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Copy negative of Stay Alive Minnow Bucket
TitleCopy negative of Stay Alive Minnow Bucket
Date1945-12-18
SubjectFishing -- Equipment and supplies -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionBusiness Products. Copy negative of ""Stay Alive Minnow Bucket"" produced by Shakespeare Company, Ka...
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Circulator parts
TitleCirculator parts
Date1947-03-01
SubjectGeneral Gas Light Company -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionBusiness Products. Copy negative of circulator parts. Client: General Gas Light Company, manufacture...
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Display of Shakespeare Dopey fishing lures
TitleDisplay of Shakespeare Dopey fishing lures
Date1947-03-11
SubjectFishing lures
DescriptionAdvertising. Shakespeare Dopey fishing lures box display, featuring Gets ‘Em All—Big or...
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Empty dog cages
TitleEmpty dog cages
Date1969-06
SubjectDogs - equipment and supplies
DescriptionAdvertising. Empty dog cages. Client: Unifab Corporation. Kalamazoo, MI. June 1969. (Photographic Ne...
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Neil
TitleNeil's Automotive Service display
Date1940-08-06
SubjectBanks and banking - Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionAdvertising. Display for Neil's Automotive Service, distributor of Bendix Products, and ""School's O...
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Store displays of fishing rods
TitleStore displays of fishing rods
Date1949-03-01
SubjectFishing -- Equipment and supplies -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionAdvertising. Display of ""Shakespeare Fine Fishing Tackle"" includes product displays of Glass Fiber...
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Gas heater
TitleGas heater
Date1939-07-22
SubjectHeating -- Equipment and supplies
DescriptionBusiness Products. Gas heater produced by General Gas Light Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Manufact...
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Field hand driving a team through a Morgan Lumber and Cedar Company wheat field
TitleField hand driving a team through a Morgan Lumber and Cedar Company wheat field
Dateca. 1900
SubjectFarm equipment
DescriptionPhotograph of an unidentified fieldhand driving a team pulling a grain binder, through a Morgan Lumb...
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View of the excavation for a new business at the northeast corner of South Stephenson Avenue and Eas
TitleView of the excavation for a new business at the northeast corner of South Stephenson Avenue and Eas
Date1927
SubjectExcavation
DescriptionPhotograph of the excavation for a $35,000 one-story brick and steel business building at the northe...
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Steam shovel and crew of the Hamilton Shaft of the Chapin Mine
TitleSteam shovel and crew of the Hamilton Shaft of the Chapin Mine
Dateca. 1900
SubjectMines and mineral resources -- Equipment and supplies
DescriptionPhotograph of the steam shovel, an expensive and vital piece of machinery, particularly for the larg...
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Bailer at the Hamilton Mine
TitleBailer at the Hamilton Mine
Dateca. 1900
SubjectMines and mineral resources -- Equipment and supplies
DescriptionPhotograph of a bailer, with a capacity of 2, 560 gallons, at the No. 2 shaft of the Hamilton Mine. ...
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Three female office workers at Klose Electric Company
TitleThree female office workers at Klose Electric Company
Date1951-01
SubjectElectric lighting -- Equipment and supplies
DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Interior view of office and the secretarial staff, wearing corsages and stylish dr...
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Lighting showroom of Klose Electric Company
TitleLighting showroom of Klose Electric Company
Date1951-01
SubjectDisplay of merchandise
DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Interior view of showroom displaying residential overhead lighting, table lamps on...
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Businesswoman behind desk at Klose Electric Company
TitleBusinesswoman behind desk at Klose Electric Company
Date1951-01
SubjectElectric lighting -- Equipment and supplies
DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Lucille S. Klose, President, Klose Electric Company, 509 Mills Street, seated at h...
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Catalog cover for industrial reels
TitleCatalog cover for industrial reels
Date1969-04-14
SubjectAdvertising
DescriptionIndustrial Products. Advertising. Catalog cover and mailer, ""Reels for Industry"" from the Aero-Mo...
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Dairy equipment and supplies
TitleDairy equipment and supplies
Date1945-01-24
SubjectMilking machines
DescriptionIndustrial Products. Chore Boy milking machine photographed at Howard Hopkins, location unknown. Cli...
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Feed roll
TitleFeed roll
Date1969-04-30
SubjectIndustrial buildings - Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Products. Feed roll from machine at Union Camp Corp., Honeycomb Division. Kalamzoo, MI. ...
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Industrial reel, copy negative
TitleIndustrial reel, copy negative
Date1969-04-14
SubjectIndustrial equipment industry
DescriptionIndustrial Products. Industrial reel. Client: Aeromotive Manufacturing Company (Photographic Negativ...
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Man on Kalamazoo railroad motor car
TitleMan on Kalamazoo railroad motor car
Date1958-06
SubjectRailroad motor-cars
DescriptionIndustrial Products. Man in work clothes standing inside ""Kalamazoo"" brand velocipede railcar disp...
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Railroad tie removing equipment
TitleRailroad tie removing equipment
Date1957-08
SubjectRailroad equipment industry
DescriptionIndustrial Products. Man operating railroad tie removing equipment. Client: Matissa Equipment Corp. ...
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Businessmen outside show bus
TitleBusinessmen outside show bus
Datec. 1957
SubjectBuses
DescriptionIndustrial Products. People Working. Show bus for Hammond Machinery Builders, Inc. demonstrations. T...
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Businessmen in show bus with machinery
TitleBusinessmen in show bus with machinery
Datec. 1957
SubjectBuses
DescriptionIndustrial Products. People Working. Three men inside the show bus for demonstrations for Hammond Ma...
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Industrial grinding machines
TitleIndustrial grinding machines
Date1957-05
SubjectIndustrial equipment -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Products. People Working. Three men standing by industrial machinery including Hammond El...
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Poster of reel with type captions
TitlePoster of reel with type captions
Date1965-01
SubjectIndustrial equipment
DescriptionIndustrial Products. Poster. Series – L. Industrial reel with cutaway drawing and identifying...
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Sand blasted industrial part
TitleSand blasted industrial part
Date1969-05
SubjectFactories -- Equipment and supplies
DescriptionIndustrial Products. Unidentified sand blasted part from the George Olcott Company, Allegan, MI. Cli...
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