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Interior of Grand Trunk Shops, c. 1908

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dc.coverage.temporal Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1908 en_US
dc.identifier.other LPC-030-023-003 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/12477
dc.description Color Postcard showing a photo of the blacksmith shop inside 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: Interior of Grand Trunk Shops Battle Creek, Mich. Written on back: Have just returned from town have not been [illegible] before this week. Did not receive the letter you promised me. Sent to: Minnie Evans 1000 N. Burdick Kalamazoo Sent on: September 2, 1908 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 Interior of Grand Trunk Shops, c. 1908 en_US
dc.type Image en_US


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