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Grand Haven (Mich.) -- History -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Stephen Deming Stover glass negatives

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 128
Abstract Stephen Deming Stover was a printer and an amateur photographer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This collection contains 75 glass plate negatives for images from 1900 through 1906, taken by Stover. They depict various scenes from Grand Rapids and Grand Haven, Mich. and Chicago, IL., including churches, street scenes, people, social events and parades. Of note are the views of labor parades, baseball teams, bicycle racing, ice cutting on the Grand River, the Norton Indian mounds and Grand Haven...
Dates: 1900-1906

Thomas glass plate negatives

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 136
Abstract

The Thomas glass plate negatives contain 269 historical glass negative images from the first decade of the twentieth century, plus one original photo. The plates seem to have been taken by Mr. Thomas and his daughter. The images depict Thomas family members, houses, house interiors and various Grand Rapids views such as the flood of 1904, the Grand River, John Ball Park and workers. Also included are views from Holland, Grand Haven and Muskegon, Michigan.

Dates: circa 1900-1910