F 574 .G7 G77 t . ^o A^-X.. '-WWW' ^^^cT. '^^ff^o Ol^*^ o^%^« t'J' ..^" x^ iJi^--,* _<>' ^^.':^°v'^°o /^ •';,;,• /^-^ '^^ C* '»• '' Jy 9^ "' r. .' <^-*. -ftp ''/,>'- -^ '% ■ ■ ^' 'y*<^ ••^•- /%. l^--y% -.fe*;-/ ^•V. =;. - .^v .,« aV-v. =1W- .s^^ ^\ .>}>■ ^ rt> o " a 'V^ ■■•■ -'- -ass'-- *"-** -t^"' "'' ^^ >%\ \>/ : "^v..^" .'^"t \/ »^\ \.^" : •^ • • 5 \ *^ ^°-^<^ u ^ ^^K" 'o > ^°-^^. r. ^o ^ .^' '^s&'« x/ y^'^ \,-^^ y^ * * • » ^ > HE PRICE FIFTY CENTS LIBRARY of CONGRESS Two Copies RecelvM AUG 26 1904 Copyrlrtf Entry CLASS 0. xxo. No. 'fit, COPY 'sl Coi^yright, 1^04, Dean-IIicks Printing Ccimpany, Grand Raf^ids, Mich. il ,/;,-•/'' PRIEFATORY I HERE are few, if any, homes of comfort and culture in this country that do not include ^inong their most cherished possessions some, at least, of the pro- duct that has made Grand Rapids famous throughout the length and breadth of the land as the Furniture City. These "counterfeit presentments" of the beauti- ful and interesting features of the city itself show the environments attending the bringing out of the most artistic and finest creations of the home. All of the views were especially photographed for this souvenir work, and the aim has been to give a comprehensive idea, through the media of the camera and the printer's art, of Grand Rapids, the Furniture City. Fulton Street I'ark. ■4 John Ball Park. John Hall Park. !^;%^^ Tolui Ball Park. ^sJ^dlF gffi^ --''0^' ^Si^ John Ball Park. PAVILION NORTH PARK I The P,i,ulev;iirl l>.i\\n Ule Rivei- CTN. •svf!>: . '^^sfcii^: > « 'r^S ■ * >. ."^v^.^-i^ Residences. Residences. -XaS^ M>^^>^^ Kyeison Public L-ibiary. Ryerson Public Library. ''^1 Lakeside Club. -Uaki'side Club. ^4%:.v }iMJ^^ bakcsidu I'lub. iVR, !:i '/ / ' 1 i. Ill ,1 -ly^. *v7 Kent Country Club. ->i . £m~:(SLxm^ At RbccVs LaU-e. MOTEL PANTLINO Pdpulatiiin, cily and sulnirlis 104.000 AiLM lit city in s(|uarc milL-s 17-50 Area of city parks in acres 1^6 Niimhcf of railroads entering city lf> Miles of street railway — electric 50 Interurlian electric railroads 2 Aides of improved streets -i^7 Aides of asphalt streets 6'/} Aides of water mains laid 14O Nmnlier of fire hydrants 1.4011 ('lallons capacity of pnnips per day 31.000,000 A\era;4e daily consnmption. in gallon.s l3.,l,lS,i)o() Nnmlier of miles of public sewers 14,5 Xnmlier of street lights 543 Nnmher of telephones used in city KlS'' Nunilier of public and ]iri\ate hosi)ilals 10 News]iapers ,? daily. 2/ weekly Public works, value i.g4''-''74 'l'"^ Schools Public .1(1. private JO Pupils Td.Qoo Clearin.g house business, 1903 $97,704.45!? Factories 53^ Number of hands eniplnyed ill factories -0.474 Daily pay roll $ 43.057-.'^4 Capital invested $23,433,760 Products $4t.824,04J Value of fruit inarkeleil for season of 1903 $ J.05J.3.SO Churclies '^4 Public library, volumes 62.234 Volumes in Law Library 7-227 Assessed valuation of Real Estate $72,377,811 Public buildings 4' Number of residences >9,873 Banks 10 Total capital $ 3.o.50,ooo Trust companies, i ; capital $ 200,000 Death rate average per 1,000 1 1 Number of trains in and out of the Uniini Deiiot, year 1903 20,017 d'ickets sold al the L'nioii Station 301,620 Number of street raiKvay passengers carried 15,141,898 Jobliing and Wliolesale iirms, 124; sales $21,000,000 nuu i&j lau** SINGLE COPIES OF THIS SOUVENIR WILL BE FORWARDED POST-PAID TO ANY ADDRESS UPON RECEIPT OF PRICE— FIFTY CENTS DEAN-HICKS PRINT- ING COM PA NY. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPH PRINTS OFTHEVIEWSSHOWN IN THIS BOOK CAN BE SUPPLIED BY THE ROYAL PHOTO COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ft ^ll^ o^ «^ ^^ "^ 4 % '^ IC '^^^^^ "-^^0^ <^°^ o ^^^* "•n^o^ ,*^ ^^^ '. ^oV^ w o V, •" ««^ °