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Grand Rapids: Furniture City (Images of America: Michigan)
Norma Lewis
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| #1236941 in Books | Arcadia Publishing | 2008-05-05 | 2008-05-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.31 x6.50l,.71 | File type: PDF | 128 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| would have been nice - making this book more inclusive|By R. M. Rogers|A book that leaves out several firms in the suburbs of Grand Rapids. A chapter or two on the firms, such as Forslund Furniture, would have been nice - making this book more inclusive. Otherwise, an historical read.|About the Author|Norma Lewis lives in a Grand Rapids suburb, where she writes humor, travel, and feature articles for national and regional magazines. She enjoys historic research and is the author of Going for the Gold, a juvenile account of the 1898 Yukon gold
William Haldane opened a cabinet shop in 1836, 14 years before Grand Rapids incorporated. Other furniture companies followed: Berkey and Gay, Widdicomb, Sligh, Hekman, and Phoenix were among those taking advantage of the Grand River for transportation and power, the area’s abundant hardwood supply, and a growing immigrant labor pool. The furniture soon attracted national attention. In 1876, the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition proved conclusively that a river tow...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Grand Rapids: Furniture City (Images of America: Michigan) | Norma Lewis. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.