Image, looking south, showing City Automotive Service located at 464 Portage Street near downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan taken by Mr. Todd (according to the large clock mounted on the wall in the center of the building) on October 7th, 1941 at 4:15...
Image, looking south, of the City Automotive Service located at 464 Portage Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Other businesses located within this structure are the Michigan Color Plate Company and the Globe Construction Company. This building once...
Image of three 1930's era delivery vans and one 1930's delivery automobile sporting advertisements for the Saturday Evening Post along with Mr. Will Rogers. Eight unidentified men and one unidentified woman can be seen posing with the vehicles...
1941 image showing bottling equipment in use at the Imperial Beverage Company of Kalamazoo located at 1810 Lake Street. When one looks closer one can see that Coca Cola bottles are currently on the line. As of 2017 the Imperial Beverage Company...
Aerial view, looking southwest, focusing on the South Westnedge, Whites Road and Cork Street intersections located in the southern portion of the city of Kalamazoo. South Westnedge Avenue runs through the middle of the image from near the top left...
View, looking northwest, showing the northwest corner of South Burdick Street (lower right corner) and West South Street (left edge to bottom right corner) in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. The image was taken from the roof (or upper floors) of the...
View, looking northwest, showing the northwest corner of South Burdick Street (lower right corner) and West South Street (left edge to bottom right corner) in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. The image was taken from the roof (or upper floors) of the...
Fire Fighting; Fire engines & Equipment; Businesses;
Image taken by commercial photographer John Todd just moments after his arrival on the scene of a Naphtha Chemical Explosion and Fire at the Kalamazoo Sled Company located at 844 East Crosstown Parkway in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Naphtha is a generic...
Fire Fighting; Businesses; Fire Engines & Equipment;
Image of the Kalamazoo Fire Department attacking a fire, resulting from a Naphtha explosion, at the Kalamazoo Sled Company. Naphtha is a generic term referring to flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures. The Kalamazoo Sled Company was originally...
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Image of Kalamazoo Fire Department fire fighters attacking the fire, resulting from a Naphtha explosion, at the Kalamazoo Sled Company. The Kalamazoo Sled was originally located at 844 East Crosstown Parkway in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Once the...
Fire Fighting; Fire Engines & Equipment; Businesses;
Image of Kalamazoo Fire Fighters mopping up after the fire which resulted from a Naphtha explosion at the Kalamazoo Sled Company located at 844 East Crosstown Parkway in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Once the largest producer of children's sleds in the...
Aerial view, looking northwest, of the Crosstown Parkway and South Burdick Street Intersection. Crosstown Parkway runs from the center left edge to the center right edge while South Burdick runs from the bottom left corner to the top center edge. ...
Tractor-trailer rig owned by the O-I-M Transit Corporation of Kalamazoo, Michigan, located at 473 Portage Street. It is parked in front of the Duro Oil Corporation building at 455 Portage Street (east side of Portage Street). As of 2006, both of...
Aerial view, looking southeast, of the Portage Street and Cork Street intersection. Portage Street runs from the top right corner to the bottom center of the image while Cork Street runs from the top left corner to the bottom right center of the...
Aerial image, looking northeast, of the DeNooyer Brothers Automobile Dealership located on Portage Street in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. DeNooyer's dominates the center of the image including (on the left) the used car division at 301 Portage...
Aerial image, looking north, showing the construction on the Meijer Thrifty Acres which would open in 1965. The road running from the lower left corner to the upper left edge is South Westnedge Avenue or "Old U.S. 131." The road at the top of the...
Image of Edward D. Taylor seated inside his residence at 124 West Michigan Avenue. Mr. Taylor was the president of the George W. Taylor Company, Clothing, Shoes and Men's Furnishings located at 137-141 West Michigan Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo. ...
Image of Edward D. Taylor seated inside his residence at 124 West Michigan Avenue. Mr. Taylor was the president of the George W. Taylor Company, Clothing, Shoes and Men's Furnishings located at 137-141 West Michigan Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo. ...
Image of Edward D. Taylor seated inside his residence at 124 West Michigan Avenue. Mr. Taylor was the president of the George W. Taylor Company, Clothing, Shoes and Men's Furnishings located at 137-141 West Michigan Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo. ...
Image of the Marvane Oil Company located at 1718 East Michigan Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The image, ca. 1960, shows the front facade of the building along with one of the company's oil rigs. According to the 1960 Kalamazoo City Directory...
