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Maps ➔ Map, 'New Map Of Greater Grand Rapids'

Identifier:
188572
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Collection Tier:
Tier 2
Related Entity:
Fred F. Johnson Company (creator)
Born in 1912, Fred F. Johnson graduated from Union High School. During the Depression, one of his many part-time jobs was for a map-making company. He was fascinated with the process, and during one long period of almost total unemployment, he made a map of Kalamazoo which he subsequently published and sold. His map-making endeavors went on hold during World War II when he and Marian moved to Ann Arbor so that he could work at Willow Run Airport. In 1945, after the war, he decided to give map-making another try. After finding there was a market, he formed the Fred F. Johnson Company. Some years later he moved his company to Grand Rapids where the company eventually incorporated and became Metro Graphic Arts, Inc.