TitleBerns, Gilbert Oral History Date1979 SubjectDetroit Urban Railway - Monroe(county), Michigan DescriptionRecorded oral history of Gilbert Berns and his recollections of life in Monroe County, Michigan. View Details
TitleBashaw, Ernest Oral History Date1985 SubjectThe Great Depression - Monroe(county), Michigan DescriptionRecorded oral history of Ernest Bashaw and his recollections of life in Monroe County, Michigan. View Details
TitleAlways 29 Cream product shot Date1945-09-05 SubjectBusiness enterprises -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Product Photo of ""Always 29 -- Cream of Re-Youth"" produced by Baily, Prihoda & Compan... View Details
TitleSnack bar vending machines Date1957-07 SubjectVending machines DescriptionAdvertising. Kalamazoo Catering and Vending, Inc. Vending Machines at St. Regis Paper Company, inclu... View Details
TitleKalamazoo Laundry Diaper Service truck Date1940-01-10 SubjectTrucks -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Kalamazoo Laundry Company Diaper Service truck, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Client: Kalamazoo ... View Details
TitleDisplay booth at fair Date1944-10-02 SubjectBusiness enterprises -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Adams Insulation Company display at Kalamazoo County Fair promoting blown in Celotex Ro... View Details
TitleDelivery van with driver Date1957-12 SubjectKalamazoo (Mich.) -- Business DescriptionAdvertising. Business Scenes. Otto Kihm wholesale van parked in lot at 414 N. Rose Street, Kalamazoo... View Details
TitleKing Edward Cigars display window Date1940-02-24 SubjectBusiness enterprises -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Business Scenes. Window display of King Edward cigars at John C. Klosterman Wholesale C... View Details
TitleAgusta, William Jr. Oral History Date1983 SubjectBusinesses - Monroe(county), Michigan DescriptionRecorded oral history of William Agusta Jr. and his recollections of Monroe County, Michigan. View Details
TitleBaker, Lila Oral History Date1983 SubjectBusinesses - Monroe(county), Michigan DescriptionRecorded oral history of Lila Baker and her recollections of Monroe County, Michigan. View Details
TitleIron Street in Negaunee during winter Date1880-1900 SubjectCentral business districts DescriptionPhotograph of a group of men removing snow from the sidewalk in front of the J. Trathen Saloon in Ne... View Details
TitleCharles R. Shupe Date 1920 SubjectShupe, Charles R., 1866-1927 DescriptionCharles R. Shupe, 1866-1927, came to Grand Haven when Challenge Machinery Company moved from Chicago... View Details
TitleRobert Stuart Date1835 SubjectStuart, Robert, 1785-1848 DescriptionIn 1810, along with John Jacob Astor, Robert Stuart organized the Pacific Fur Company. Stuart suppl... View Details
TitleNathaniel Volney Slayton Date1875 SubjectSlayton, Nathaniel Volney, 1838-1889 DescriptionIn 1873, Nathaniel Volney Slayton opened a grocery store in the Cutler House block. He was one of t... View Details
TitleGeorge Parks Date1867 SubjectParks, George, 1817-1880 DescriptionGeorge Parks, the first mayor of Grand Haven, elected 1867, settled in Grand Haven in 1844. Captain... View Details
TitleStephen Munroe Date1873 SubjectMunroe, Stephen DescriptionDr. Stephen Munroe came to Grand Haven in 1850. Although a busy physician, he also was an entrepren... View Details
TitleEdward Payson Ferry Date1877 SubjectFerry, Edward Payson, 1837-1917 DescriptionEdward Ferry was the son of William Montague and Amanda White Ferry. He engaged in lumbering, acqui... View Details
TitleGeorge E. Hubbard Date1883 SubjectHubbard, George E., 1833-1891 DescriptionGeorge Hubbard came to Grand Haven from Chicago in 1856 and opened the first tin and hardware store.... View Details
TitleWilliam Montague Ferry Date1858 SubjectFerry, William Montague, 1796-1867 DescriptionReverend Ferry had been a missionary on Mackinac Island, who in the summer of 1834, made a circuit o... View Details
TitleBurkett, Omer Oral History Date1988 SubjectNewton Steel Strike - Monroe(county), Michigan DescriptionRecorded oral history of Omer Burkett and his recollections of life in Monroe County, Michigan durin... View Details
TitleChampagne, William Oral History Date1982 SubjectMornoe Piers - Monroe(county), Michigan DescriptionRecorded oral history of William Champagne and his recollections of life in Monroe County, Michigan. View Details
TitleColpaert, Raymond M. Oral History Date1985 SubjectNewton Steel Strike - Monroe(county), Michigan DescriptionRecorded oral history of Raymond Colpaert and his recollections of life in Monroe County, Michigan d... View Details
TitleConlisk, Francis Oral History Date1977 SubjectProhibition - Monroe(county), Michigan DescriptionRecorded oral history of Francis and Isabelle Conlisk and their recollections of life in Monroe Coun... View Details
TitleApple drying shed Datec.1910 SubjectCommunity Life-business DescriptionBlack and White photograph of J. Darwoods apple drying
enterprise. View Details
TitleExchange Hotel Date1976 SubjectCommunity Life-business DescriptionBlack and White photograph of the Dryden Exchange Hotel, built in 1854 but burned in 1889. View Details
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