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| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Grand Rapids. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Jail, City Hall, and an amusement park. The Jail was later used as a School and Library. Caption reads: "Jail, City Hall & Amusement Park, Grand Rapids, Wi... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of Front and Center Streets busy with people and a horse-drawn carriage, with a storefront's facade lining both streets. Caption reads: "Fro... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Grand Rapids Public Library with trees and landscaping. The library was named the T. B. Scott Free Public Library T. B. Scott who donated $... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View looking down Second Street with people, horse-drawn vehicles and storefronts and signs lining the street. Caption reads: "Down 2nd Street, Grand Rapid... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | First Street with residential homes. Caption reads: "First Street, Grand Rapids, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of International Harvester branch house. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Man in the driver's seat of an International Model M truck hauling crates of beer labeled "Grand Rapids Brewing Company" and "Petersen Brewing Company." Th... |
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| Description: | Front view of the Wood County Courthouse, built in 1866 by Lyman Howe and John Rablin. The brick building features an arched entrance, and automobiles are ... |
| Date: | 10 13 1919 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of an International Harvester branch house at Grand Rapids. The signs painted on the building advertise "Oil Tractors" and "P&O Plows." |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Spafford, Cole & Lipke of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, general merchandise dealers, with a front view of its two side-by-side buildings; the stor... |
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| Description: | Elevated view from bluff of Grand Rapids and the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View of the intersection of Front and Center Streets. The First National Bank is on the corner. Horses and buggies are in the streets. Caption reads: "Fron... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of Grand Avenue looking east toward the bridge. The street is lined with businesses. Caption reads: "Grand Avenue Looking East, Grand Rap... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View of an ice jam near a Grand Rapids bridge in the Wisconsin River. Caption at top reads: "Greetings from Grand Rapids, Wis." Caption at bottom reads: "I... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of an intersection in central Grand Rapids. Identified are: First Street on the left, the city library in the center, and Baker Street on the right. A... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the water tower, with Grand Rapids laid out behind it. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard of the Dixon Hotel. A large sign is above the entrance, and a bar is in the basement. A car is parked at the curb on the right. Capti... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards a stone pedestrian bridge on a river. The city skyline is in the distance. Caption reads: "Strollers Bridge, Grand Rapids, Wis.... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Postcard of a large stone church. Caption reads: "New Stone Congregational Church, Grand Rapids, Wis." |
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