Directory of Photographers 1856-1979
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
A, B, C
Ackerman, Nicholas
1949: 522 Michigan ST NE
Alger, A.C. - Daguerreian and Ambrotype Artist
1856 -- Backus Block, Canal Street
1912 Address Change: Monroe Ave NW
Ambro Color Labs
1961-1962 -- 12 Quigley Blvd
Ampro Color Labs
1960 -- 12 Quigley Blvd SW
Anderson Studio
1927 -- 306 ½ Monroe Av
Andrew, R.L.
1879-1880 -- 20 Canal
1912 address change: Monroe Ave near Pearl
1886-1887 -- 202 Canal
1912 address change: Monroe Ave between Hastings and Fairbanks
Andrews See Sharpsteen & Andrews
Andrews See Southwick & Andrews
Argents Studio
1965-1966 -- 5027 S. Division, Wyoming
Art and Photo Shop
1940 -- 9 Jefferson
Artcraft Studios
1920 – 79 Monroe Av
1921-1923 – 47-49 Monroe Av
Arthur & Philbric
1890, 1892-1893 -- 21 Canal 1912 address change:
Monroe near Pearl
Arthur & Philbrick
1891 – 21 Canal
1912 address change: Monroe near Pearl
Aunt Mary's Birthday Club of America
1961-1963 – 3627 Oak Valley Av SW Wyoming
Aurora Studios
1975 – 2030 DeHoop SW Wyoming
Avery, Harvey G. Studio
1927 – 1456 Lake Drive SE
Awareness Gallery
1978-1979 – 6820 Burton SE Cascade
Bailey See Beebe & Bailey
Baker, John H.
1919 – 16-18 Monroe Ave
Baker, Olin J
1917 – 503 Bridge
Baker, P K
1912 – 236 ½ Monroe Av
Baker Photo Co.
1925 – 40 Ionia Av NW
1926-1927 – 6 Pearl NW
1929 - 6-10 Pearl NW
1930-1932 – 10 Pearl NW
Bankston, John
1957 – 138 Cass Av
Barnes, Russell
1957—6 N Main, Comstock Park
Barr, A A & Co
1882-1888 -- 72 Canal
1912 Address Change: 246 Monroe Ave NW
Barrows & Son
1880-1881 – 55 W Bridge
1912 Address Change: 345 Bridge St NW
Barrows, J C
1881-1882 – 53-55 W Bridge
1912 Address Change: 343-345 Bridge St NW
1882-1883 – 55 W Bridge
1912 Address Change: 345 Bridge St NW
Bayne See Merrill & Bayne
Bayne & Coss
1891 – 22-24 Fountain
1912 Address Change: closest 16 becomes 15 Fountain St NE
Bayne, James Co.
1880-1885 – 75 Monroe
1912 Address Change: 96 Monroe Ave NW, New Aldrich Block
1885-1886 – 22-24 Fountain 1912
Address Change: closest 16 becomes 15 Fountain St NE
1886-1889 – 22 Fountain
1912 Address Change: closest 16 becomes 15 Fountain St NE
1890-1894 – 382 N Front
1912 Address Change: 954-960 Front St NW
1895 – 380 N Front
1912 Address Change: 954-960 Front St NW
1896 – 382 N Front 1912 Address Change: 954-960 Front St NW
1897-1898 – 380-382 N Front 1912
Address Change: 954-960 Front St NW
1899 – 380 N Front
1912 Address Change: 954-960 Front St NW
1900 – James Bayne (commercial)
1901-1902 -- 380-384 N Front
1912 Address Change: 954-960 Front ST NW
1903-1911 – The James Baynes Co (commercial)
1912-1915 – 954-964 Front Av NW 1
Baynton, W C
1896-1890 – 385 S East
1912 Address Change: 617 Eastern Ave SE
Bazuin, A J
1906-1908 – 749 E Fulton
1912 Address Change: 961 Fulton St E
Beach See Tompkins
Beebe & Bailey
1890 – 22 Fountain
1912 Address Change: closest 16 becomes 15 Fountain St NE
1891 – 16 Charles
1912 Address Change: 216 Charles Ave SE
Beeman, Verle D
1977 – 1979 – 2030 DeHoop SW, Wyoming
Bemell Photographic Studio
1973 – 1129 Dickenson SE
1974 – 965 E. Fulton
Bennett, Vera A
1929-1933 – 937 Fairmount SE
Berkey, Seymour R
1916 – 503 Bridge
Bernhart, W Fredk.
1976-1979 – 3660 Richmond NW, Walker
Bernie Photographs (Birndorf)
1954-1955 - 621 Giddings
1958 – 3025 Woodcliff Dr SE, East Grand Rapids
1959-1961 – Bernard Birndorf
1965 – 581 Forest Hills Av SE GR Twp
Bielecki, Bernard
1942 – 425 Scribner Ave Nw
Bigelow & Holcomb
1872 – McReynolds
Birndorf, Bernard (See Bernie)
Bizauskas, Joseph
1911 – 74 W Leonard
1912 Address Change: 414 Leonard ST NW
Blodgett Studio
1976 – 4500 Clyde Park SW Wyoming
Bonge, Al Photographer
1976 - 1979 – 3322 S Division Wyoming
Boote, E. H.
