Two children standing in a crib in a home nursery. The negative envelope identifies one of them as "the Sloan Boy." According to the Kalamazoo City Directory, Harry and Zena Sloan lived for a short while at 429 East Walnut Street in Kalamazoo. ...
UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE - Two children and their father posed on the front hood of a late 1930's/ early 1940's four door Oldsmobile Hydramaic sedan. The automobile is parked in the driveway of an unidentified home.
UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE - Fourteen children (six boys and eight girls) posed around the Birthday cake. They are waiting for the Birthday Girl to blow out the candles.
Eastwood Plaza Shopping Center sign. This small strip mall is located at 3500 East Main Street on the southwest corner of East Main and Nazareth Road on the outskirts of the city of Kalamazoo. The camera is looking towards the southeast with East...
Santa Clause and two unidentified children standing next to a helicopter possibly at the Kalamazoo Municipal Airport located at 5541 Portage Road. The advertisement on the door of the helicopter shows that it is from the Chicago Illinois area.
Santa and Mrs. Clause receiving the key to the City of Kalamazoo from a group of children. This image was taken on a makeshift stage (location unknown) during the annual Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce Christmas Celebration and Tree Lighting...
Santa Clause meeting with a group of children just after the tree lighting portion of the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce Christmas Celebration in downtown Kalamazoo. The exact location of this image is unknown.
Gentleman, possibly Earl Martin (president of the company), seated behind his desk in the Kalamazoo Sled and Toy Company located at 844 East Crosstown Parkway. Formally known as the Kalamazoo Sled Company and once the largest producer of...
Gentleman, possibly Earl Martin (president of the company), seated behind his desk in the Kalamazoo Sled and Toy Company located at 844 East Crosstown Parkway. Formally known as the Kalamazoo Sled Company and once the largest producer of...
Image, looking northwest, the J. C. Penny Department Store located at 158 South Burdick Street in downtown Kalamazoo. The business stands on the west side of the street. Other businesses visible in the image are (from left to right) V & A Bootery...
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...
Fire fighting; Fire Engines & Equipment; Businesses;
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...
Image of eight unidentified boys and girls standing on one of the many pedestrian bridges in Milham Park with some of the children fishing and others just watching. Opened in 1911, Milham Park is located on the northeast corner of Milham Avenue...
Five children and one adult posed on a pedestrian bridge located near the northwest corner of Milham Park. Milham Park, located on the northeast corner of Milham Avenue and Lover's Lane in Kalamazoo, Michigan was gifted to the city by former...
Aerial view, looking northwest, of the Maple Hill Mall Complex located on the northwest corner of Drake Road and West Main Street. West Main Street runs from the left center edge to the right bottom corner while Drake Road runs from the bottom...
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...
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...
The young daughter of Mr. Robert "Bob" Hawkins of 246 East Lovell Street in downtown Kalamazoo. She is posed sitting on a coffee table that is covered with period magazines and other ephemera. What is interesting is that the address given on the...
Interior of the First National Bank and Trust Company of Kalamazoo's Vicksburg Branch located at 119 North Main Street in Vicksburg, Michigan. The camera is focused on an unidentified gentleman with two costumed children waiting at one of the...
