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Grand Ledge - Aerial view of Grand River and concrete bridge
Black and white aerial photograph of Grand Ledge, Michigan, 1959. Image shows Grand River and the Bridge Street crossing.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); aerial views; Grand River; Bridge Street (Grand Ledge, Mich.); bridges; rivers;
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Grand Ledge - Aerial view of Grand River and concrete bridge
Black and white aerial photograph of Grand Ledge, Michigan, 1959. Image shows Grand River and the Bridge Street crossing.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); aerial views; Grand River; Bridge Street (Grand Ledge, Mich.); bridges; rivers;
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Grand Ledge - Aerial view of Grand Ledge Clay Product Co. factory
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
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Grand Ledge - Grand Ledge Chair Company building
Black and white aerial photograph from 1959 showing the Grand Ledge Chair Company factory along the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan.Founded in 1883, it passed through various ownerships until it folded in 1982. The factory in the image was...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; Grand Ledge Chair Company (Grand Ledge, Mich.); aerial views; Jefferson Street (Grand Ledge, Mich.); rivers; factories; mills; manufacturing;
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Grand Ledge - Aerial View of Grand Ledge, 1959
Black and white aerial photograph of Grand Ledge, Michigan, 1959. Image shows Grand River and the Bridge Street crossing.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); aerial views; Grand River; Bridge Street (Grand Ledge, Mich.); bridges; rivers
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Grand Ledge - Aerial view of Grand Ledge Clay Product Co. factory
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
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Grand Ledge - Aerial view of Grand Ledge, 1959
Black and white aerial photograph of Grand Ledge, Michigan, 1959.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); aerial views; Grand River; Bridge Street (Grand Ledge, Mich.)
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Grand Ledge - Grand Ledge Chair Company building
Black and white aerial photograph from 1959 showing the Grand Ledge Chair Company factory along the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Founded in 1883, it passed through various ownerships until it folded in 1982. The factory in the image was...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; Grand Ledge Chair Company (Grand Ledge, Mich.); aerial views; Jefferson Street (Grand Ledge, Mich.); rivers; factories; mills; manufacturing;
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Grand Ledge - Rollercoaster and Pavillion on Third Island
Black and white photograph from circa 1891-1893 of the pavillion and part of the rollercoaster on Third Island, part of the Seven Islands Resort in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The rollercoaster, built in 1891, was one of the first in Michigan and was...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Seven Islands Resort (Grand Ledge, Mich.); rollercoasters; resorts; recreation; boats; rivers; Grand River; amusement parks
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Grand Ledge - View of First Congregational Church across river
Black and white photograph from circa 1870-1910 showing the view over the Grand River towards the north side of Grand Ledge, Michigan, including the First Congregational Church (built 1864) and the iron bridge (built 1870, replaced 1910).
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; First Congregational Church (Grand Ledge, Mich.); rivers; ; cityscapes; bridges
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Grand Ledge - Seven Islands Resort rollercoaster
Black and white photograph from circa 1891-1893 of one of Michigan's first rollercoaster, the steam rollercoaster on Seven Islands Resort park (traveled on Second and Third Islands) in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The rollercoaster was destroyed in the...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Seven Islands Resort (Grand Ledge, Mich.); rollercoasters; recreation; amusement parks; people;
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Grand Ledge - "Great Ice Flood of 1893"
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;...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); flood scenes; Grand River; rivers; buildings; disasters; Seven Islands Resort (Grand Ledge, Mich.); Island House Hotel (Grand Ledge, Mich.)
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Grand Ledge - View of Grand Ledge in 1862
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
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Grand Ledge - Looking north on Bridge Street
Black and white photograph showing a winter scene horse-drawn carriages and carts on Bridge Street, looking north, in Grand Ledge, Michigan.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Bridge Street (Grand Ledge, Mich.); carriages and coaches; street scenes; stores; winter scenes; people
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Grand Ledge - South side of Bridge Street
Black and white photograph showing early automobile traffic on South Bridge Street in Grand Ledge, Michigan.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Bridge Street (Grand Ledge, Mich.); street scenes; automobiles; people; stores; storefronts
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