TitleChallenge Corn Planter Works Employees Date1897 SubjectChallenge Corn Planter Works (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionSince 1883, the Challenge Corn Planter Company manufactured corn planting machines and refrigerators... View Details
TitleGildner Hotel Datec.1900 SubjectGildner Hotel (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionPreviously known as the Kirby House, this hotel was known as the Gildner from 1900 to 1931. In 1965... View Details
TitleMagnetic Mineral Springs Date1880 SubjectMagnetic Mineral Springs and Sanitarium (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionIn 1871 Willard C. Sheldon discovered mineral waters at a depth of 160 feet near the northwest corne... View Details
TitleCutler House Hotel Date1880 SubjectCutler House Hotel (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionThis majestic five-story building, done in the Second Empire style, measured 125’ by 133â€... View Details
TitleGrand River and North Shore Marina Date1960 SubjectNorth Shore Marina (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionBlack and white aerial view of the Grand River and North Shore Marina in Grand Haven. View Details
TitleHarbor entrance and State Park Date1990 SubjectHarbors -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionBlack and white aerial view of the State Park, Grand River Channel, and the cities of Grand Haven an... View Details
TitleLife Saving Station Date1890 SubjectLife Saving Station (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionStation Number Five, depicted here on Grand Haven's north shore, was built in the late 1870's. Capt... View Details
TitleGrand Haven Lifesaving Station Date1903 SubjectLife Saving Station (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionBlack and white photo of lifesavers and boat in front of the Grand Haven Lifesaving Station on the n... View Details
TitleView of Grand Haven Date1869 SubjectGrand Haven (Mich.) DescriptionThis black and white photo is one of the earliest views of Grand Haven from Dewey Hill. The train d... View Details
TitleBoyden Mill Shipping Date1878 SubjectBoyden Mill (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionThe former Ridell Mill was converted into a shingle mill by Charles Boyden. Three years later, Healy... View Details
TitleBoyden Shingle Mill Date1880 SubjectBoyden Mill (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionLocated on the south side of the South Channel between Second and Third Streets, the mill had some 2... View Details
TitleCutler & Savidge Lumber Camp #2, Fistfight Date1894 SubjectCutler and Savidge Lumber Camp (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionAt the time of this photograph, Cutler and Savidge had three camps supplying timber to mills in Gran... View Details
TitleCutler & Savidge Lumber Camp #3 Date1894 SubjectCutler and Savidge Lumber Camp (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionThe Cutler and Savidge Lumber Company had three lumber camps in 1894, cutting timber to supply its m... View Details
TitleCutler & Savidge Lumber Company Date1880 SubjectCutler and Savidge Lumber Mill (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionThis business operated from 1858 until 1904 and this photograph would have been taken around the tim... View Details
TitleCutler & Savidge Lumber Mill Date1874 SubjectCutler and Savidge Lumber Mill (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionAt the time of this photograph, the business was processing 50,000,000 board feet of lumber per year... View Details
TitleSchooners at port in Grand Haven Date1880-1890 SubjectGrand Haven (Mich.) DescriptionSchooners at port in Grand Haven View Details
TitleBird's-eye view of Grand Haven Date1869 SubjectGrand Haven (Mich.) DescriptionBird's-eye view of Grand Haven View Details
TitleCar ferry of the Grand Trunk Line Date1900-1920 SubjectGrand Haven (Mich.) DescriptionMilwaukee Car ferry of the Grand Trunk Line View Details
TitleParsonage of First Christian Reformed Church in Grand Haven Date1915 SubjectGrand Haven (Mich.) DescriptionParsonage of First Christian Reformed Church in Grand Haven View Details
TitleInterior view of Grand Haven Christian Reformed Church Date1916 SubjectGrand Haven (Mich.) DescriptionInterior view of Grand Haven Christian Reformed Church, pipe organ View Details
TitleMuskegon Christian Reformed Women's Missionary Alliance Date1926 SubjectGrand Haven (Mich.) DescriptionMuskegon Christian Reformed Women's Missionary Alliance, seated before Second Church building, Grand... View Details
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