Vintage Grand Rapids
Author: Grand Rapids Press
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780978505325
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Vintage Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids in Vintage Postcards, 1890-1940
Author: Thomas R. Dilley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0738539503
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Grand Rapids, Michigan, began to take shape when settlers found power, transportation, and abundant natural resources on the banks of the Grand River. A gateway to the settlement of western and northern Michigan in the mid- to late 19th century, Grand Rapids became home to a fledgling cottage industry in the manufacture of furniture. In the decades that followed, the furniture industry brought employment and prosperity to the city, and significantly influenced its physical landscape and character. The history of Grand Rapids during the late 19th and early 20th centuries has been documented in the postcards of the period. Hundreds of scenes of buildings and institutions, and the people who lived, worked, and played here were recorded on these cards.
Grand Rapids Furniture
Grand Rapids
Author: Norma Lewis
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738552002
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →William Haldane opened a cabinet shop in 1836, 14 years before Grand Rapids incorporated. Other furniture companies followed: Berkey and Gay, Widdicomb, Sligh, Hekman, and Phoenix were among those taking advantage of the Grand River for transportation and power, the area's abundant hardwood supply, and a growing immigrant labor pool. The furniture soon attracted national attention. In 1876, the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition proved conclusively that a river town in Michigan had indeed earned the title "Furniture City." Presidents Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower all worked at Grand Rapids-made desks. Fifteen manufacturers joined forces to build 1,000 Handley Page bombers during World War I. The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed on September 2, 1945, at a table made in Grand Rapids. Despite fires, floods, strikes, depressions, and wars, Grand Rapids led the industry until the 1950s and 1960s, when the factories began moving to North Carolina. Today the area, along with nearby Holland and Zeeland, dominates the office furniture industry.
Grand Rapids in Stereographs
Author: Thomas R. Dilley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2007-07-25
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1439618887
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Beginning around 1865, as the fledgling art and science of photography began to appear in cities and towns across the United States, a small group of photographers, using new methods and equipment developed a few years before in Europe, began producing and offering for sale stereographic views of the people, places, and events that made up daily life in the then nearly 40-year-old city of Grand Rapids. These photographic views were unlike others that had preceded them and when viewed using a special device, they presented a detailed, three-dimensional portrait of the young city. Once introduced, stereographic views of the city, alongside those of more distant lands, became wildly popular and soon graced the homes of many in this city and elsewhere. The stereographic cards themselves today offer a rare and detailed glimpse of the city, its residents, and some of the special and unusual events that occurred nearly 150 years ago.
Grand Rapids
Author: Thomas R. Dilley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780738540542
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the years between 1890 and 1950, the city of Grand Rapids grew from a small Midwestern town of great potential into a large and important commercial and manufacturing center. With the growth of the city and its population came a large variety of activities, commercial and recreational, which were happily recorded in a huge array of postcards produced by both local and national printers. These cards and the moments they preserve provide a unique glimpse into the life and growth of Grand Rapids.
The Grand Haven Area 1905-1975 in Vintage Postcards
Author: Wallace K. Ewing Ph.D.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2003-06-17
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1439613842
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →By the start of the 20th century, the Grand Haven area had begun to establish itself as a desirable vacation spot, as well as the center of a vigorous manufacturing base. Trains, stately steamers, and private automobiles brought visitors to the resorts of their choice, while many new companies joined other well-established firms, broadening employment opportunities for local workers. It was a time of significant change, and the picture postcard helped record those changes. In this book, a companion to The Grand Haven Area: 1860-1960, the history of Grand Haven and the surrounding area is revealed through picture postcards. Lakeshore scenes, resorts, and cottages are paired with images of bridges, streets, homes, and people at work and play to document a remarkable era of originality, enjoyment, and progress.
Historic Photos of Grand Rapids
Author:
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 2009-01-15
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 1618583956
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What began as a fur-trading post grew into the second-largest city in Michigan, a center for industry and the arts. As "Furniture Capital of the World” and an All-American City three times, Grand Rapids has a fascinating past. Historic Photos of Grand Rapids explores that past in images depicting a range of subjects, including the furniture industry, the Flood of 1904, recreational activities, the Pantlind Hotel, the original Ada Covered Bridge spanning the Thornapple River, civic celebrations, a 1941 Monroe Avenue, the 1889 County Building, and countless others.These striking black-and-white images are the pride of the Grand Rapids Public Library’s History and Special Collections Department. Come take a tour through the pages of Historic Photos of Grand Rapids and discover the charm of bygone eras, the fortitude of the city’s pioneers, and the richness of the old city.
Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches
Author: Robert Webber
Publisher: HarperCollins Christian Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 0310271355
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A cross-section of five frontline leaders in the controversial emerging church movement shed informative light on their beliefs and basic message to help us understand whether it s all about new methods or a new message or both."
