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Photographs ➔ Photograph, Electric Streetcar In Campau Square
Identifier:
1982.5.6Description:
Photograph of Campau Square looking east. Electric streetcars and classic autmobiles visible on the road. Grand Rapids National Bank visible in left foreground. Herpolsheimer's easily visible along right side of street.Date:
circa 1925Dimensions:
10" h 8" wCurrent Location Status:
In StorageSource:
Gift Of City Of Grand RapidsRelated Entities:
City of Grand Rapids (donor) Herpolsheimer's (depicts)Alternate names: Herp's, Herpolsheimer Company, Herpolsheimer's Department Store, Lazarus, Voigt Herpolsheimer's and Company Dry Goods Store, Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co.
In 1865, William G. Herpolsheimer and Charles G. A. Voigt, two young businessmen, established the Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Company, a dry goods and carpet store in Michigan City, Indiana before relocating to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1870. The partnership between Voigt and Herpolsheimer ended in 1902 with Voigt taking over the flour mills and Herpolsheimer the store. Herpolsheimer's Firm continued to operate department stores until it was sold in 1987 making it one of the longest-running retail establishments in West Michigan.
