is believed to be the more common usage. Some other types of business related items may be filed within other series. For example, a calendar from a business, may be in the Calendar series instead.
Score Card. Shaped like a sack of Crescent flour “Mother's Delight”. Has hole at top for handing. P2003.030.2
Most of the business sources located in this collection are listed alphabetically by the name of the firm. If the firm name includes a personal name, it may be filed alphabetically for the first name or initial in the name, or by the last name of the person, if this is believed to be the more common usage. Some other types of business related items may be filed within other series. For example, a calendar from a business, may be in the Calendar series instead.
Wagemaker Company. Wolverine Boats. Wagemaker Builds Fast Boats. Ad from Motor Boating magazine, Jan. 1949, P2005.011
Most of the business sources located in this collection are listed alphabetically by the name of the firm. If the firm name includes a personal name, it may be filed alphabetically for the first name or initial in the name, or by the last name of the person, if this is believed to be the more common usage. Some other types of business related items may be filed within other series. For example, a calendar from a business, may be in the Calendar series instead.
Special Advertising Offer by Wallace Studio, 517 Leonard St., expires Apr. 18, 1931. Offer allows for one free photo with $3.00 spent at a listed business. P2004.033
Most of the business sources located in this collection are listed alphabetically by the name of the firm. If the firm name includes a personal name, it may be filed alphabetically for the first name or initial in the name, or by the last name of the person, if this is believed to be the more common usage. Some other types of business related items may be filed within other series. For example, a calendar from a business, may be in the Calendar series instead.
Madison Square Merchants, stationery portfolio
Illustrated Industrial Souvenir of Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Valley City. 1901. Has ½ column entries on numerous business, plus photo and graphic illustrations. Formerly MKG381.I16, 00.[0554].1
Most of the business sources located in this collection are listed alphabetically by the name of the firm. If the firm name includes a personal name, it may be filed alphabetically for the first name or initial in the name, or by the last name of the person, if this is believed to be the more common usage. Some other types of business related items may be filed within other series. For example, a calendar from a business, may be in the Calendar series instead.
C.C. Comstock, manufacturer of common, bill and Dressed Lumber, Pails, Tubs, Woodenware, Sash, Doors, and co. 00.[2092].1
Most of the business sources located in this collection are listed alphabetically by the name of the firm. If the firm name includes a personal name, it may be filed alphabetically for the first name or initial in the name, or by the last name of the person, if this is believed to be the more common usage. Some other types of business related items may be filed within other series. For example, a calendar from a business, may be in the Calendar series instead.
Bowled Over : a roll down memory lane : a 16-month 2005 Calendar. San Francisco, C. : Chronicle Books ; Dayton, Ohio : Mead Westvaco Corp., 2004. All images in this calendar from are from the collections at the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame. The Dec. 2005 calendar, top left image is Marion Ladewig, from Grand Rapids. 2006.002
The calendars most desired for addition to this collection are those which have unique images associated with the Greater Grand Rapids area, or some other type of unique information. Almanacs are more rare, and may be used for a firm as an advertising gift.
Timetables may be most associated with the railways or ferry lines, and may also be found in archival collections associated with those firms or with Michigan travel.