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...
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. These individuals are...
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...
View, looking northeast, of the Kalamazoo Container Corporation located at 2810 North Burdick in the Township of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Just to the south (right) of the Kalamazoo Container Corporation is Haviland Products Company located at 2722...
Interior of the St. Augustine gymnasium taken during the 1955 St. Augustine Senior High School Graduation Dance. This gym is located inside the St. Augustine Church and School Complex which stands at 600 West Michigan Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo,...
Image of couples dancing at the 1955 St. Augustine High School Graduation Dance in the gymnasium of St. Augustine High School. St. Augustine High School is part of the St. Augustine Catholic religious complex located in downtown Kalamazoo at 542...
Two unidentified couples taking a break at a table during the 1955 St. Augustine Catholic High School Graduation Dance. The dance is being held in the St. Augustine school gymnasium. This religious complex is located on the northwest corner of...
A group of unidentified chaperones observing the 1955 Saint Augustine High School graduation dance being held in the school complex's gymnasium. This religious complex is located at 542 to 600 West Michigan Avenue on the northwest corner of...
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...
Group of unidentified teenagers posed for a photograph at the 1955 St. Augustine High School Graduation Dance located in the school's gymnasium. The St. Augustine High School is part of the St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church complex located at...
