Photo credits

The background collage on our home page is made from photographs of Plainwell that their authors shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licenses, plus one public-domain postcard. Thank you to the photographers.

• Former Michigan Paper Company mill buildings beside the water, Plainwell (NRHP-listed)
  Photo: rossograph · License: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source on Wikimedia Commons
• Sun Theatre and downtown storefronts, Island Historic District
  Photo: Gpwitteveen · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source on Wikimedia Commons
• Main Street, Plainwell, about 1907 (postcard)
  Photo: Unknown photographer (postcard) · License: Public domain · Source on Wikimedia Commons
• Plainwell City Hall
  Photo: Gpwitteveen · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source on Wikimedia Commons
• Hicks Park, Plainwell
  Photo: Gpwitteveen · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source on Wikimedia Commons
• Sherwood Park, Plainwell, in winter
  Photo: Gpwitteveen · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source on Wikimedia Commons

Changes we made

We cropped, resized and combined these photos into a collage and placed a dark tint over it so text stays readable. Our adapted versions of the CC BY-SA photos are shared under the same license (CC BY-SA), as those licenses require. No photo was altered to change what it shows.

Are you one of the photographers, or did we get a credit wrong? Email staff@islandcityweekly.com and we’ll fix it.