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George E. Fitch photograph collection

This collection contains images of Grand Rapids, Michigan from the 1850s to the 1920s, collected by George Everett Fitch (1868-1941), a local historian and amateur photographer. The images include street scenes, panoramas, buildings, logging activities, the fire of 1873, and the log jam of 1883.

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Grand Rapids view, 1873
18-1-1.2.1763
Grand Rapids view, 1873

Leavitt house
18-1-1.3.1764
Leavitt house

Grand Rapids view
18-1-1.4.1765
Grand Rapids view

Grand Rapids view
18-1-1.5.1766
Grand Rapids view

Morton house
18-1-1.7.1768
Morton house

Haldane house
18-1-1.8.1769
Haldane house

Grand Rapids view
18-1-1.9.1770
Grand Rapids view

Pierce home
18-1-2.10.1771
Pierce home

Log jam on Grand River, 1883
18-1-2.13.1774
Log jam on Grand River, 1883

Log jam on Grand River, 1883
18-1-2.14.1775
Log jam on Grand River, 1883

Log jam on Grand River, 1883
18-1-2.15.1776
Log jam on Grand River, 1883

Log jam on Grand River, 1883
18-1-2.16.1777
Log jam on Grand River, 1883

Log jam on Grand River, 1883
18-1-2.17.1778
Log jam on Grand River, 1883

Log jam on Grand River, 1883
18-1-2.18.1779
Log jam on Grand River, 1883

Log jam on Grand River, 1883
18-1-3.19.1780
Log jam on Grand River, 1883

Log jam on Grand River, 1883
18-1-3.20.219
Log jam on Grand River, 1883

Hall Street fairgrounds
18-1-3.21.1781
Hall Street fairgrounds

Grand Rapids view, 1890
18-1-3.22.1782
Grand Rapids view, 1890

Pearl and Division view, 1875
18-1-3.24.1783
Pearl and Division view, 1875

Kent County courthouse, 1890
18-1-3.25.1784
Kent County courthouse, 1890

Pearl Street view, 1879
18-1-3.26.1785
Pearl Street view, 1879

St. Mark's church, 1865
18-1-3.28.1787
St. Mark's church, 1865

St. Mark's church organ
18-1-3.29.1788
St. Mark's church organ

St. Mark's church, chancel
18-1-3.30.1789
St. Mark's church, chancel

St. Mark's church, 1880
18-1-4.31.1790
St. Mark's church, 1880

Michigan Avenue view, 1875
18-1-4.34.1792
Michigan Avenue view, 1875

Central High School
18-1-4.35.1793
Central High School

Grand River view. Filling east channel - 1870
18-1-4.36.1919
Grand River view. Filling east channel - 1870

Grand River view, filling east channel
18-1-4.37.1919
Grand River view, filling east channel

Kent Street Company #2, 1865
18-1-4.38.1794
Kent Street Company #2, 1865

Rusche's Meat Market, 1880
18-1-4.38a.1795
Rusche's Meat Market, 1880

Dr. Platt home
18-1-4.39.1796
Dr. Platt home

Monroe Avenue view
18-1-5.40.1999
Monroe Avenue view

Grand Rapids view
18-1-5.44.1797
Grand Rapids view

Cable cars, 1890
18-1-5.45.1798
Cable cars, 1890

Sweet's Hotel, 1872
18-1-5.46.1799
Sweet's Hotel, 1872

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