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The Ford float in the Blossom Festival parade on Front St. by the Hannah Lay store.

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…

Black and white photograph of a woman sitting in a wicker 3-D replica of a Model T Ford touring car that advertised Grand Traverse Auto Company, ca. 1931. The wicker car was at O-At-Ka Beach on East Grand Traverse 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…

Black and white photograph of Grand Traverse Auto Company used car lot, at the corner of West Front and Pine Streets, circa 1930-1935.

Black and white photographs of Grand Traverse Auto properties on Front Street before demolition, which included property on both sides of the street.

Black and white photograph of Grand Traverse Auto, Firestone Tires, Traverse City, 1930's.

By the early 1930's Grand Traverse Auto had grown to be the largest automobile dealership in Traverse City. At the far left in this picture, Bundy Brief's gasoline station can be seen.

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…

Black and white photograph taken across the Boardman River of the rear of the buildings on West Front Street, 1924-1925.
The Hannah Lay Company Store can be seen in the background and the rear of Grand Traverse Auto is in the foreground. The…