Image of a severely damaged BSA Lightening Power motorcycle which was involved in an accident with a Chrysler sedan at the intersection of Palm Street and Milham Avenue in Portage, Michigan. The bike has been moved to the Kuiper Pure Oil Station...
Image of a severely damaged BSA Lighting Power motorcycle which was involved in a collision with a Chrysler sedan at the intersection of Palm Street and Milham Avenue in Portage, Michigan. The focus is on the gas tank and handle bars. The bike...
The First National Bank and Trust Company of Kalamazoo's Crosstown Branch located at 400 West Crosstown Parkway on the north side of Westnedge Hill. The camera is looking northwest facing the intersection of West Crosstown Parkway and South Park...
View, looking north, showing the Lovers Lane (foreground) and Portage Street intersection. This image was taken from just north of the Lovers Lane and Cork Street intersection. Some of the businesses visible are (right side): Barnes Oil Company...
The newly completed Zion Lutheran Church located at 2122 Bronson Boulevard on the southwest corner of Bronson Boulevard and Peeler Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The congregation has recently moved to this new facility from their old location at...
Aerial image, looking east, of the St. Monica's Catholic Church complex and property located at 530 West Kilgore Road just off the northwest corner of West Kilgore and South Westnedge Avenue. West Kilgore runs along the right edge of the image. ...
View looking north up Burdick Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Crane's Pharmacy (2050 South Burdick), The Launderette Self Service Laundry (2048 South Burdick) and Gordon's Marketeria (2049 South Burdick) are all visible on the left (west) side of...
The First National Bank and Trust Company of Kalamazoo's old Paw Paw Office located in downtown Paw Paw, Michigan. Paw Paw is a Village located to the west of the city of Kalamazoo. By 1962, this office will have moved to a new building located...
The Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan - downtown office (315 South Burdick Street - Kalamazoo, Michigan) shortly after remodeling in the mid 1950's. Formerly the home of the Elite Theater, Fidelity Federal moved into the structure in the mid...
Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan - downtown office (315 South Burdick Street - Kalamazoo, Michigan) shortly after remodeling in the mid 1950's. Formerly the Elite Theater, Fidelity Federal moved into the structure in the mid 1920's. Thirty years...
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...
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...
View, looking northwest, showing the east side of the brand new Cities Service Station located on the northeast corner of Mount Olivet (foreground) and Virginia Avenue (background). This station stands on the apex of this unique corner. In this...
View, looking northeast, showing the imposing facade of Borgess Hospital, Sisters of St. Joseph in Charge, located at 1521 Gull Road. The hospital complex is bordered on the south by Gull Road (foreground); on the west by Riverside Cemetery; on...
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:...
Opened in 1936, the Grand Rapids Furniture Museum was housed in the Tudor Revival mansion of T. Stewart White a local lumber baron. The museum would operate until 1959 when the collection was moved to the Grand Rapid's Public Museum. This home...
Aerial view, looking northeast, of the Upjohn Pharmaceutical complex located at 7000 Portage Road in Portage, Michigan. Upjohn moved a majority of its manufacturing from downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan to Portage in 1948. The open field in the...
View, looking southwest, showing the Kalamazoo Police Department and Municipal Court Building located on the southwest corner of South Rose Street (foreground) and West Lovell Avenue (right edge) at 416 South Rose Street. As of 2006 this 1960's...
