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Grand Trunk Railroad Station, c. 1910

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dc.coverage.temporal Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1910 en_US
dc.identifier.other LPC-030-014-002 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/12409
dc.description Color Postcard showing a photo of the Grand Trunk Railroad Depot, 175 Main Street, Battle Creek, c. 1910. This large depot was designed by the architectural firm of Spier and Rohns and built in 1905 at a cost of $100,000. It was used as a passenger station by the Grand Trunk Railroad until 1971 when passenger service was taken over by Amtrak. The building was used as office space until 1988 when it was taken over by the Community Action Agency to be used for regional human service programming. Caption on front: 8055 G. T. R. Depot Battle Creek, Mich. Written on back: Dec. 4, 1910 597 W. Main St. Dear Cousin: Mama and I went to court yesterday at 9 a.m.m o'clock. I had my papers before 10:30 a.m.m Was on the go all day yeesterday & going out to dinner today. Maynard did not butt in at all. Before I had gotten home from court Art & I were walking together and met Maynard. I was up to see his Aunt yesterday. Sincerely Cousin Bessie Sent to: W. L. Wakley North East Penn. Sent on: December 4, 1910 en_US
dc.format.medium color postcard en_US
dc.language.iso En en_US
dc.subject Railroads and Depots - Grand Trunk en_US
dc.subject Grand Trunk Railroad, Michigan Central Railroad, Train Wrecks en_US
dc.title Grand Trunk Railroad Station, c. 1910 en_US
dc.type Image en_US


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