photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:
Ada, Michigan glass plate negatives
Collection
Identifier: Collection 122
Abstract
This collection includes 292 images that depict rural scenes, farming activity, hunting, rural mail delivery, animals, farm equipment, funerary portraits, buildings, logging, and social events from Ada, Michigan at the turn-of-the-century (ca. 1898 to ca. 1910). Images of several individuals and groups are included, though there are few names available to identify the people depicted. Also included are views of what appear to be posed American West events, Niagara Falls stereo cards, and...
Dates:
1898-circa 1910
Charles W. Darling photographs
Collection
Identifier: Collection 184
Abstract
Charles W. Darling (1889-1971) was the City Engineer and later Director of Public Services for Grand Rapids, Michigan. The images in this collection show some of the projects supervised by the city engineering department while Darling was on its staff. The photographs depict road improvement projects during the late 1920s and early 1930s, such as the widening of Division Avenue and the reconstruction of the Pearl Street and Fulton Street bridges. Also included are details of road...
Dates:
1922-1940
Charles W. Garfield papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 394
Abstract
The Charles W. Garfield papers were donated to the Grand Rapids Public Library History and Special Collections department by Elinor P. White, a relative of Charles Garfield. The collection consists of several portraits and photographs of the Garfield family, including a scrapbook of photographs of the family farm and a small album of personal photographs. The collection also includes a few personal papers and a memory book from an event held in honor of Charles Garfield at the Pantlind Hotel...
Dates:
1896-1939
City of Grand Rapids photograph collection at the Grand Rapids Public Library
Collection
Identifier: Collection 100
Abstract
This collection includes photographs generated by two departments in the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Public Service Department photos document efforts by the city smoke inspector to record air pollution and public works projects in the city. The Traffic Engineer's Department photos document various street, traffic and grade separations in the city's street system. The images include the widening of South Division Avenue in the 1920s, views of expressways and aerial views from the...
Dates:
circa 1911-1971, n.d.
Clemetsen family images
Collection
Identifier: Collection 265
Abstract
The Clemetsen family images contains approximately 70 images which include views of Grand Rapids, Michigan, as well as other identified and unidentified people and locations. Most of the negatives are 5x7, with some 4x5 negatives.
Dates:
no date
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
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Clemetsen family images
Copy photographs at the Grand Rapids Public Library
Collection
Identifier: Collection 185
Abstract
The “Michigan Room” is a former name of the Grand Rapids History & Special Collections, at the Grand Rapids Public Library, Michigan, which holds this collection. Images focus on Grand Rapids and West Michigan views. Details of military actions in which Grand Rapids people took part, such as the Civil War, Mexican War and World War II, are included. Of note are the images of Grand Rapids people, scenes from Ada and Cascade, and a series of 1920s-era billboards. Beyond...
Dates:
1863-1980
Dale and Marius Rooks Studio collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 230
Abstract
Dale Rooks (1917-1954) was a photographer and journalist from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He worked for national publications and as a combat photographer in the US Coast Guard before returning to Grand Rapids to start his own business, Rooks Studio. This collection includes primarily original negatives created by Rooks and sometimes by his brother, Marius Rooks, or others who worked for the company. The clients of Rooks Studio included local furniture companies and other businesses. The...
Dates:
circa 1947-1963
Delbert W. Blumenshine collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 111
Abstract
Delbert W. Blumenshine (1920-1978) was a photojournalist and investigative reporter who worked in Grand Rapids, Michigan for much of his career. He worked for the Cedar Rapids Gazette (Iowa), WMT-TV in Iowa, WOOD TV and radio (Grand Rapids, Michigan) and the Michigan Department of Public Health. This collection includes his papers from the WOOD AM FM TV news department, a copy of an early autobiography, photos from his work in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Grand Rapids, Michigan, 16mm films from...
Dates:
1949-1975
Digital photo prints and files collection at the Grand Rapids Public Library
Collection
Identifier: Collection 323
Abstract
This is a devised collection containing copy photographs or digital prints made in house at the Grand Rapids Public Library. As such, it is a 21st century collection of items, although the images depicted may be those copied from any time in the past.
Dates:
1882-2005
Dr. Frank C. Kinsey World War I photographs
Collection
Identifier: Collection 145
Abstract
Frank Cammeron Kinsey (1877-1931) was a surgeon from Grand Rapids, Michigan, commissioned as a lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corp when the United States entered World War I, but entering active service as a Captain. He continued to serve for a while in European medical facilities after the armistice, until discharged at Camp Dix on July 15, 1919. He returned to Grand Rapids to reestablish his practice, with the rank of a lieutenant colonel in the Medical Reserve Corp. The...
Dates:
1918-1919