Image of the Bowers Tool and Die Company's employee picnic held on September 6th, 1941. The location of this picnic site is believed to be that of Ramona Park located in the then Township of Portage on the west side of Long Lake but this has yet...
Image of the Bowers Tool and Die Company's employee picnic held on September 6th, 1941. The location of this picnic site is believed to be that of Ramona Park located in the then Township of Portage on the west side of Long Lake but this has yet...
Interior of the Harris Hotel, located at 333 East Michigan Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, showing the annual Kalamazoo Chambers of Commerce gathering. The first hotel on this site was the American built in 1844. In 1910, after undergoing...
Interior image of the Harris Hotel, located at 333 East Michigan Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, showing the annual Kalamazoo Chambers of Commerce gathering. The first hotel on this site was constructed in 1844 and was named the American...
View, looking due west, of the new Kroger Grocery Store located within the Southland Shopping Center at 6274 South Westnedge in Portage, Michigan. Kroger originally opened in this shopping center 12 years earlier and a few doors to the north. As...
View, looking southwest, of the grand opening of the new Kroger Grocery Store located at 6274 South Westnedge in the Southland Shopping Center. Next door, to the right, is Top Value Stamps located at 6220 South Westnedge Avenue. In the distance...
Image, looking southeast, showing the front facade of the Gilmore Brother's Department Store located at 143-147 South Kalamazoo Mall (South Burdick Street) in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. This image reflects the damage caused by a category F3...
Image, looking southeast, of the Gilmore Brother's Department Store located at 143-147 South Kalamazoo Mall (South Burdick Street) in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. The image reflects the damage done by an F3 tornado which swept through downtown...
Image, looking northwest, showing the damage caused to the Gilmore Brothers Department Store by an F3 tornado. The tornado swept through downtown Kalamazoo during the afternoon of May 13th, 1980 causing millions of dollars in damages. Gilmore's...
Northeast corner of the Gilmore Brothers Department Store showing the damage caused by an F3 tornado that swept through downtown Kalamazoo on the afternoon of May 15th, 1980. The view is to the southwest with Farmers Alley in the foreground and...
Image, looking southwest, showing the rear of the Gilmore Brothers Department Store located at 143-147 Kalamazoo Mall (South Burdick Street) in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. The rear of the building was ripped off and deposited in Farmers Alley...
