COLLECTION NAME:
WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwa_wmup_p-0008978
Title:
Horse and sleigh advertising Brownwall Engine and Pulley Company, Holland, Michigan
Date:
approximately 1915
Description:
Black-and-white mounted photograph of a horse team pulling a sleigh which advertises Brownwall Engine & Pulley Company, Holland, Michigan. Behind the team and sleigh are shop fronts identified by signs above their entrance doors. The signs read: John Vander Sluis and French Cloak Co. View includes man driving a sled loaded with crates and pulled by a team of two horses standing in a snow covered streets in front of several storefronts. The man identified as William Mokme [Mokma?]. John Vander Sluis (1860-1943) was the directory of music at local churches. Later in February 9, 1894, he opened a dry good store in Holland, Michigan, on the site of the present De Fouw Electric Supply Co. During World War Two, he was the major of Holland.
Person:
Mokma, William
Building:
John Vandersluis Dry Goods (Holland, Mich.)
Building:
French Cloak Company (Holland, Mich.)
Subject:
Streets
Subject:
Brownwall Engine & Pulley Company (Holland, Mich.)
Subject:
Horse teams
Subject:
Sleds & sleighs
Keywords:
Black & white photographs; Advertising; Horses
Location:
Holland (Mich.)
Time Period:
1910 - 1919
Language:
eng
Source:
8 x 10 in., black and white photograph, WMU Photograph Collection, P-0008978
Collection:
WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Digital Date:
2024
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
In Copyright
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections, Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
Type:
image
Box Barcode:
Box 92, Barcode: 31141024409950
Format Creation:
image/tiff
WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
