Description:
Postcard showing a photo of a steam shoving working at the Grand Trunk Shops in Battle Creek, c. 1908. The Shops were built in 1908 along Verona Road in Emmett Township at a cost of $3,000,000. They employed 400-500 persons by 1913.
Caption on front: The Steam Shovel at Work - Grand Trunk Shops Battle Creek, Mich. 1-152
Written on back: Compliment of James Zemeta Box 327 Battle Creek michi
Sent to: Mrs. Bleet Box 54 Pompey Mich.
Sent on: September 10, 1908