Description:
Color postcard showing a photo of an engine suspended from the ceiling inside the Grand Trunk Shops in Battle Creek. 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: Battle Creek, Mich. Locomotive Dept. G.T.R. Shops
Written on back: Sept 6 Dear Friend I hope you are well and all the rest I am having a good time my love to all from J.B.
Sent to: Mr. H. Lake Block I Shops Pt. Huron Mich
Sent on: September 7, 1909