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Grand Trunk Railway Station, c. 1910

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dc.coverage.temporal Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1910 en_US
dc.identifier.other LPC-030-004-003 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/12515
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: Battle Creek, Mich. Grand Trunk Western Depot. Written on back: Dear Cousin, I am very sorry that I couldn't attend Loyal's party, but I was unable to get to Galesburg. Helen Sent to: Mrs. Lulu Wight Kalamazoo, Mich. Sent on: September 21, 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 Railway Station, c. 1910 en_US
dc.type Image en_US


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