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Title
Interior of the Cork Lane Shoe Shop
Creator
John Todd

Institution
Portage District Library

Subject
Businesses Kalamazoo Michigan

Subject
Cork Lane Shoe Shop

Subject
Milwood Neighborhood Kalamazoo Michigan

Item Number
LK01f001

Relation
NULL

Type
collection, image

Format
jpeg

Description
B/W negative showing the interior of the Cork Lane Shoe Shop located at 1012 East Cork within the Cork Lane Shopping Plaza located on the southwest corner of Cork Street and Lovers Lane. The image is looking north through the front of the store with sixteen customers and four clerks present and was taken on October 16th, 1962. As of 2005, the Cork Lane Shoe Shop is still in business in the same location.

Interior of the Cork Lane Shoe Shop

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