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;...
Interior of the First National Bank and Trust Company of Kalamazoo located at 108 East Michigan Avenue. The building was originally constructed in 1916/1917. The building remained little changed until the early 1970's when, according to Kalamazoo...
Interior of the First National Bank and Trust Company of Kalamazoo located at 108 East Michigan Avenue. The building was originally constructed in 1916/1917. The building remained little changed until the early 1970's when, according to Kalamazoo...
Interior of the First National Bank and Trust Company of Kalamazoo located at 108 East Michigan Avenue. The building was originally constructed in 1916/1917. The building remained little changed until the early 1970's when, according to Kalamazoo...
Interior of the First National Bank and Trust Company of Kalamazoo located at 108 East Michigan Avenue. The building was originally constructed in 1916/1917. The building remained little changed until the early 1970's when, according to Kalamazoo...
Interior of the First National Bank and Trust Company of Kalamazoo located at 108 East Michigan Avenue. The building was originally constructed in 1916/1917. The building remained little changed until the early 1970's when, according to Kalamazoo...
View, looking northwest, of the Cool Farm Dairy located at 5024 Lovers Lane in Portage, Michigan. The image focuses on three employees (Don, UNKNOWN, and Bill) who are standing in front of the main facade of the business which was originally...
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 northwest, of Cade's Food Shop located at 216 South Burdick Street in downtown Kalamazoo. Next door (to the south) is Williams and Co. Jewelers and Optometrist located at 224 South Burdick while to the north is Nobil Shoes at 210...
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...
Image, looking northeast, of the brand new Hackett Catholic Central High School located at 1000 West Kilgore Road in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school was established in 1964 as Monsignor John R. Hackett High School in a joint agreement between the...
Image, looking northeast, of the brand new Hackett Catholic Central High School located at 1000 West Kilgore Road in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school was established in 1964 as Monsignor John R. Hackett High School in a joint agreement between the...
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...
Studio portrait showing a young woman identified only as "Waitress at the Barrels Kalamazoo, Michigan." She is not in a uniform but is wearing typical 1940's style clothing including a light colored belted dress with a stitched breast pocket...
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...
Public Schools; High Schools; Middle Schools; Junior High Schools; Elementary Schools; Administration Building;
Aerial view, looking northeast, of the Portage Central School Complex. In the lower center is the Portage Central High School building located at 8135 South Westnedge Avenue. On the back of the building is visible the construction of the new...
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...
Aerial view, looking northwest, of the Maple Hill Mall Complex located on the northwest corner of Drake Road and West Main Street. West Main Street runs from the left center edge to the right bottom corner while Drake Road runs from the bottom...
Group of unidentified George Pacific executives standing outside the new Georgia Pacific Corporation Converted Division located at 813 East Milham Avenue in Portage, Michigan. This building was originally built for KVP Sutherland Paper and then...
Exterior of the Georgia Pacific Corporation's Converted Division located at 813 East Milham Avenue in Portage, Michigan. This image, which was taken in January of 1971, shows the sign change from Brown Company Service Products Division to George...
