Lithuanian Americans -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edward Gillis Growing Up in Old Lithuanian Town photographs and book documentation
Collection
Identifier: Collection 291
Abstract
The Edward V. Gillis Growing Up in Old Lithuanian Town Collection contains 200 photographs or copy photos of illustrations collected by Gillis over several years, from the Lithuanian community in Grand Rapids, Michigan of which he was a part. Accompanying the photos is descriptive information that Gillis, born Edvardus Bartholomeus Vikoras Gylys (1920-1999), gathered along with the photographs. Several of the photographs were used in his book “Growing Up in Old Lithuanian Town”, published by...
Dates:
no date
Zane Studio photographs
Collection
Identifier: Collection 518
Abstract
Zane (Zanon) Burniewicz (1901-1977) was a Lithuanian immigrant and local photographer in Grand Rapids, MI. This collection, which represents a small portion of his work, includes portraits and wedding photographs of local people of mostly Polish and Lithuanian descent. Patrons interested in local photographers or those researching their family history are likely to find this collection particularly useful.
Dates:
1935-1977
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
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Zane Studio photographs