Black and white photograph of a group of students and their music teacher singing during music class at the Sheldon School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of a girl's basketball team in a huddle at the Girls Youth Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of a teacher and two students working on making wooden crafts at the Franklin School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of a classroom of students working on making crafts at the Franklin School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of a group of school girls dancing during a charm class in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of two children playing on the snow-covered sidewalk of a Grand Rapids, Michigan, neighborhood during winter. In the photograph, one child is pulling the other child on a sled along the sidewalk. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of children sledding on homemade cardboard sleds at a neighborhood schoolyard in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of three individuals walking on the sidewalk of a Grand Rapids, Michigan, neighborhood during winter. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of a two-story house at 1111 Jefferson Avenue SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Black and white photograph of a ladder with two adjustable legs over a measuring grid square on grass. Part of a camera ladder rig system developed by Merrill for taking overhead photographs of archaeological excavations. Flowers and trees are…

Black and white photograph of four men working on the mammoth skeleton excavation site at Jonio Farm. At the left, a man leans over a mammoth pelvis bone in plaster.

Black and white photograph of two men standing over mastodon bones in an excavation site at Jonio Farm. Another man is visible working in the background.