Aerial view, looking northeast, of the Miller Lumber Company and the Miller Sash and Door Company located at 1919 Factory Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Factory Street can be seen running from left to right while Reed Street is visible running...
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...
Image of the Portage Township Hall located at 7800 Shaver Road in Portage, Michigan taken soon after the completion of the hall in June of 1959. It was utilized as the seat of government for thirty years, until 1989 when the offices were move a...
Image, taken from the Gilmore parking ramp and looking north up Farmers Alley, showing the rear of the Gilmore Brother's Department Store located at 143-147 South Kalamazoo Mall (South Burdick Street) in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. The view...
1941 image showing bottling equipment in use at the Imperial Beverage Company of Kalamazoo located at 1810 Lake Street. When one looks closer one can see that Coca Cola bottles are currently on the line. As of 2017 the Imperial Beverage Company...
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...
Twelve unidentified men, wearing the official Texaco Service Station uniforms, posed in front of the newly opened Germain's Texaco Service Station located at 6411 West Michigan Avenue on the outskirts of the City of Kalamazoo. This image was taken...
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...
Gentleman, possibly Earl Martin (president of the company), seated behind his desk in the Kalamazoo Sled and Toy Company located at 844 East Crosstown Parkway. Formally known as the Kalamazoo Sled Company and once the largest producer of...
Gentleman, possibly Earl Martin (president of the company), seated behind his desk in the Kalamazoo Sled and Toy Company located at 844 East Crosstown Parkway. Formally known as the Kalamazoo Sled Company and once the largest producer of...
Aerial view, looking southwest, of Southland Mall which is located on the southwest corner of South Westnedge (left center edge to lower right corner) and Milham Avenue (lower center edge to right center edge). This image was taken at the...
View, looking southeast, towards the intersection of South Pitcher Street (running straight) and East Michigan Avenue (running from left to right) in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Italian Revival railroad station on the left (dating from 1874)...
View, looking east, showing the exterior of the Portage Township Fire Station known as both Station Number One and the Central Fire Station. This fire house served the community of Portage, Michigan from 1941 to 1985 when it was finally replaced...
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...
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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...
Image of a Nash Rambler Greenbrier Station Wagon owned by Mr. Edward and Mrs. Mureen Ryan of Spruce Drive in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The automobile, driven by Mrs. Ryan, was stopped at the south crosswalk of South Burdick Street for the red light at...
