No, I own them...the exceptions would be the Leavenworth's that I have. I have donated 1000's to CADL already and have tried several times to interest LHS in what I retain.
As I mentioned, 15 negatives from the 4 corners area are being prepared as a exhibit to be shown in August. (Give a quick thought what is behind the last photo I posted)
The rest are in the process of sorting down to areas or interest. Here is one I have shared on the LHS page and basically had no interest from them.
This photo shows the draw down of the north town dam in 1932-33 to replace and remove the mill race on the east side of the dam. The was extensive damage found at the base and wings....clearly visible in the photo.
Thanks for posting any old Lansing photos. I really love to just look at them and pick out details that are in my memory, and before. I don't know why but I have always found photos like these so interesting.
I am always drawn to the big aerial photos on the second floor of the downtown library, but feel kind strange of when I turn around to see about twenty people watching me from behind their screens which all face the photos. So it is nice to be able to look at these in my home!
I did not see a date for the Oldsmobile plant photo but I would say it is from 1964 to 1966 as there are still houses on Olds Ave. on the upper right side. You can also see the "Jenison House" now the Scott Center in it's original location, next to a park at Townsend and Elm Street. All of which is a desolate sun bleached parking lots now. I like that you can pick out the graceful arches of the Logan Street Bridge. The present bridges are just kind of ugly. When I was still pretty young I would walk downtown via the Logan Street, Olds Ave, to Elm to Washington. I liked to walk by the modern administration building with it's modern sculptures and gardens. The old building was nice, kind of looked like a school to me, and was where they would train some of the new workers and had the nurses clinic. I don't think it lasted much longer after this photo was taken. At the corner of Olds Ave.and Logan was a show room and you could take a tour there, and I think if you were a employee you could order a new Olds there. Of course the whole area was to change very soon after this photo was taken, GM expansion and 496 took out any neighborhoods in their way standing around 68' 69'.
I have been curious about the old warehouse on Kalamazoo, by the tracks now repainted even blacker. It seems very secretive, but I did see the the overhead door open a bit the other day. I noticed fresh unpainted drywall and that was it. I have been thinking it may be a "grow center" for medial marijuana. New vents on top, new gas line meter, all windows blacked out. It is a bit all black but it does look better than before.
No identification on the photo. I think west, due to the placement of the railroad tracks further from the river than the east view would show. The light rail tracks would go to Grand Ave. if it were facing east also, in my opinion.
@Rads Thanks for the photos, they'll always be appreciated here.
I don't know if I ever talked about them here, but I wanted to share a few books I continually go back to for Lansing history stuff, lots of photos with good info in paragraph long descriptions:
Another great book, heavy on photos and of higher quality than the others, put together by the LSJ several years ago: Journal of Our Times - Amazon (it's available for about $10 used, I paid $40 new when it came out)
Those first three books are part of series called Images of America, their are a lot of books even just on Michigan locales. An Amazon search for "Images of America Michigan" yielded 317 results of which I haven't sorted through, but even the Portland area has its own book! the search results
I would agree the this photo is facing west. Perhaps they are building the Shiawassee Street bridge. I think that Cedar Street crosses the foreground and that perhaps the dark building on the corner of Cedar and Shiawassee could be still there, [currently a closed bar] . Are there any street car maps of that era? Did the tracks run down Larch? And then were would they go? I have to keep in mind these were all two way streets back than. I think that the tall buildings must be downtown, and maybe just a little corner of the river is visible to the left of the coal sign.
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As I mentioned, 15 negatives from the 4 corners area are being prepared as a exhibit to be shown in August. (Give a quick thought what is behind the last photo I posted)
The rest are in the process of sorting down to areas or interest. Here is one I have shared on the LHS page and basically had no interest from them.
This photo shows the draw down of the north town dam in 1932-33 to replace and remove the mill race on the east side of the dam. The was extensive damage found at the base and wings....clearly visible in the photo.
I am always drawn to the big aerial photos on the second floor of the downtown library, but feel kind strange of when I turn around to see about twenty people watching me from behind their screens which all face the photos. So it is nice to be able to look at these in my home!
I did not see a date for the Oldsmobile plant photo but I would say it is from 1964 to 1966 as there are still houses on Olds Ave. on the upper right side. You can also see the "Jenison House" now the Scott Center in it's original location, next to a park at Townsend and Elm Street. All of which is a desolate sun bleached parking lots now. I like that you can pick out the graceful arches of the Logan Street Bridge. The present bridges are just kind of ugly. When I was still pretty young I would walk downtown via the Logan Street, Olds Ave, to Elm to Washington. I liked to walk by the modern administration building with it's modern sculptures and gardens. The old building was nice, kind of looked like a school to me, and was where they would train some of the new workers and had the nurses clinic. I don't think it lasted much longer after this photo was taken. At the corner of Olds Ave.and Logan was a show room and you could take a tour there, and I think if you were a employee you could order a new Olds there. Of course the whole area was to change very soon after this photo was taken, GM expansion and 496 took out any neighborhoods in their way standing around 68' 69'.
I don't know if I ever talked about them here, but I wanted to share a few books I continually go back to for Lansing history stuff, lots of photos with good info in paragraph long descriptions:
Lansing: City on the Grand; 1836-1939 - Amazon
R. E. Olds and Industrial Lansing - Amazon
Another book from the same series on East Lansing that I haven't bought yet: East Lansing: Collegeville Revisited - Amazon
Another great book, heavy on photos and of higher quality than the others, put together by the LSJ several years ago: Journal of Our Times - Amazon (it's available for about $10 used, I paid $40 new when it came out)
Those first three books are part of series called Images of America, their are a lot of books even just on Michigan locales. An Amazon search for "Images of America Michigan" yielded 317 results of which I haven't sorted through, but even the Portland area has its own book! the search results