Glimpses of a Beautiful Town
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1900
Place of publication: [S.I.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Pictorial works; Streetscapes (Urban design); Fire stations; Municipal buildings; Railroad stations; Hospital buildings; Church buildings; Furniture industry and trade; Hotels; Urban parks; Domestic Architecture; Factories; Storefronts; Pumping stations; Charities; School buildings; Michigan Soldiers' Home; St. Cecilia Society (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Butterworth Hospital (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Elks (Fraternal order)
Notes: Photomechanical reproductions of photographs of Grand Rapids, with accompanying text.

Binding: stabbed; tied with brown cord.

Photographs include factories, riverfront, furniture companies, hotels, commercial buildings, factory district, city hall, fire stations, club houses, charitable institutions, police headquarters, court house, post office, hotels, parks, residences, city pumping station, city power plant, churches, city schools, and numerous street views.

Includes photographs of Elks Lodge, Michigan Solders' Home, Masonic Home, Butterworth Hospital, St. Cecilia Society, Union Benevolent Home, St. John's Orphan Asylum, Home for the Aged, John Ball Park, Holland Theological Seminary, Reed's Lake, and Grand Rapids Brewing Company.

Includes photographs of city fire engine houses no. 3, no. 4, and no. 5, with wagons and fire fighters. Includes numerous photos of residences of noted city residents.

Includes two-page bird's eye view city panorama showing court house, city hall, and post office.

Includes one page of statistical information on cover [3].

Title from cover.

Avery Classics copy: Inscribed on page [1] "To Miss 'Elizabeth' from John."