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Shown in the photoprint is the Wilcox Park Shelter. This shelter replaced an old pool house.

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This photograph is of the City Lighting Plant building in 1927, which at that time had been reconfigured for the Refuse Collection Division of the Public Services Department.

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This photograph is of Martin Bakker. Bakker was the superintendent of the Garbage Collection division of Public Services. He is standing with an unidentified woman in front of the Garbage Collection building, formerly the City Lighting Plant.

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This photograph shows the Superintendent of the Garbage Collection Division, Martin Bakker, in front of a horse drawn cart. Two workers sit on the cart. They are standing in front of the Garbage Collection building, which was formerly the City…

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A Public Services Department snow removal crew in downtown Grand Rapids on Pearl Street. They Ladyard building at 120 Ottawa Ave NW and the Michigan Trust Building at 40 Pearl St NW can be seen in the background.

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This photograph shows staff and garbage trucks in front of the old City Lighting Plant, which later became the Refuse Collection Division building. In the background the bleachers for the island baseball field can be seen.

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Dynamiting an ice jam on the Grand River south of the Fulton Street Bridge. The Voigt Milling Co. building can be seen just past the bridge. The Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Bridge can be seen just past the Fulton Street Bridge.

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A sign in front of the Belknap Park hill with information on the funds used for the park's development. Belknap Park is the largest park near the downtown area and occupies a portion of the high sand bluffs along North Division Avenue.

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An aerial view of Belknap Park's new development including Robert Morris' Project X, an earthworks sculpture. Baseball diamonds can be seen below Project X and the old Livingston Reservoir can be seen above it, encircled by a scenic road. Coit Park…

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An aerial view of Reservoir Hill prior to the Belknap Park construction project. Lookout park can be seen just beyond the Livingston Reservoir on the top of the hill.
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