Dickinson Buffer Park
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Grand Rapids Planning Department
Planning Department Photograph Collection
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
TIFF
English
Slides (Photography)
021674
Aerial of Riverside Park
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This is an aerial of southern portion of Riverside Park from circa 1950s. Monroe Street can be seen to the right of the park.
Parks and Recreation Department
Parks and Recreation Photograph Collection
circa 1950s
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
JPG
English
Photo 006502
Aerial View of Garfield Park
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This aerial view of Garfield Park shows the three pools, lodge/community house, baseball diamond, and tennis courts.
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Parks and Recreation Photograph Collection
Undated
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
JPG
English
005299
Garfield Park Wading Pool
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This photograph shows the wading pool in the south end of Garfield Park. The pool was built in 1910.
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Parks and Recreation Photograph Collection
Undated
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
JPG
English
005302
Garfield Park Playground
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This is a photograph of the playground in Garfield Park located in the south central portion of the park.
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Parks and Recreation Photograph Collection
Undated
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
JPG
English
005297
Garfield Park Lodge Renovation
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This is a photograph of the Garfield Park lodge being renovated. The two men working are unidentified.
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Parks and Recreation Photograph Collection
February 1965
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
JPG
English
005295
Charles Garfield Memorial Marker in Garfield Park
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This is a photograph of the memorial in Garfield Park that commemorates Charles and Jessie Garfield who, along with Julia L. Fletcher, donated the land for Garfield Park. The marker also denotes the graves of Charles and Jessie Garfield
which lay in one of the groves marked by this large boulder.
Parks and Recreation Department
Parks and Recreation Photograph Collection
Undated
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
JPG
English
005275
Creston-Mary Waters Park Shelter
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The shelter house at Creston-Mary Waters Park and the playground behind the shelter. The building includes a recreation room. The children's playground off the upper level is complete with both junior and senior slides, teeters and swings, a large wading pool, sand box, climber and merry-go-round. The land was donated by Dudly E. & Florence Hills Waters and named in memory of their little daughter, Mary.
Parks and Recreation Department
Parks and Recreation Photograph Collection
September 29, 1950
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
TIFF
English
Photo 004997
Creston Park Pond
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A view of the Creston Park side of the Creston-Mary Waters Park looking NE. In the foreground is the Creston pond.
Parks and Recreation Department
Parks and Recreation Photograph Collection
July 24, 1928
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
JPG
English
Photographs
006725
Cherry Park Construction
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The Cherry Park playground at Cherry Street and Eastern Avenue under construction in 1951.
Parks and Recreation Department
Parks and Recreation Photograph Collection
1951
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
City of Grand Rapids Archives and Records Center
JPG
English
Photograph
004966