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African American Men, Fraternal Organization [?]

Eighteen young black men are in front of a building with distinctive pillars with vines chiseled into them. A small niche is to their left. A power line is to their right. They are all dressed in suits, holding their hats, and have a ribbon pinned to…

Alfred J. Brown Seed Company Sweet Peas Packet

Empty seed packet for sweet peas from Grand Rapids MI company Alfred J. Brown Seed Company.

Kellogg's Packing Room Postcard

Promotional Postcard from the Kellogg's factory showing women on the packing line for Corn Flakes.

Benton Harbor, loading peaches

Wagons are delivering bushels of peaches to train cars. The cars are on either side of the wagons in a railyard sunken below street level. Nothing on the back.

Another Pioneer Gone

Obituary of Solomon Wright

L.C. Corbett, The School Garden, Farmer's Bulletin No. 218, USDA, Bureau of Plant Industry, 1905

USDA Bulletin giving instructions on school gardens.

Leonard Coalter Peach Wagon, 1911, Grand Rapids Wholesale Market

This is a photo of Leonard Coalter's wagon which he drove to the Grand Rapids Wholesale Market to sell peaches. The acetylene spotlight on the front of the wagon was mentioned in a newspaper article on September 19, 1913.