TitleStop Water Pollution billboard Date1969-02 SubjectAdvertising -- Outdoor DescriptionAdvertising. Billboard by Mulholland Sign Company, ""Trout and People Need Clean Water, Stop Water P... View Details
TitleMeat display in store Date1940-06-25 SubjectDisplays of merchandise DescriptionAdvertising. Commercial refrigerator in store featuring Valley Frankfurters, Fort Pitt Sliced Bacon,... View Details
TitleGrand Haven Public Library Datec. 1965 SubjectGrand Haven Public Library DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the front of the original Carnegie library, built in 1913, located on ... View Details
TitleLoutit Library Date1967 SubjectLoutit Library DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the southwest corner of Loutit Library, built in 1966, located on the ... View Details
TitleLoutit Library Children's Department Date1967 SubjectLoutit Library DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Children's Department in the new Loutit Library, built in 1966, lo... View Details
TitleHighland Park Drive Date1913 SubjectHighland Park Association (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionBlack and white photograph of two women and a child on the walk at the intersection of Lake Ave. and... View Details
TitleMichigan Brass Company Date1969 SubjectMichigan Brass Company DescriptionBlack and white panoramic photograph of the Michigan Brass Company, located on Harbor Dr., Grand Ha... View Details
TitlePeoples Savings Bank Date1925 SubjectPeoples Savings Bank DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Peoples Savings Bank, located on the southeast corner of Washingto... View Details
TitleBall & Co. Dry Goods & Grocery Store Datec. 1900 SubjectBall and Co. Dry Goods and Grocery Store DescriptionBlack and white photograph four women and three men standing outside of Ball & Co. Dry Goods & Groce... View Details
TitleBig Store Date1948 SubjectBig Store DescriptionBlack and white photograph of a block of retail shops, including The Big Store, Ver Duin Sports Cent... View Details
TitleWoman trimming pie Date1941-06-03 SubjectBaking DescriptionAdvertising. Elderly woman in kitchen wearing glasses and housedress trimming pie crust. Paper milk ... View Details
TitleStore displays of fishing rods Date1949-03-01 SubjectFishing -- Equipment and supplies -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Display of ""Shakespeare Fine Fishing Tackle"" includes product displays of Glass Fiber... View Details
TitleStore lingerie display Date1939-10-05 SubjectStores, Retail -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Display of women's ""Miss Thrifty Lingerie, Made of Pepperell Fabrics"" in Power's Depa... View Details
TitleCook Mercantile Company Datec. 1890 SubjectCook Mercantile Company DescriptionBlack and white photograph of a women and two men, along with a horse-drawn wagon, outside of Cook M... View Details
TitleGrand Haven Pier and Coast Guard Cutters Datec. 1930 SubjectUnited States. Coast Guard DescriptionBlack and white photo of two tugboats and two US Coast Guard cutters in ice near the end of the Sout... View Details
TitleWar waste paper display Date1944-07-29 SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945 DescriptionAdvertising. Display boards ""Your Waste Paper Goes to War"" ""Ration K"" and ""Shell Cases"" featur... View Details
TitleChallenge Corn Planter Works, View to North Date1894 SubjectChallenge Corn Planter Works DescriptionBlack and white photo of Challenge Corn Planter Works, located between Seventh and Monroe Streets on... View Details
TitleChallenge Corn Planter Works, View to South Date1894 SubjectChallenge Corn Planter Works DescriptionBlack and white photo of Challenge Corn Planter Works, located between Seventh and Monroe Streets on... View Details
TitleInterurban Spring Lake Date1907 SubjectStreet-railroads -- Michigan -- Spring Lake DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Interurban that became Savidge Street in Spring Lake, MI. View Details
TitleInterurban, Dummy Line Date1910 SubjectStreet-railroads -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Grand Haven street-railway known as the View Details
TitleInterurban, Grand Haven Date1920 SubjectStreet-railroads -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Interurban Car #4808, shown with crew, on tracks near Grand Haven. View Details
TitleInterurban, Grand Haven Date1910 SubjectStreet-railroads -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionBlack and white photograph showing the Interurban car in front of the Station & Ice-Cream Store, Hig... View Details
TitleInterurban, Fruitport Date1928 SubjectStreet-railroads -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Interurban junction east of Fruitport. The Interurban connected G... View Details
TitleS.S. Detroit Datec. 1850 SubjectS.S. Detroit (Ship) DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the S.S. Detroit docked at the Detroit and Milwaukee Depot, located at... View Details
TitleGas heater Date1939-07-22 SubjectHeating -- Equipment and supplies DescriptionBusiness Products. Gas heater produced by General Gas Light Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Manufact... View Details
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