Grand Rapids Sticky Fly Paper Co., Plate 1

Louis C. Towner - 1911

The GR Sticky Fly Paper 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.