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Box 11.5

 Container

Contains 23 Results:

Grand Rapids Views –1880 (22), 1831 - 1880

 File — Box: 11.5, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents [.1] Has name of Mrs. T.H. Gilbert & sticker for Mrs. J. Langdon McKee on verso. [.2] Verso notes: Gillette(?) Studio (Gillette name partially missing). “Compliments of Isobel Nelson Bla? ... daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Ezra T. Nelson, 1936.” [.3, .4] Two contact prints of the Booth illustration “Campau Trading Post” [.5] Guild House. Early photo reproduction. 5X7, cracked horizontally about a quarter from the top of the board. “Grand Rapids as It Was” label added to verso at later...
Dates: 1831 - 1880

Grand Rapids Views

 File — Box: 11.5, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents (7 original photos mounted on board) 1999.005.1-7. Formerly folder 054-11-15.5 1. Possible street construction using horses and wagons. Buildings in the background. Area unidentified. 2. Monroe, probably Canal Street, ca. 1900. Street scene looking up the street with cable cards, pedestrians, bicyclists, and horse drawn vehicles. 3. Boat & Canoe Club 4. North Park Bridge, row boats in foreground 5. North Park Bridge 6. Grand River view, west to east? With factories on far side of river....
Dates: circa 1837-2011

Grand Rapids Views. 1880-1920 (21)

 File — Box: 11.5, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents [.1] View looking north east from proposed Soldiers Home site, “Ball 40”, Aug. 1885. [.2] View looking south east from proposed Soldiers Home site, “Ball 40”, Aug. 1885. [.3] Panoramic landscape view with factory. “Shipman Coal Co.” on a shed. See also 054-46.5-17. [.4] N.E. Corner of Lincoln & 4th looking toward Lookout Park. . Hornung's Old Homestead left foreground, with numerous other houses in the foreground right. Two large smokestacks in center are said to be for the two...
Dates: circa 1837-2011

Grand Rapids Views. 1920-

 File — Box: 11.5, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents 1. Len Aire Photo Co. Aerial. Michigan, Crescent & Lyon Streets, north to south. Division, Ionia, Ottawa Street, with a bit of Bond, east to west. Downtown on the east side of the river. Crescent Hill Park to Regent Theatre near the future site of the Calder La Grande Vitesse, Old City Hall, Old County Bldg., Fox Brewery, Old Police Station, Elks, Immanuel Lutheran, … Neg. 4447, 7/22/2005. 2. Len Aire Photo Co. Aerial. “GR-39” View appears to be Belknap Lookout Park Reservoir(?), with...
Dates: circa 1837-2011

Grand Rapids Views. 1920-

 File — Box: 11.5, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents 1. Grand River Valley from the top of Reservoir Hill, Summer 1946. Bird’s eye view of small buildings (houses?) and factories behind along the river. 2. Location at South East corner of Fuller and Michigan, looking NE, Summer 1946. Hill top view, including a couple of service stations center left, and a large church top of the hill center right. 3. Two copies of an aerial of downtown, with verso ID “Picture special ed. Press 9/66”. Monroe meets Division just to the right of center at the...
Dates: circa 1837-2011

Grand Rapids Views, 1920-

 File — Box: 11.5, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Feb. 1931 b/w snapshots from Estate of former GR resident. (2006.083.1-3 Added 9/8/2006 ) 1. Feb. 12, 1931. Monroe Ave. Shows a street level image from Campau Square looking SE. People and autos on the brick streets. A hut and either streetcar of bus stops constructed in the middle of the square. “Houseman” sign visible left. View primarily of the buildings on the South side of the street. 2. Feb. 12, 1931. Fulton St. Bridge. Shows view from the middle or west side of the bridge looking...
Dates: circa 1837-2011

1-4. Four contact prints, five images for 1989.032.1-4, ca. 1950's Monroe North, or Fulton east near the Methodist Church and Masonic Hall.

 File — Box: 11.5, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains photographs organized by subject, in alphabetical order. It includes depictions of events, buildings, places, objects, and groups associated with a particular organization. Terms used as subjects are not authority controlled.

Dates: circa 1837-2011

5-6. Two 2x3 in prints labeled Grand Rapids 1923. Rooftop view showing new construction or an area vista.

 File — Box: 11.5, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains photographs organized by subject, in alphabetical order. It includes depictions of events, buildings, places, objects, and groups associated with a particular organization. Terms used as subjects are not authority controlled.

Dates: circa 1837-2011

7-26. (20) Twenty snapshots. Aerials of Downtown Grand Rapids. Dated April 1973. Some need plastic sleeves. Remove others where double housed front & back, as this often confuses the total count.

 File — Box: 11.5, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains photographs organized by subject, in alphabetical order. It includes depictions of events, buildings, places, objects, and groups associated with a particular organization. Terms used as subjects are not authority controlled.

Dates: circa 1837-2011

27. Aerial stamped Photo by Michigan State Highway Dept. File no. 3708A 11-46. Pencil ID of I-96 at Fuller Ave., GR.

 File — Box: 11.5, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains photographs organized by subject, in alphabetical order. It includes depictions of events, buildings, places, objects, and groups associated with a particular organization. Terms used as subjects are not authority controlled.

Dates: circa 1837-2011