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Dr. Dobells Atomizer No. 10 from Peck Drug Stores, 427 Ottawa - c. 1915?

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*Finally* found an image of South Ionia. The photo on the left was taken around 1900 and the one right was shot May 7, 2012. What's interesting is that at some point after 1900, another floor was added to 15 Ionia, which houses Bar Divani and Georgio's Pizza.

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beany Like how the walkway widths and awnings switched sides, too!

Photo postcard of 86 Diamond SE from 1905, residence of Mrs. S. E. McMartin and Mrs Al. Kochling

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Kendall College of Art and Design unveils the Federal Building during the May 1 'Soft' Opening

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Vogue Patterns leaflet from Steketee & Sons - 1940

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Lady Alice Perfume box from The Jennings Co., Perfumers, Grand Rapids

Postcard for Hotel Herkimer - 1912

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Floor tile from the original Grand Rapids City Hall

Grand Rapids postcard - c. 1940

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Trade card for Travis' Second-Hand Store, 67 Canal St - c. 1890 - Part of the Public Museum collection, www.grmuseum.org

Business card for Grand Rapids Michigan Fire Insurance Co., 602 South Division - c. 1900 - Part of the Public Museum collection, www.grmuseum.org

The original Gas Light Village at the Public Museum - 1981

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Artist rendering of Van Andel Arena - 1994

New Post Office/birthday postcard - 1912

Concert poster for the Grateful Dead at Fountain Street Church - March 24, 1968

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Leather postcard - 1906

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Greetings from Grand Rapids

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City Market - 1908

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Seed packet from A. J. Brown & Son

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Pinback button

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Lithograph ad for Houseman & Jones, Fashionable Merchant Tailors - 1903

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Postcard from 1913

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Poster stamp

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Newk's Express Café Love that! Great graphic

New Dining Room, Pantlind Hotel - 1909

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Fletcher's Drug Store, Franklin & Division - 1940s

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Frank Lamar's Chicky Candy Bar Giants baseball team - late 1930s?

Photo of Fire Protection Company #2, taken on an island in the Grand River - c. 1860

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Engine House #2, Barclay Ave near East Bridge (Michigan St.) - 1880s

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The Riot Squad of the GRPD that served during the big furniture strike - 1911

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grnow Original photo location: http://grpdrecruiting.blogs...

Steamboat Landing - 1909

Monroe & Division - c. 1910

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Beer delivery wagon with cases from Grand Rapids Brewing Co. and J.B. Folger & Son Bottling Works - c. 1908

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Trade card for Burdock Blood Bitters presented by Theo. Kemink, 81 West Leonard - c. 1890 - Part of the Public Museum collection, www.grmuseum.org

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Engraving of Grand Rapid and Suburbs from Harper's Weekly - 1891

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Trade card for Miss H. E. Matthews, Inventor, Manufacturer and Dealer in Corsets, 28 Monroe St. - c. 1890 - Part of the Public Museum collection, www.grmuseum.org

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Business card for Heft & Klenk, Dealers in Lightning Rods, Sparta - c. 1890 - Part of the Public Museum collection, www.grmuseum.org

Trade card for Leonard's Home Furnishing Establishment, 29 & 31 Monroe St. - c. 1890 - Part of the Public Museum collection, www.grmuseum.org

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Welsh/Civic Auditorium opening - 1933

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Greetings from Grand Rapids - 1930s

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Trade card for Julius A. J. Friedrich, Pianos, 30 & 32 Canal St. - c. 1890 - Part of the Public Museum collection, www.grmuseum.org

Original entrance to Meijer Gardens - late 1990s - courtesy of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park

Trade card for the Chicago Boot & Shoe House, 28 Canal St. - c. 1890 - Part of the Public Museum collection, www.grmuseum.org

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Aerial view of downtown - late 1930s

by PPWIII

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Magazine ad for a 1919 furniture expo

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Postcard for Grand Rapids Home Coming and 60th Anniversary Celebration - Aug 22-27, 1910

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Ad card for Driverless Ford Co. Rent A Car, 225 Bond Ave - c. 1920 - Part of the Public Museum collection, www.grmuseum.org

Cor. State and Washington Streets - 1910

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Fun postcard - 1912

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