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Michigan Central Railroad Station, c. 1910

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dc.coverage.temporal Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1910 en_US
dc.identifier.other LPC-030-044-003 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/12396
dc.description Postcard showing a photo of the Michigan Central Railroad Depot, c. 1910. Note the Ward Monument in the foreground. The station opened on July 27, 1888. Rogers and McFarlane of Detroit designed the depot, one of several Richardsonian Romanesque-style stations between Detroit and Chicago built in the late nineteenth century. Thomas Edison as well as Presidents William Howard Taft and Gerald Ford visited there. The depot was acquired by the New York Central Railroad in 1918, Penn Central in 1968 and Amtrak in 1970. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Since 1992 the building has been used as a restaurant. Caption on front: Michigan Central R. R. Depot Battle Creek, Mich. Written on back: Here we are at B Creek the suite all over judge has not decided yet but case is over now. from Ford Sent to: Andie Roush Freeport Mich. Sent on: January 27, 1910 en_US
dc.format.medium b&w postcard en_US
dc.language.iso En en_US
dc.subject Railroads and Depots - Michigan Central en_US
dc.subject Monuments and Markers - Ward Monument en_US
dc.subject Grand Trunk Railroad, Michigan Central Railroad, Train Wrecks en_US
dc.title Michigan Central Railroad Station, c. 1910 en_US
dc.type Image en_US


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