The Grand Rapids Spectator
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: 556 |
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: 1912 |
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: CHI:105245313 |
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: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Grand Rapids Spectator by :
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: 564 |
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: 1928 |
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: UIUC:30112105019977 |
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: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Grand Rapids Spectator by :
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: 1040 |
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: 1921 |
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: UIUC:30112084396842 |
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: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Spectator by :
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: 1060 |
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: 1956 |
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: IOWA:31858045967316 |
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: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Spectator by :
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: Norma Lewis |
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: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 132 |
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: 2008 |
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: 0738552003 |
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: 9780738552002 |
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: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Grand Rapids by : Norma Lewis
William Haldane opened a cabinet shop in 1836, 14 years before Grand Rapids incorporated. Other furniture companies followed: Berkey and Gay, Widdicomb, Sligh, Hekman, and Phoenix were among those taking advantage of the Grand River for transportation and power, the area's abundant hardwood supply, and a growing immigrant labor pool. The furniture soon attracted national attention. In 1876, the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition proved conclusively that a river town in Michigan had indeed earned the title "Furniture City." Presidents Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower all worked at Grand Rapids-made desks. Fifteen manufacturers joined forces to build 1,000 Handley Page bombers during World War I. The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed on September 2, 1945, at a table made in Grand Rapids. Despite fires, floods, strikes, depressions, and wars, Grand Rapids led the industry until the 1950s and 1960s, when the factories began moving to North Carolina. Today the area, along with nearby Holland and Zeeland, dominates the office furniture industry.
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: Norma Lewis |
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: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 144 |
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: 2015 |
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: 9781467118873 |
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: 1467118877 |
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: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lost Restaurants of Grand Rapids by : Norma Lewis
Grand Rapids restaurants have served up meals and memories since the city's earliest days. At Bentham's, one of the first downtown restaurants, customers without money to eat could trade an animal pelt for supper. John Sebaitis trained his German shepherd, Spooky, to serve beer to the patrons at his tavern. And a seventeen-year-old Gerald R. Ford worked part time as a server and dish washer at Bill's Place. Join Norma Lewis as she explores the history of Grand Rapids most beloved eateries and the stories behind them. Book jacket.
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: 568 |
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: 1915 |
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: UIUC:30112086542955 |
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: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Grand Rapids Spectator by :
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: Tobin T. Buhk |
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: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 160 |
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: 2015 |
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: 9781467117524 |
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: 1467117528 |
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: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Murder & Mayhem in Grand Rapids by : Tobin T. Buhk
While the River City is known for its history of furniture making, it also has a sinister side. Jennie Flood was a widow with a get-rich scheme that involved a shotgun and an insurance application. Reverend Ferris went undercover in his war against the city's purveyors of vice. The police rounded up the usual suspects in an attempt to solve the infamous 1921 bank heist that led to the slaying of two detectives. And the death of a teenager exposed "Aunty" Smith and her dangerous side business conducted in the shadows. Author Tobin T. Buhk delves into the colorful characters of Grand Rapids' past and the heinous crimes they committed.
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: Arthur Hastings Grant |
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Total Pages |
: 866 |
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: 1927 |
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: UOM:39015075035223 |
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: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis The American City by : Arthur Hastings Grant
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: Liette Gidlow |
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: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM |
Total Pages |
: 419 |
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: 2007-03-15 |
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: 9780801899010 |
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: 080189901X |
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: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Big Vote by : Liette Gidlow
This cultural history of voter turnout campaigns in early 20th century America sheds light on the problems that persist in democratic participation today. In the 1920s, America experienced low voter turnout at a level not seen in nearly a century. Reformers responded by launching massive campaigns to "Get Out the Vote.” Yet while these campaigns advocated civic participation, they also promoted an exclusionary message that transformed America’s political culture. By the late 1920s, "civic" would be practically synonymous with "middle class" and "white." At the time, weakened political parties, ascendant consumer culture, labor unrest, Jim Crow, widespread anti-immigration sentiment, and the new woman suffrage all raised serious questions about the meaning of good citizenship. Through techniques ranging from civic education to modern advertising, middle-class and elite whites worked in the realm of culture to undo the equality that constitutional amendments had seemed to achieve. Richly documented with primary sources from political parties and civic groups, popular and ethnic periodicals, and electoral returns, The Big Vote examines the national Get-Out-the-Vote campaigns as well as the internal dynamics of specific campaigns in New York City, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Birmingham, Alabama.