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...
Group of eleven individuals (some wearing skates and some not) standing at 11:45 pm in front of the "Skate Room" and "Refreshment Counter" of the Silver Star Skate Rink located at 141 Portage Street in downtown Kalamazoo. As of 2017 the sight once...
Group of eleven individuals (some wearing skates and some not) standing at 11:45 pm in front of the "Skate Room" and "Refreshment Counter" of the Silver Star Skate Rink located at 141 Portage Street in downtown Kalamazoo. As of 2017 the sight once...
Two gentlemen standing in front of the large silver star inside the Silver Star Skate Rink located at 141 Portage Street in downtown Kalamazoo. It is unclear as to the significance of the white visor caps that both gentlemen are wearing. As of...
In this image we see Kalamazoo City Mayor Glenn Allen (in hat) talking to an unidentified airport official. They are standing in front of the old North Central Airlines terminal building formally located at 5541 Portage Road. The large sign shows...
Aerial view, looking west, of the Kalamazoo Flying Service Incorporated located at 5607 Portage Road on the grounds of the Kalamazoo Municipal Airport. The hanger and office buildings are situated in the bottom center of the image on the east side...
Aerial view, looking northwest, of the Kalamazoo Flying Service Incorporated located at 5607 Portage Road on the grounds of the Kalamazoo Municipal Airport. The hanger and office buildings are visible to the right of Portage Road, which runs from...
Aerial view, looking north, of the Consumers Power Company power plant located at 701 East Michigan Avenue on the east shore of the Kalamazoo River just to the east of downtown Kalamazoo. The streets visible in the image are: East Michigan Avenue...
1940 photograph of an earlier photograph showing a family portrait originally taken ca. 1910. According the the 1939 Kalamazoo City Directory the address on the envelope of 171 Portage Street was home to the following: Wheaton Blue Print & Supply;...
Image, looking east, taken from the southwest corner of Michigan Avenue and Rose Street on a summer day ca. 1955. The businesses visible along West Michigan Avenue include: The Burdick Hotel (large multi-story structure on the north side of...
Aerial view, looking southeast, of the newly opened Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 1912 East Kilgore Road. The complex sits on the northern edge of the Kalamazoo Municipal Airport (today known as the Kalamazoo Battle Creek...
The aftermath of an explosion of a Standard Service Station located on U.S. 12 outside of Comstock, Michigan. It should be noted that U.S. 12 is today's King Highway/96 which runs east and west from the City of Kalamazoo to the Village of...
View, looking due north, of the brand new Cities Service Station located on the northeast corner of Mount Olivet (foreground) and Virginia Avenue (left edge of the image). This station stands on the apex of this unique corner. As of 2018 this...
View, looking northeast, of the brand new Cities Service Station located on the northeast corner of Mount Olivet (background, right edge) and Virginia Avenue (foreground, lower left corner). This station stands on the apex of this unique corner. ...
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...
Aerial view, looking northwest (almost straight down onto the brand new Topps Discount City Department Store located at 4445 South Westnedge Avenue. New Kilgore Road runs from left to right along the bottom edge of the image. As of 2018 this...
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...
Image, looking northwest, showing the State Theatre in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. This theater was designed in 1927 by renowned Chicago architect John Eberson and featured a Spanish motif with an interior designed to resemble a Spanish Courtyard...
View, looking southeast, of the Gull Road Elementary School located at 3010 Gull Road. The school sits across from the Nazareth campus. As of 2018 this building remains little changed and is now home to the Comstock Compass High School. It...
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...
