Aerial image, looking east, of the Mount Ever-Rest Cemetery located at 3941 South Westnedge Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This cemetery has two entrances, one on South Burdick Street, which runs from the left edge to the right edge along the top...
Entrance of the Kroger Grocery Company showing the crowd waiting to experience this brand new store located within the Southland Shopping Plaza at 6142 South Westnedge in Portage, Michigan. The people are lined up in the front entranceway as a...
Aerial image, looking east, of the Mount Ever-Rest Cemetery located at 3941 South Westnedge Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This cemetery has two entrances, one on South Burdick Street, which runs from the left edge to the right edge along the top...
Aerial image, looking northeast, of the Industrial State Bank's Washington Square Branch located at 1225 Portage Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This business can be seen in the center of the image on the right (east) side of Portage Street which...
Politics; Political Parties; Presidential Elections;
Group of unidentified individuals standing on the tarmac of the Kalamazoo Municipal Airport (5239 Portage Street) in front of a United Airlines Domestic Aircraft. The group, as indicated by their buttons, is campaigning for the Republican nominee...
View, looking east, of East Michigan Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. The image appears to have been taken from one of the upper floors of the American National Bank building located at 136 East Michigan Avenue on the southwest corner of...
Aerial view, looking northeast, of part of the main business district of downtown Kalamazoo. For context, the streets visible in the image include: East South Street (which runs from the top center edge, can be seen bowing out to the right side of...
Aerial view of the Holiday Inn, Crosstown Parkway located at 220 East Crosstown Parkway. Crosstown Parkway can be seen running along the left edge of the image from the top left corner to the bottom left corner. Other streets visible include:...
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...
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, 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...
View, looking northwest, towards the Rose Street and Kalamazoo Avenue intersection in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. Rose Street runs from left to right while Kalamazoo Avenue runs from the top to the bottom. The gentleman standing in the middle...
Financial Institutions; Banks; Banking; Motion Picture Theaters; Department Stores;
The First National Bank and Trust Company of Kalamazoo's main office located on the southeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Burdick Street in the heart of downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan at 108 East Michigan Avenue. The Ritchie Building (demolished...
Couples dancing inside the Willow's Cafe supposedly on Friday evening, November 1st, 1941. Other images accompanying this one indicate that this may, in fact, be New Years eve of 1941/1942. The unusual piece of furniture in the background is the...
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...
Image, looking south, of the Ramona Park entrance located on the eastern shore of Long Lake off Sprinkle Road in Portage, Michigan. This park contains swimming beaches, picnic pavilions, athletic fields and playgrounds. The park's history begins...
Lobby of the newly completed Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan of Kalamazoo's Milwood Branch located on the southeast corner of Cork Street and Portage Street at 3201 Portage Street. The cameraman is facing east with his back to the front door. ...
Interior of the newly completed Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan of Kalamazoo's Milwood Branch. The bank is located on the southeast corner of Portage Street and Cork Street at 3201 Portage Street in the Milwood neighborhood of Kalamazoo,...
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...
