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Title
Watson
Building
Description
New
Watson
building
on
site
of
Watson
home
at the
corner
of
Sheldon
and
Fulton
.
Corner
view
of a
low
,
spreading
two-story
building
with
large
plate
glass
windows
on the
main
level
and
equivalent
triple
or
quadruple
sash
windows
on the
second
level
. The
windows
are
separated
by
brick
uprights
, with
white
embossed
medallions
at the
top
of
each
upright
. There are
two
rows
of
decorative
work
above
the
upper
windows
, and an
urn-shaped
finial
above
the
corner
entrance
. The
street
scene
includes
several
parked
cars
,
three
five-globe
streetlights
, a
traffic
light
, and a
policeman
standing
in the
center
of the
intersection
. On the
left
side
of the
image
is
a
partial
view
of the
Metz
Building
, and to the
right
an
unidentified
6-story
building
. The
top
of the
Shank
Fireproof
Storage
Co
.
can
be
seen
above
the
Watson
building
. A
sign
on
one
of the
streetlights
says
“Cars
do
not
stop
here”
.
Subject - TGM
Buildings
Streets
Street lights
Creator
Morris, Murch S.
Date
1929
Type
photograph
Format
JPEG2000
Identifier (Negative #)
43-1-3.132
Source (Collection)
The Morris Photo Collection (Coll. 43) - Grand Rapids History & Special Collections Department
Rights
© Grand Rapids Public Library. All Rights Reserved.
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