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Title
Downtown stores, Portage and E. Michigan, Kalamazoo
Creator
Morgan, Ward C., 1907-1997, photographer

Institution
Western Michigan University

Subject
Stores, Retail - Kalamazoo (Mich.)

Subject
Department Stores - Kalamazoo (Mich.)

Subject
Storefronts - Kalamazoo (Mich.)

Item Number
LA01a004

Relation
1 photo

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
Street Scenes - Service Stations. Michigan Avenue. Intersection looking south on Portage Street and east on Michigan. Leath's Furniture Co., 202-04 E. Michigan aka Humphrey Block, Hepp's Department Store 214-228 E. Michigan. Both stores have neon signs in the Art Deco Style. South on Portage view includes facadesof Yale Hotel, Ogden Hotel, Central Furniture Company and the Silver Star Roller Skating Rink and Bowo-O-Drome bowling alleys. A.U.V. (Arveiter Unterstutzungs Verein) Auditorium at far right. Cars line the streets. Client: Leath Furniture. (Photographic Negative)

Downtown stores, Portage and E. Michigan, Kalamazoo

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