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Woman standing by large hose reel in warehouse
TitleWoman standing by large hose reel in warehouse
Date1969-01-02
SubjectWarehouses - Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Advertising. Woman standing next to large powered hose reel in warehouse. Client:...
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Pile of waste paper
TitlePile of waste paper
Date1942-06-08
SubjectPaper products industry -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Bails of shredded wastepaper next to parking lot with automobiles and a crane. Ra...
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Bar slitter at Union Camp plant
TitleBar slitter at Union Camp plant
Date1969-02-21
SubjectManufacturing industries -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Bar slitter at Union Camp Plant, Honeycomb Division, 1607 N. Pitcher. Client: Rob...
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Truck drivers in front of truck, plant
TitleTruck drivers in front of truck, plant
Date1943-12-11
SubjectPaper industry -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Drivers standing in front of truck, ""Sutherland Paper Co. Kalamazoo, Mich."" nea...
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Industrial plant with ammunition shells and workers
TitleIndustrial plant with ammunition shells and workers
Date1944-11-24
SubjectIndustries -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Employees working with engine lathes making ammunition shells at Hoover Supply Co...
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Steel industry building
TitleSteel industry building
Date1944-07-10
SubjectSteel industry and trade
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Exterior of factory building and parked cars at 150 Blaine Street. Client: Kalama...
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Motor in industrial installation
TitleMotor in industrial installation
Date1939-04-06
SubjectIndustries -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Howell explosion-proof motor. Client: William & Barrett (Photographic Negative)
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Office supply plant, interior
TitleOffice supply plant, interior
Date1944-11-12
SubjectPrinting plants -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Interior view of Doubleday Brothers & Company with employee operating printing pr...
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Paper making machine
TitlePaper making machine
Date1965-04
SubjectPaper products industry -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Interior view of Kalamazoo Paper Company showing papermaking machines. Client: Pa...
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Industrial press
TitleIndustrial press
Date1957-05
SubjectBrundage Company -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Johnson Press in Brundage Company. Client: Brundage Company (Photographic Negativ...
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Men working on assembly line
TitleMen working on assembly line
Date1957-11
SubjectIndustries -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Kalamazoo Manufacturing Company factory interior. Men working on ""Run-A-Bout"" l...
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Industrial stools in laboratory
TitleIndustrial stools in laboratory
Date1939-03-06
SubjectLaboratories -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Laboratory at Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Client: Kewaunee Mgt. Company ...
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Industrial machine area
TitleIndustrial machine area
Date1940-01-16
SubjectKirsch Company -- Sturgis (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Laboratory, possibly Upjohn Company. Features equipment and venetian blinds. Clie...
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Worker in apron using Roto-Finish at Shakespeare Company
TitleWorker in apron using Roto-Finish at Shakespeare Company
Date1946-11-05
SubjectMetal finishing industry
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Male employee wearing rubber apron and gloves using Roto-Finish compound at Shake...
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Man working outside on steel mill reel
TitleMan working outside on steel mill reel
Date1964-01-29
SubjectSteel industry and trade -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Man wearing hardhat, coat, and gloves, outdoors examining steel mill reel compone...
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Men working in train car/warehouse with paper scrap
TitleMen working in train car/warehouse with paper scrap
Date1944-05-24
SubjectPaper industry -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Men loading paper scrap into train car. Client: Sutherland Paper Company (Photog...
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Two people digging in lawn planting a flag pole
TitleTwo people digging in lawn planting a flag pole
Date1943-05-05
SubjectGarden tools
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. People - Daily Life. People Working. Two employees digging a hole for a flag pole...
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Man with fire extinguisher
TitleMan with fire extinguisher
Date1943-04-01
SubjectCoal trade
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. People Working. Hayward Hawkins with fire extinguisher in coal yard. Client: Shak...
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Production for war parachute canisters
TitleProduction for war parachute canisters
Date1944-02-01
SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. People Working. Women and men loading AN-M26 parachute flares into wooden crates ...
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War production for parachutes
TitleWar production for parachutes
Date1944-02-01
SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. People Working. Women assembling parachutes for AN-M26 parachute flares at Kalama...
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Laboratory setting
TitleLaboratory setting
Date1940-01-16
SubjectKirsch Company -- Sturgis (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Pharmaceutical manufacturing, possibly Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Featu...
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Worker at printing press
TitleWorker at printing press
Date1943-08-06
SubjectPrinting presses
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Plant scene with worker at printing press for bank window. Client: Sutherland Pap...
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National Gypsum factory building, exterior
TitleNational Gypsum factory building, exterior
Date1957-07
SubjectRailroad motor -- cars
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Railroad cars on siding by National Gypsum Company, manufacturers of Gold Bond Bu...
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Administrator by factory equipment
TitleAdministrator by factory equipment
Date1969-09
SubjectBusinessmen. Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Richard Olmsted at size press. September 1969. Client: Cargill, Inc. (Photograph...
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Ammunition shells in warehouse
TitleAmmunition shells in warehouse
Date1944-11-24
SubjectIndustries -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Stacks of ammunition shells in warehouse area, Hoover Supply Company, 326 W. Kala...
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