Box 1
Container
Contains 165 Results:
African American Baseball team. Jess Elsters, C.A. Moore photo, Aug. 10, 1941. Elster is on the back row standing to the far right. Other names handwritten below the image suggest G. Newman standing left, next to C. Jones.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
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
Baseball team. Central League Grand Rapids team, 1914. Team members standing in a row, with buildings and the stands in the background.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
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
Baseball team. Grand Rapids Body Co. indoor team, 1926. Worlds Champions Indoor Baseball. Group photo with two men in suits seated on front row.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
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
African American Baseball team. PM Colored Giants, 1933. Group photo, in front of unidentified structure.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
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
Bissell Co. Sweeper Co., demolition, ca. 1960.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
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
Bissell House, ca. 1910. (2, contact print & 8x10 print of same image. Shows façade of building with “Bissell House Social Settlement and public Library Branch” typed upper right in the image.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
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
Blodgett Hospital, 1915. pg. 18 in unidentified source.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
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
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
Brechting Carriage Works, ca. 1890. Image of two store building with a vehicle entrance on the first level. A carriage is on the board walk in front, with five men and a boy facing the camera.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
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, ca. 1890. Dark image of a covered open buggy with fringe on top, drawn by two light colored horses, women in carriage looking at the camera.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
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