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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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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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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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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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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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Wire welder on cart
TitleWire welder on cart
Date1969-04-03
SubjectIndustrial equipment industry
DescriptionIndustrial Products. Wire welder on cart. Client: American Wire Company (Photographic Negative)
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Woman with in-sink dishwasher
TitleWoman with in-sink dishwasher
Date1957-12-03
SubjectDishwashing -- Equipment and supplies
DescriptionPeople - Daily Life. People Working. Female model demonstrating the new in-sink dishwasher. Two-b...
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Man working a ditto machine
TitleMan working a ditto machine
Date1939-08-10
SubjectOffice equipment and supplies
DescriptionPeople Working. Man in shirt sleeves operating a ""Ditto"" brand copy machine. Other office equipmen...
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Workers inspecting aircraft parachute WWII
TitleWorkers inspecting aircraft parachute WWII
Date1945-06-04
SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Equipment and supplies
DescriptionPeople Working. Three unidentified men loading AN-M26 parachute flare into wooden crate on conveyor ...
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Woman worker packing parachute into cylinder
TitleWoman worker packing parachute into cylinder
Date1945-06-04
SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Equipment and supplies
DescriptionPeople Working. Woman wearing kerchief and pants, loading AN-M26 parachute flare into outer casing d...
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Women workers preparing parachutes for loading into flares
TitleWomen workers preparing parachutes for loading into flares
Date1945-06-04
SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Equipment and supplies
DescriptionPeople Working. Women on assembly line tying off cords for AN-M26 parachute flares during WWII. Clie...
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Caused by the railroads
TitleCaused by the railroads
Date1887-03-05
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionIn addition to the general activity in business the merchants of the city report a heavy trade with ...
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Boom is setting in
TitleBoom is setting in
Date1887-03-05
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionThe fact that on the first of March many of the leading mines of the county increased the wages of t...
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Railroad Notes
TitleRailroad Notes
Date1887-05-14
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionThree Brooks locomotives which arrived in Marquette last week via St Ignace are part of an order of ...
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South Shore will add 500 25 ton cars
TitleSouth Shore will add 500 25 ton cars
Date1887-12-17
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionUpper Peninsula; The South Shore will add 500 25 ton ore cars to its equipment.
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Negaunee - The DSS&A engine No. 79
TitleNegaunee - The DSS&A engine No. 79
Date1888-07-11
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionDSS&A engine Number 79 at Jackson Mine.
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Railroad electric light
TitleRailroad electric light
Date1888-07-11
SubjectRailroads
DescriptionMr. C. G. Annesley of Detroit, a representative of the Brush Electric Light Co., is in the city to o...
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