1913 – 301 Page
1914-1915 – 503 Bridge
Boozer, H. W. Photographer
1868-1869 – Union Block, Lyon St
1912 Address Change: probably Lyon St NW
1870-1871 -- Henry W - Phoenix Block, Lyon 1912 Address Change: probably
Lyon St NW
1873-1874 – 83 Canal
1912 Address Change: Closest 85 Canal becomes 307 Monroe Ave NW
1874-1875 – 109 Canal
1912 Address Change: 329 Monroe Ave NW
1875-1876 – 42 W Bridge
1912 Address Change: 410 Bridge ST NW
1876-1877 – 72 Canal
1912 Address Change: 244 Monroe Ave NW
Bowbeer, Chas W.
1961 – 936 Garfield NW
Bowman, E.E.
1901 – 87-89 Wonderly Bldg
1912 Address Change: 146-156 Monroe Ave NW
Boyd, Wilbur S.
1949 – 630 Lafayette NE
1951 – 622 Watkins SE
1953 – 2348 Eastern SE
Brach, Edw. F.
1961-1962 – 3755 Ivy Drive NE
Bradford, Harris Studio
1963 – 1356 Plainfield NE
Bragg, H.L. Photographers
1877-1878 – 62 Canal
1912 Address Change: 236 Monroe Ave NW
Breck, H.J.
1905 – 44 Canal
1912 Address Change: 218 Monroe Ave NW
Broderick, E.J.
1896 – 205 E Bridge
1912 Address Change: 223 Michigan St NE
1898 – 126 Canal
1912 Address Change: 346 Monroe Ave NW
Bronkema, H. Thos.
1962-1965 – 1320 Lafayette Av NE
Brooke, Chas. W.
1959 – 315 Paris SE
Brothers & Co.
1888 – 19 W. Bridge
1912 Address Change: 301 Bridge ST NW
Brothers, O.A
1883-1884 – 38 Canal
1912 Address Change: 212 Monroe Ave NW
1887—127 W Fulton
1912 Address Change: 607 Fulton ST W
1893-1895 – 20 Canal
1912 Address Change: closest 18 to 192 Monroe Ave NW
1899-1901 – 109 Monroe
1912 Address Change: 58 Monroe Ave NW
Brown, Edwin E
1920-1921 – 503 Bridge
1922-1923 – 3461/2 Monroe Ave
Brubaker, J H. (John) aka Brubaker Home Studio, Brubaker Photography, Krebs
1902-1905 – 145 Monroe (Krebs & Brubaker)
1903-1905 – 145 Monroe
1906-1908 – 147 Monroe (Krebs & Brubaker)
1909-1911– 145 Monroe (Krebs & Brubaker)
1912-1922 – 16-18 Monroe Ave
The Camera Shop, Kendall Block formerly 145-147 Monroe,
1923-1925 317 E Fulton (Brubaker Home Studio)
1925—317 E Fulton
1926-1928 – 1318 GR Natl Bank Bldg Brubaker Studio
1929 –1931 202-204 Watson Bldg
1932 – 509 Kendall Blk
1933 – 317 E Fulton
1934 – 406 Union Bank Bldg
1932 – 509 Kendall Blk
1934 – 96 Monroe Brubaker Photography
1936-1939 – 406-07 Union Bk Bldg (Brubaker Photography)
1940 – 408 Union Bank Bldg (Brubaker, Marian V)
1941 – 2nd fl Rason and Dows Fur Bldg (Brubaker Studio)
1942-1945 – 96 Monroe 2nd Fl
1946-1951 – 89 Monroe 4th Fl
Bryant, D.C.
1885-1886 – E end Bridge Street Bridge
Bryant, W.D.
1894-1895 – 103 Monroe
1912 Address Change: 66 Monroe Ave NW White-Judd Bldg
1897 – 126 Canal
1912 Address Change: 346 Monroe Ave NW
Buell, L. - Daguerreian and Ambrotype Gallery, Faneuil Hall
1856-1860 over S.S. Porter & Co's Store), Monroe Street
1912 Address Change: Monroe at Division, site of Herpolsheimer's 1948-
Buikema, James R
1969-1970 – 1654 Martindale Av Wyoming
Bultman Studio
1945-1964 – 1907 S. Division
1965-1970 – 2014 S. Division
1971-1977 – 2252 S. Division
Burniewicz See Wytkowicz & Burniewicz
Burniewicz, Alexander
1911 – 83 Stocking
1912 Address Change: 535 Stocking Ave NW
(Name match only, no verification. Aledander F. Burniewicz
1872-1939 Lithuanian Freedom Cemetery Walker Cem
Burniewicz & Staskorz
1912-1929 – 535 Stocking Av
Burns, Geo P
1948 – 818 Burton SE
Calkins, Fred E
1905 – 9 Dayton
1912 Address Change: 807 Dayton ST NW
1933-1937 – 1140 Madison SE
Cameo Portraits
1961 – 1049 Franklin SE
1964 – 1174 Madison SE
Camera Shop, The (Commercial)
1913-1914 – 16 Monroe, Walter K. Schmidt, Mgr
1915-1916 – 16 Monroe
Campbell, Henry
1893 – 44 Canal
1912 Address Change: 218 Monroe Ave NW
Cappy, J W
1891 – 19 W. Bridge
1912 Address Change: 301 Bridge ST NW
Carlberg Phtographic
1974-1976 – 1310 Lake Dr SE
Carlisle, O D
1889 – 19 w Bridge
1912 Address Change: 301 Bridge ST NW
1891 – 305 Ottawa
1912 Address Change: 517 Ottawa Ave NW
1892-1893 – 305 Ottawa rear
1894 – r307 Ottawa
1896 – e s Canal 3 n of Soldiers' Home (3000 Monroe Ave NW)
Casey Studio
1958-1968 – 73 N. Union, Sparta
1964-1970 – 27 N. Main St, Rockford
Century Photo View Co.
