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Box 1

 Container

Contains 165 Results:

Boersma Bakery wagon, ca. 1912. View of a man in an apron and cap, hand on the door sill of a Boersma Bakery enclosed wagon, 438 West St. At left is a stone building with store front, and raised awning, with address no. “476” displayed.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of images with no overall purpose other than the additional documentation of Grand Rapids and West Michigan views, or the re-creation of an existing image in a different form. Included are military images from the Civil War, Mexican War and World War II eras. Of note are the images of Grand Rapids people, scenes from Ada and Cascade and a series of 1920s-era billboards.There is no documentation of the source of the image, and often none of the...
Dates: 1863-1980

Buggy / Brass band, ca. 1890. Double image. Upper shows man and woman seated in buggy. Lower border has stamp: William P. Laux, Triangle Trailer Pk, Battle Creek, Michigan. Upper image has man and women with brass instruments and child with a trumpet/coronet.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of images with no overall purpose other than the additional documentation of Grand Rapids and West Michigan views, or the re-creation of an existing image in a different form. Included are military images from the Civil War, Mexican War and World War II eras. Of note are the images of Grand Rapids people, scenes from Ada and Cascade and a series of 1920s-era billboards.There is no documentation of the source of the image, and often none of the...
Dates: 1863-1980

Camp George Washington, 1889. Image shows tents at the base of the Mills monument in Washington, D.C

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of images with no overall purpose other than the additional documentation of Grand Rapids and West Michigan views, or the re-creation of an existing image in a different form. Included are military images from the Civil War, Mexican War and World War II eras. Of note are the images of Grand Rapids people, scenes from Ada and Cascade and a series of 1920s-era billboards.There is no documentation of the source of the image, and often none of the...
Dates: 1863-1980

Century Furniture Co. advertisement, ca. 1910. Pg. 40 of The Furniture World magazine. Furniture Co. ad. “Announcement. Century Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.” Representatives are listed as L.D. Berry, A. Jennings, Robert E. Baxter, W.T. Welch, A.T. Kingsbury.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of images with no overall purpose other than the additional documentation of Grand Rapids and West Michigan views, or the re-creation of an existing image in a different form. Included are military images from the Civil War, Mexican War and World War II eras. Of note are the images of Grand Rapids people, scenes from Ada and Cascade and a series of 1920s-era billboards.There is no documentation of the source of the image, and often none of the...
Dates: 1863-1980

Grand Rapids Press scull, ca. 1920. Shows 4 men in “Press” shirts with oars, and a boy seated in the front of the boat. Unidentified view of the river.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 88
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of images with no overall purpose other than the additional documentation of Grand Rapids and West Michigan views, or the re-creation of an existing image in a different form. Included are military images from the Civil War, Mexican War and World War II eras. Of note are the images of Grand Rapids people, scenes from Ada and Cascade and a series of 1920s-era billboards.There is no documentation of the source of the image, and often none of the...
Dates: 1863-1980

32nd Michigan Brigade, El Paso, TX, 1916. Encampment with tents. (4)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of images with no overall purpose other than the additional documentation of Grand Rapids and West Michigan views, or the re-creation of an existing image in a different form. Included are military images from the Civil War, Mexican War and World War II eras. Of note are the images of Grand Rapids people, scenes from Ada and Cascade and a series of 1920s-era billboards.There is no documentation of the source of the image, and often none of the...
Dates: 1863-1980

32nd Michigan Brigade, El Paso, TX, 1916. Soldiers at attention, on display. One tent has “YMCA” (5)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of images with no overall purpose other than the additional documentation of Grand Rapids and West Michigan views, or the re-creation of an existing image in a different form. Included are military images from the Civil War, Mexican War and World War II eras. Of note are the images of Grand Rapids people, scenes from Ada and Cascade and a series of 1920s-era billboards.There is no documentation of the source of the image, and often none of the...
Dates: 1863-1980

32nd Michigan Brigade, El Paso, TX, 1917. Standing on the sets/seats inside a stadium (4)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of images with no overall purpose other than the additional documentation of Grand Rapids and West Michigan views, or the re-creation of an existing image in a different form. Included are military images from the Civil War, Mexican War and World War II eras. Of note are the images of Grand Rapids people, scenes from Ada and Cascade and a series of 1920s-era billboards.There is no documentation of the source of the image, and often none of the...
Dates: 1863-1980

32nd Michigan Brigade, El Paso, TX – football game, 1916. (3) Some or all of the images above are part of original panorama photographs.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of images with no overall purpose other than the additional documentation of Grand Rapids and West Michigan views, or the re-creation of an existing image in a different form. Included are military images from the Civil War, Mexican War and World War II eras. Of note are the images of Grand Rapids people, scenes from Ada and Cascade and a series of 1920s-era billboards.There is no documentation of the source of the image, and often none of the...
Dates: 1863-1980

1. Printed caption “The Ferry, Grand River, Ada, Mich.”, shows a horse and wagon on the ferry, with a pole man nearest the camera. Supports for a bridge are visible in the river.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of images with no overall purpose other than the additional documentation of Grand Rapids and West Michigan views, or the re-creation of an existing image in a different form. Included are military images from the Civil War, Mexican War and World War II eras. Of note are the images of Grand Rapids people, scenes from Ada and Cascade and a series of 1920s-era billboards.There is no documentation of the source of the image, and often none of the...
Dates: 1863-1980