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- Grand Rapids Chair: 1908
- Circa 1908. "Grand Rapids Chair Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing ... Posted by Dave - 08/21/2012 - 7:19pm -
- Grand Rapids: 1908
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1908. "Canal Street from corner of Monroe." Merchants ... is Sweet's Hotel, on the site of the Pantlind (now Amway Grand Plaza) Hotel built in 1913.
(Prints, DPC) ... Posted by Dave - 04/21/2012 - 5:34pm -
- Coming and Going: 1908
- ... forward to learning more about old steam locomotives!
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad These engines seen here are of the 4-4-0 wheel ... Posted by Dave - 08/09/2012 - 3:18pm -
- Appleton Here We Come: 1962
- ... from Washington National (home) to my aunt and uncle's in Grand Rapids. As I was only about 10 at the time and traveling alone, my parents ... Posted by Dave - 01/14/2013 - 7:10pm -
- Olds Motor Works: 1908
- ... are pretty easy to come by, but Saginaw/Flint/Lansing/Grand Rapids/Muskegon/etc. are tough to find.
Speed Limits Those signs speak ... Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 2:58pm -
- Vagabonds: 1937
- ... and grill – all made by the Hayes Body Corporation in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The engines at first were a 65 hp design by Elbert J. Hall, ... Posted by Dave - 08/23/2012 - 1:37pm -
- Autumn Leaves: 1899
- ... in Google Maps :*(
My Mama Told Me Mom grew up in Grand Rapids and would frequently tell us kids stories about "beautiful Michigan". I ... Posted by Dave - 07/19/2012 - 2:59pm -
- Icemobile: 1905
- Circa 1905. "Grand Trunk car ferry crossing the Detroit River in winter." 8x10 inch dry ... not seen before. The Lansdowne was built in 1884 for the Grand Trunk Railway. She was powered by a pair of horizontal low pressure ... cars have survived. One that I know of for sure, Cedar Rapids, is operational and sometimes used on excursions. She would be a true ... Posted by Dave - 08/02/2012 - 7:25pm -
- Didn't I Have Six Dice?
- "A Winning Miss" in 1911. Art Photo Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. View full size.
Wow, check out the size of her… ... Posted by Dave - 11/29/2007 - 7:54pm -
- Detroit Opera House: 1904
- ... the Ann Arbor, Pere Marquette and Wabash Railroads. The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad was chartered in 1854 to build a line from Fort ... Posted by Dave - 07/20/2012 - 12:23am -
- Car 25: 1905
- ... a toast from yon window?
GR&I Look like Grand Rapids & Indiana cars in the background. Another railroad providing service ... Posted by Dave - 08/05/2012 - 6:27pm -
- Old Salts: 1910
- ... but it is a LOT nicer than the famed PEPPER MINES of Grand Rapids.
Those guys must have been insanely thirsty all the time!
... Posted by Dave - 08/08/2012 - 3:33pm -
- Meanwhile, Back in Petoskey: 1900
- Petoskey, Michigan, circa 1901. "Grand Rapids & Indiana R.R. station." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit ... Posted by Dave - 08/10/2012 - 2:05am -
- The Club: 1900
- ... at all those chairs! Do you think they came from the Grand Rapids Chair Company?
Horns I wonder who put those horns up on the ... Posted by Dave - 08/02/2012 - 6:14pm -
- Candy Kitchen: 1908
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1908. "View of Monroe Street showing Hotel Pantlind." ... more middle of the day, noontime, shadows to me.
Amway Grand Plaza The old Pantlind Hotel is now the east portion of the Amway ... Posted by Dave - 09/26/2011 - 11:27pm -
- The Hat That Talks: 1908
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1908. "Monroe Street." Your headquarters for chatty ... at Pearl Street and Monroe. A modern branch is here in Grand Rapids just rear-right of the viewer. Monroe Avenue has changed over the ... Posted by Dave - 09/26/2011 - 11:24pm -
- Didn't I Have Six Dice (Colorized)?
- ... version of " A Winning Miss ," 1911. Art Photo Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. View full sizeM .
Lovely lady Stunning! You made the ... Posted by D_Osborne - 12/24/2011 - 12:54pm -
- Hackett Garage: 1916
- ... might be something else entirely.
Production moved to Grand Rapids in 1918 and ended in 1919. Total Hackett output has been estimated at ... Posted by Dave - 10/14/2008 - 3:30pm -
- Franklin Street School
- ... it was taken in the 1930s at the Franklin Street School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she was the principal.
Bertha’s December 1945 ... Posted by CarlosJ - 03/30/2011 - 5:45pm -
- Grandfather Adams in Mississippi Sawmill
- ... Charles Lee Adams. He was born on June 19, 1866, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In the 1880's Charles' parents moved the whole family down to ... Posted by Championhilz - 04/19/2010 - 9:16am -
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