Black and white postcard from circa 1901-1910 showing the Lansing Sugar Company facotry in Lansing, Michigan, where beets grown locally were processed into sugar products. Built in 1901, the factory caused controversy in Lansing due to the amount...
Black and white print of a circa 1877-1886 sketch of the Seven Islands Resort area by R. Caughey. Included in this image are Hemlock Point, Grand River looking towards Grand Ledge, the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Islands, the large Island House Hotel...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; Seven Islands Resort (Grand Ledge, Mich.); Hemlock Point (Grand Ledge, Mich.); Island House Hotel (Grand Ledge, Mich.); hotels; resorts; recreation; boats; steamboats; buildings; rivers;...
Color postcard from circa 1907-1908 showing a view of Washington Avenue, looking north, in downtown Lansing, Michigan. The State Capitol is visible in the background, and the six story Hotel Downey is at the end of the block. The hotel was built in...
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Washington Avenue (Lansing, Mich.); Michigan State Capitol (Lansing, Mich.); Hotel Downey (Lansing, Mich.); streetcars; street scenes; hotels; capitol buildings; stores; automobiles; storefronts; postcards
Color postcard from circa 1910-1913 showing a view of Lansing, Michigan, looking east from the capitol building. On the left is the old Lansing City Hall (built 1896) and the adjacent post office, which would become the city hall annex.
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Lansing City Hall (Lansing, Mich.); United States Post Office (Lansing, Mich.); cityscapes; city halls; post offices; buildings; postcards
Black and white photograph of the "Great Ice Flood" of 1893 in Grand Ledge, Michigan. In the spring of 1893, the Grand River flooded, bringing with it blocks of ice, which damaged buildings, including the Round House of the Seven Islands Resort;...
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Black and white photograph showing Grand Ledge, Michigan in 1862. At this point, Grand Ledge is a little less than 15 years old and was growing up around a dam and sawmill built between 1849 and 1852.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); cityscapes; buildings; logging industry