Aerial view, looking towards the northeast, showing the Miller Lumber Company and the Miller Sash and Door Company located at 1919 Factory Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Factory Street is visible running from left to right while Reed Street...
Aerial view, looking northeast, of the brand new Consumers Power Company. The focus is on the west (front) side and the south side of the building which stands on the southeast corner of East Cork Street and Emerald Avenue. As of 2006 Consumers...
Aerial view, looking northwest, of the brand new Consumers Power Company located at 2500 East Cork Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The building stands on the outskirts of the Milwood neighborhood on the southeast corner of East Cork Street and...
Side view of a brand new Ford Ranchero hitched to a "5th" wheel travel trailer. The rig is parked in front of the Don Seelye Ford dealership located at 3820 Stadium Drive (on the north side of the street) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The camera is...
View, looking due south, showing the front facade of the Civic Auditorium located at 329 South Park Street. The theater stands on the southeast corner of South Park Street (right edge) and West South Street (foreground) across the street from...
View, looking slightly southeast, showing the front facade of the Civic Auditorium located at 329 South Park Street. The theater stands on the southeast corner of South Park Street (right edge) and West South Street (foreground) across the street...
Image of the dignitaries present for the cake cutting ceremony celebrating The Southland Shopping Center's one year anniversary. The image is looking southeast from inside one of the shopping center's store fronts and was taken prior to the doors...
View, looking northwest, 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 (running from left to right along the bottom edge of the image); on the west by...
View, looking north of the Borgess Hospital, Sisters of St. Joseph in Charge, located at 1521 Gull Road. The hospital complex is bordered on the south by Gull Road (running from the lower left corner to the right center edge); on the west by...
View, looking northeast, 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 (running from the bottom center edge to the upper right corner); on the west by...
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, looking northeast, of the Kalamazoo Container Corporation located at 2810 North Burdick Street in the Township of Kalamazoo, Michigan. North Burdick runs from the left center edge to the lower right corner while Mosel Street runs...
Image of the dignitaries present for the cake cutting ceremony celebrating The Southland Shopping Center's one year anniversary. The image is looking southeast from inside one of the shopping center's store fronts and was taken prior to the doors...
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...
The W-L Molding Company (Plastics Molders) located at 8212 Shaver Road in the Township/City of Portage, Michigan. This business stands on Shaver Road between Centre Avenue on the north and Melody on the south. Today, this business continues to...
Department Stores; Retail Stores; Green Houses; Sears and Roebuck;
Aerial image, looking northwest, of the new Sears Roebuck and Company department store located at 150 Crosstown Parkway on the southeast corner of Crosstown and South Burdick Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Crosstown Parkway runs from left to right...
Image, looking towards the northwest, of KVISD or Kalamazoo Valley Intermediate School District headquarters located at 1819 East Milham in Portage, Michigan. Servicing the entire Kalamazoo County school district system this organization continues...
Schools; Public Schools; Elementary Schools; Auto Theater;
Aerial view, looking northeast, of the Northglade Public Elementary School located along the right center edge of the image. Visible along the left center edge is the Douglas Auto (Drive-In) Theater located at 1776 Douglas Avenue. The road...
Image, looking northwest, of the Southland Mall located on the southwest corner of Milham Avenue and South Westnedge Avenue in Portage, Michigan. This mall, which opened in 1960, was first a shopping center. It was then expanded and enclosed into...
View, looking northeast, of the Kalamazoo Container Corporation located at 2810 North Burdick (east side) just to the north of the North Burdick and Mosel Street intersection which is visible in the lower right corner of the image. The business...