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;...
Black and white aerial photograph from 1959 of the Grand Ledge Clay Product Co. clay quarry in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The company formed in 1906 and mostly manufactured conduits for underground telephone wires until a 1937 fire destroyed the...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand Ledge Clay Product Co. (Grand Ledge, Mich.); quarrying; aerial views
Black and white aerial view from 1959 of the Grand Ledge Clay Product Co. factory in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The company formed in 1906 and mostly manufactured conduits for underground telephone wires until a 1937 fire destroyed the factory,...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand Ledge Clay Product Co. (Grand Ledge, Mich.); aerial views; factories; manufacturing; quarrying
The company formed in 1906 and mostly manufactured conduits for underground telephone wires until a 1937 fire destroyed the factory, including molds for the conduits. When the factory was rebuilt, production shifted to agricultural drain tiles,...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand Ledge Clay Product Co. (Grand Ledge, Mich.); factories; manufacturing
Black and white photograph from 1959 of the Grand Ledge Clay Product Co. clay pits in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The company formed in 1906 and mostly manufactured conduits for underground telephone wires until a 1937 fire destroyed the factory,...
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Black and white aerial view from 1959 of the Grand Ledge Clay Product Co. factory in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The company formed in 1906 and mostly manufactured conduits for underground telephone wires until a 1937 fire destroyed the factory,...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand Ledge Clay Product Co. (Grand Ledge, Mich.); aerial views; factories; manufacturing
Black and white aerial view from 1959 of the Grand Ledge Clay Product Co. factory in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The company formed in 1906 and mostly manufactured conduits for underground telephone wires until a 1937 fire destroyed the factory,...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand Ledge Clay Product Co. (Grand Ledge, Mich.); aerial views; factories; manufacturing
Black and white photograph from 1894 showing Grand Ledge, Michigan from the north, looking over Grand River and the iron bridge crossing. The bridge was constructed to replace a wooden bridge in 1870, and then replaced by a concrete bridge in 1910.
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Black and white photograph of the Sandstone Creek, which meets the Grand River at Hemlock Point in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Hemlock Point is located at the base of Lions Head Rock, and was a popular destination for boaters on the Grand River. It...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; Sandstone Creek (Grand Ledge, Mich.); Hemlock Point (Grand Ledge, Mich.); rivers; nature scenes
Black and white photograph of the hemlock grove at Hemlock Point in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Hemlock Point is located at the base of Lions Head Rock, and was a popular destination for boaters on the Grand River. It includes one of the only natural...
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Black and white print showing an aerial view of Grand Ledge in 1881. Note the iron bridge crossing the Grand River at Bridge Street. It was built in 1870 to replace a wooden bridge, which inevitably was damages each spring by ice flow on the river....
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Black and white print of Grand Ledge, Michigan, circa 1870-1880, showing the Rose & Harrison Planing Mill and Denison House (hotel) along the Grand River and the iron Bridge Street bridge.
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Black and white photograph from 1893 showing the flood waters surrounding the iconic Round House on Seven Islands Resort in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The flood, which carried with it dangerous chunks of ice, severely damaged the Round House, causing...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; Seven Islands Resort (Grand Ledge, Mich.); Island House Hotel (Grand Ledge, Mich.); flood scenes; resorts; disasters; rivers; buildings;
Color postcard from approximately 1914 of the first auto parade in Grand Ledge, Michigan, approximately 1905. Ransom E. Olds (founder of Olds Motor Vehicle Company in Lansing, and the Oldsmobile and Reo brands) and his wife are in the first car.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Olds, Ransom Eli, 1864-1950; Bridge Street (Grand Ledge, Mich.); carriages and coaches; automobiles; parades; crowds; people; men; women; storefronts; street scenes; postcards