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Musicians at a banquet
TitleMusicians at a banquet
Date1940-01-24
SubjectBands (Music)
DescriptionEvents. ""Old Timers"" banquet, Consumers Power Company, includes musicians and diners. Client: Cons...
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Comic artist at work
TitleComic artist at work
Date1950-10-27
SubjectJaycees International -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Bob Bahlman drawing Stalin's image for ""Don't Vote."" Client: Junior Chamber of Commerce (P...
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Young football players
TitleYoung football players
Datec. 1944
SubjectMilitary education
DescriptionEvents. Boys dressed in uniforms seated behind boys in football helmets and uniforms at football gam...
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Youth for Christ rally
TitleYouth for Christ rally
Date1945-06-14
SubjectAuditoriums -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Chorus and band in Chenery Auditorium for Youth for Christ Rally. Client: Kalamazoo Youth fo...
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Group of boys with adults
TitleGroup of boys with adults
Date1958-10
SubjectResidential treatment for children and youth
DescriptionEvents. Clarence ""Pop"" Dooley shakes the hand of an unidentified woman as several boys look on. Cl...
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School dance with couples
TitleSchool dance with couples
Datec. 1944
SubjectHowe Military School Howe (IN)
DescriptionEvents. Couple at dance, features young man in dress uniform and young woman in formal dress. Client...
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School dance, aerial view
TitleSchool dance, aerial view
Datec. 1944
SubjectHowe Military School Howe (IN)
DescriptionEvents. Dance in gymnasium includes men in dress uniforms dancing with women in formal dresses and a...
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Man with war bond ticket barrel and equipment truck
TitleMan with war bond ticket barrel and equipment truck
Date1943-08-12
SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945
DescriptionEvents. 'Drop Your War Bond Tickets Here' barrel in foreground and Ralph M. Ralston Co. Radio & Soun...
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Choral group singing at piano
TitleChoral group singing at piano
Date1958-02
SubjectChoirs -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Education. Choral group performing at Bernhard Student Center, Western Michigan College. Cli...
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Group portrait, company picnic
TitleGroup portrait, company picnic
Date1972-05-30
SubjectMead Corporation -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Employees at Mead Container Corporation picnic and award presentation, 4141 Manchester Road....
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People at a company picnic
TitlePeople at a company picnic
Date1943-08-12
SubjectIngersoll Steel Company -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Families going through buffet line at Ingersoll Steel Co. picnic. Client: Ingersoll Steel Co...
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Ribbon cutting at American National Bank, Allegan branch
TitleRibbon cutting at American National Bank, Allegan branch
Date1965-01
SubjectBusinessmen
DescriptionEvents. Five unidentified men at grand opening and ribbon cutting of American National Bank branch i...
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Flood waters at house
TitleFlood waters at house
Date1943-05-15
SubjectKalamazoo River -- Galesburg (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Flooding of Kalamazoo River near Galesburg, Michigan, includes house and trees. Client: Mr. ...
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Bride standing outside
TitleBride standing outside
Date1939-07-08
SubjectBridal bouquets
DescriptionEvents. Formal outdoor wedding portrait of Jane Sidnam Heath (Mrs. Frank A. Heath) includes full vie...
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Man presenting award at company picnic
TitleMan presenting award at company picnic
Date1972-05-30
SubjectMead Corporation -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Garth Miller holding award to be presented to Frank Hiestand at company picnic and award pre...
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Groundbreaking ceremony
TitleGroundbreaking ceremony
Date1940-02-17
SubjectCommunity centers -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Groundbreaking ceremony for Douglass Community House. William Shakespeare, Jr., breaking gro...
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Group of boys outside on steps
TitleGroup of boys outside on steps
Date1958-10
SubjectResidential treatment for children and youth
DescriptionEvents. Group of boys standing on the steps of Lake Farm Boys Home at 3921 Oakland Drive. Client: La...
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Allen Bradley display and meeting
TitleAllen Bradley display and meeting
Date1958-06
SubjectElectric lighting -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Interior of L. R. Klose Electric Company during business meeting features ceiling lighting f...
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Skit at a sales meeting
TitleSkit at a sales meeting
Date1949-04-14
SubjectShell Oil Company -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Man in a cardboard car in a play filling up the gas tank. Automobile skit. Client: Shell Oil...
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Census enumerators
TitleCensus enumerators
Date1940-03-28
SubjectCensus -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Men and women in winter clothes taking down census information. Client: Kalamazoo Gazette (P...
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People looking at Grumman F6F Hellcat airplane
TitlePeople looking at Grumman F6F Hellcat airplane
Date1943-10-25
SubjectHellcat (Fighter planes)
DescriptionEvents. People at Kalamazoo Airport looking at Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft. Client: Kalamazoo Stov...
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People looking at Grumman TBF Avenger airplane
TitlePeople looking at Grumman TBF Avenger airplane
Date1943-10-25
SubjectGrumman Avenger (Bombers)
DescriptionEvents. People at Kalamazoo Airport looking at Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft. Client: Kalamazoo Stov...
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Civic Theater, girls committee
TitleCivic Theater, girls committee
Date1940-02-15
SubjectTheater -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Photos of Girls Committee at Civic Theater. Fortune teller. Client: Consumers Power Company ...
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Company Christmas party
TitleCompany Christmas party
Date1949-12-24
SubjectPlatecraft, Incorporated -- Parchment (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Platecraft, Inc., Christmas Party, 1949. Client: Platecraft, Inc. (Photographic Negative)
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Winner receiving keys to new car
TitleWinner receiving keys to new car
Date1962-12
SubjectComet automobile
DescriptionEvents. Presentation of automobile to Ed Snuggs, right, winner of 1963 Mercury Comet, sponsored by H...
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