Aerial view, looking northeast, showing downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. Bronson Park can be seen in the lower left corner bordered on the north by Academy Street, the east by Rose Street, the south by South Street and the west by Park Street. The...
View, looking east up Michigan Avenue (formally known as Main Street) in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. The first intersection in the distance is South Burdick followed by Portage Street. The businesses on the right (south side) are (from closest...
Image, looking west, of the Harding's Friendly Market located on the north end of the Southland Shopping Plaza/Center at 6026 South Westnedge in Portage, Michigan. This shopping plaza/center is located on the southwest corner of South Westnedge...
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...
Group of women seated around one of the wall booths at the Club Hollywood located at 329 Portage Street just south of downtown Kalamazoo. The three women on the right are wearing the club's "waitress" uniforms while the others appear to be in...
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. ...
Young couple, identified as Virgel Cheney and T. Cline, skating at the Silver Star Skate Rink located at 141 Portage Street in downtown Kalamazoo. She is wearing typical 1940's style clothing while he is dressed in the standard United States Army...
Young couple, identified as Virgel Cheney and T. Cline, skating at the Silver Star Skate Rink located at 141 Portage Street in downtown Kalamazoo. She is wearing typical 1940's style clothing while he is dressed in the standard United States Army...
Image of Mr. Ralph H. Kooi seated in a chair near the fireplace in his home at 422 Parkwood Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mr. Kooi is the treasurer of the George W. Taylor Company, seller of men's clothing, accessories and furniture, located at...
Image of Mr. Ralph H. Kooi seated in a chair near the fireplace in his home at 422 Parkwood Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mr. Kooi is the treasurer of the George W. Taylor Company, seller of men's clothing, accessories and furniture, located at...
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...
Aerial view, looking northwest, of the newly opened Southland Shopping Center located on the southwest corner of South Westnedge (lower right corner) and Milham Avenue (left to right along the top edge). The businesses visible are (from left to...
Young couple identified on the negative envelope as Bill Carr and Grace Wetzel, Kalamazoo, Michigan. She is wearing standard 1940's civilian clothing while he is wearing what appears to be a United States Army enlisted man's Class A uniform...
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. ...
Military Facilities; Soldiers; Military Personnel; Barracks; World War II (1941-1945);
A United States Army Soldier seated on the edge of his bunk in an unidentified barracks buildings located at Fort Custer. Fort Custer is a military facility located on the boarder of Kalamazoo and Calhoun Counties in the state of Michigan. This...
Studio portrait showing a young woman identified only as "Waitress at the Barrels Kalamazoo, Michigan." She is not in a uniform but is wearing typical 1940's style clothing including a light colored belted dress with a stitched breast pocket...
Image of the large three tier cake baked for the Southland Shopping Center's one year anniversary party which will be held on August 18th, 1961. Dimensions of the cake are unknown, however using the individuals posed around it in later images, it...
Image labeled only as 'Beer Driver; Kalamazoo, Mich." The gentleman is wearing what could be described as a 40's era work uniform consisting of a collared work shirt with patterned tie, white collarless over-shirt of some kind and a "stadium"...
Image, looking northeast, of the Portage Plaza Shopping Center located in Portage, Michigan. The street running in the foreground is South Westnedge/131 and the slight depression near the lower left corner is that of the Portage Creek which runs...
