Item: Grand Rapids Sticky Flypaper Co., Plate 1
| Title: | Grand Rapids Sticky Flypaper Co., Plate 1 |
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| Image: | 
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| Creator: | Louis C. Towner |
| Date: | 1911 |
| Description: | The GR Sticky Flypaper Co., on the right in the distance with the name across the front. Dense smoke comes from the stack and adds to the smoke coming from other industries. Towner cited the the company for smoke violation on May 1, 1911. There are houses on Seward Ave. on either side of the factory. In the foreground is the Western Michigan Transfer and Storage Co., and two railroad cars sit on tracks that run along the building. The cars of a passenger train are on tracks behind the building. |
| Found In Photo Essay: | Air Pollution in Grand Rapids 100 Years Ago |
| Subjects: | Air Pollution Towner, Louis C. Industrial Buildings Grand Rapids Sticky Flypaper Co. Railroads-Trains Smokestacks School buildings Warehouses Signs |
| Pre 1912 address: | 56-66 Seward Ave |
| Notes: | Title by cataloger |
| Format of original: | Photograph, 8 X 10 in. |
| Place Name: | Grand Rapids |
| Collection: | #4075, Photo coll., Smoke Inspection Dept.,Community Archives and Research Center (CARC), |
| Rights: | Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from Community Archives and Research Center (CARC), Grand Rapids, MI |
| Institution: | Community Archives and Research Center (CARC), |
