Author: VAN KREKEN, DONALD AND THERON WIERANGA; COMPILED BY
Title: A Picture Album of Holland, Michigan
Description: Holland, MI, 1976. Soft Cover. B & W photographs; 8 1/2 x 11; 48 pages; Soft cover is stapled wraps. Heavy orange paper with black lettering and b/w photograph on cover. SCARCE TITLE. Covers have light shelf wear, sunning, scuffing and some spots. Edges of pages have slight shelf wear and sunning, does not reach to photographs. Lavishly illustrated with over 40 b/w photographs of Holland, Michigan. "The compilers of this book are interested in Holland and its history. The major emphasis of the book is on the buildings and places. The captions are the work of the compilers....We begin this bicentennial picture album with potographs of the Semi-Centennial parade of 1897, which commemorated the founding of Holland in 1847". Holland is a charming city on the west side of the state, on the shores of Lake Michigan. It was settled in 1847 by Dutch Calvinist separatists, under the leadership of Dr. Albertus van Raalte. Harsh economic conditions in the Netherlands forced them to emigrate, while their desire for religious freedom led them to unite and settle together as a group. Famous for its annual tulip festival every spring.. Very Good+ .

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