Grand Trunk Railroad Depot, c. 1918

dc.coverage.temporal	Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1918	en_US
dc.identifier.other	LPC-030-007-003	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/12483
dc.description	Postcard showing a photo of a train coming into the Grand Trunk Railroad Depot 175 Main Street, Battle Creek, c. 1918. 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: Grand Trunk Station, Battle Creek, Mich. Written on back: Battle Creek, 7-30-18 Leave here in short time on my way to St. Catharines Avenue there about ten in the morning. Received the pass port yesterday thru Kalamazoo Board authorized by Brooklyn Board Harold Sent to: Mr. Geo. H. Heath 430 Orchard Park Rockford, Ill Sent on: July 31, 1918	en_US
dc.format.medium	b&w 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 Depot, c. 1918	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US