1919-1920 – 312 New Aldrich blk
1922 – 1119 Wealthy SE
1926-1927 – 40 Ionia Av NW
Chadwick, Christopher W.
1976-1978 – 1956 Mellowood West Jenison
Chase, Fredrick P
1915-1916 – 1044 Wealthy SE
Chase, J.W.
1909 – 14 N Division
1912 Address Change: 20 Division Ave N - Royal Lunch
1910-1911 – 29 Canal
1912 Address Change: 207 Monroe Ave NW
1912-1913 – 329 ½ Monroe
1914—701 Michigan St
Chase, S.L.
1908 – 29 Canal
1912 Address Change: 207 Monroe Ave NW
Cherry, Elwood R.
1954 – 3044 Clyde Park SW Wyoming
1958 – 3044 Clyde Park SW
1961-1964 – Cherry's Photo Studio, 3044 Clyde Park
Cherry, Kenneth A
1943-1946
Chibiki, J.T.
1908-1911 – 55 W Bridge
1912 Address Change: 343-345 Bridge St NW Luton Block
1912-1913 – 343 ½ Bridge
1914-1919 – 343 ½ Bridge (Chibiki, Joseph T.)
Children's Photographer
1971-1976 – 4244 N Kent Mall, Plainfield Twp.
1972-1979 – 3195 28t St, Kentwood
1973-1979 – 1036 ½ Rogers Plaza, Wyoming
Clark, A.S.
1883-1886 – 39 Canal
1912 Address Change: 217 Monroe Ave NW
Coe Studio
1959 – 460 North Av
Cole, Ronald G.
1959-1962 – 3446 Wyoming Av SW, Wyoming
Color Craft Studios
1970-1971 – 2434 28th ST SW Wyoming
Colorama Photographers
1964-1970 – 1318 Madison SE
1971 – 1135 Burton SE
1972-1977 – 1141 Burton SE.
Comet Photo Studio
1916-1925 – 230 Michigan NW
Converse, Hanford D
1976-1978 – 2266 Chicago Dr SW, Wyoming
Coriell, Carl Y
1958-1961 – 2487 28th St SW, Wyoming
Coss See Bayne & Coss
Coss, W G
1894-1895 – 21 Canal
1912 Address Change: 199 Monroe Ave NW Kent State Bank
Coulter, Robert D.
1920-1923 – 8 ½ Monroe Ave
1924-1929 – 8 ½ Monroe Ave, Robert Douglas Coulter Studio
1930-1941 – 2 Monument Sq. Bldg, Coulter Studio
1942-1944 – 8 ½ Monroe Ave, Coulter Studio
1945 – 8 Monroe Av
1946 – 2 Monroe Av R2
1948 – 8 Monroe R2
Crabb, Robert L.
1954 – 14 Burton SE
Crater, J W
1880-1882 – 72 Canal
1912 Address Change: 246 Monroe Ave NW
Crater, Wm E
1946-1951 – 952 Burton SW
Creston Studio
1931-1951 – 1412-14 Plainfield Av NE
Crosby, Alfred W. Photographer
1875-1876 – 126 Canal 1912 Address Change: 346 Monroe Ave NW
Cross, Robert M
1960 – 907 Sigsbee SE
1961-1975 – 907 Sigsbee SE, Cross Bros. Photos
Czetli Photography (formerly Patton Photography)
1961-1962 – 161 Ottawa SW
1963-1965 – 302-H Waters Bldg
1970-1977 – 551 Pine Ave NW
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Before 1912, house numbers were selected in a hodgepodge manner by the
occupants.
Streets located west of the Grand River were designated as West, with streets
being designated North or South from Bridge Street.
Streets located east of the Grand River were designated as East, with streets
being designated North or South from Fulton Street.
In 1912 a quadrant system was developed - NW, NE, SW, SE from the corner of
Division and Fulton.
Odd numbers for the west and south sides of the streets.
Even numbers for the east and north sides of the streets.
Numbers were assigned to the land, generally three numbers per city lot. The
numbers would usually start with a new hundred at each cross street.
Specifically, numbers increased by two digits for each 13.2 feet on one side of
a street
so that they increased by 800 each mile from Division Avenue or Fulton Street
From article Photographers for intro and explanation of abbreviations
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