Grand Rapids City Commission / City Officials
Description:
Group portrait of Grand Rapids City officials including Mayor Paul Goebel.
Further research by staff identified members in the photo as city commissioners.
First row left to right: Garrit Gritter 3rd Ward Commissioner, Paul G. Goebel Mayor, and Lewis M. DeKorne 2nd Ward Commissioner.
Second row left to right: Peter Brouwer 3rd Ward Commissioner, Bernard S. Barto 1st Ward Commissioner, Robert H. Blandford 2nd Ward Commissioner.
Mayor Goebel was in office from 1950-53 and 1956-57. Blandford and Brouwer were elected as Commissioners in 1955, helping date this photo to 1956 or 1957.
Institution:
Grand Rapids Public Library