Glance at the Past
Summary: The Grand Rapids Historical Commission Podcast features "A Glance at the Past," a local history radio project. Take a listen to give you a glimpse of Grand Rapids in the past.
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Podcasts:
Constance Mayfield Rourke - (November 14, 1885- March 29, 1941) - cultural historian and author of 7 books, including 'American Humor: A Study of the American Character', made Grand Rapids her home between 1915-1941.
Solomon Withey and his son Orison experiment with the local materials in creating the city's first brick.
Newspaperman Arthur S. White reflects on his first impressions of Grand Rapids.
The wild side of early Grand Rapids life.
The trials of Grand Rapids' early medical practitioners.
Glance at the Past examines the genesis of our GR Public Museum and an early patron, George Wickwire Smith.
Information on the first two professional artists in Grand Rapids history: Marinus Harting (born 1815) and A.J. Conant
Soccer is nothing new in Grand Rapids high schools, as Glance at the Past reports.
Economic collapse hits Grand Rapids in 1933.
George Pattison founded the Grand River Times in 1837.
At the turn of the 20th Century, cigar smoking far surpassed all other forms of tobacco among Grand Rapidians.
The first public farmers' markets come to Grand Rapids, including our great Fulton Street location.
The influence of Paul Goebel, Sr., landscape designer, and sons
The stories of two early Grand Rapids women politicians: Harriet Cook and Alde L. T. Blake.
James Moran (1832-1886), first Grand Rapids, Michigan, chief of police
