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Grand Traverse Auto Co. on Front Street. Julius Sleder was the Ford and Mercury dealer in Traverse City at this time.

A wooden car under a wooden sign which reads: Grand Traverse Auto Co. Located on East Bay.

Grand Traverse Auto Company used car lot, corner of West Front and Pine Streets, circa 1935.

Early sign for Grand Traverse Auto made of twigs and located near the O-At-Ka Beach dance hall on East Bay.

Grand Traverse Auto Company float that participated in the First Blessing of the Blossoms Festival Parade in Traverse City, May 22, 1925. It is shown on the 200 block of East Front Street with the First National Bank and Sherman and Hunter Menswear…

Valade family picture taken at their Elmwood Ave home : L-R seated- Eileen and J.B. Valade. Standing behind them are two of their children: Mary & Edward. Three other sons, Jerome, Raymond and William, were in the service during WW2 and weren't in…

1947 Centennial Parade of Traverse City, Bearded Men, parade of men standing in front of Grand Traverse Auto Company's used car lot on West Front Street, Traverse City. Also in background are the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, and the Hotel Traverse in…

Oversized black and white photograph titled "Parade of Bearded Men at Centennial of Traverse City, 1847-1947." Depicts well over 100 men, some dressed in costume, in front of various Front Street businesses, on the 100 West block. In the background…

Bicycle racers, on West Front Street, passing the intersection with S. Pine Street, heading west. Visible signage includes: 'A & P', 'Ford, Mercury, Lincoln' (Grand Traverse Auto), and 'FOE' (Fraternal Order of Eagles).