TitleSoldier and administrator looking at a diagram Date1945-01-02 SubjectMilitary education DescriptionPeople Working. Administrator and soldier, rank and service undesignated, looking at poster, ""What... View Details
TitleMan working in laboratory Date1939-03-06 SubjectPharmaceutical industry - Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. A man seated and working with scales at the Upjohn Company. Client: Kewaunee Mgt. Co... View Details
TitleBaker placing pastry on a tray Date1954-11 SubjectBaked products industry -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Baker placing Danish on a tray at Quality Bakery, 808 S. Westnedge Avenue, Kalamazoo... View Details
TitleKalamazoo Pant Company conference Date1964-05 SubjectDisplays of merchandise DescriptionPeople Working. Boys and young men modeling pants during a conference. Client: Kalamazoo Pant Compan... View Details
TitleBusinessmen with Allied Van Lines truck driver posing in front of truck Date1957-05 SubjectTruck and trailor combinations DescriptionPeople Working. Business Scenes. Three men standing by Allied Van Lines semi-truck in front of the N... View Details
TitleMen working with cable Date1957-10 SubjectSchools -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Cable installation during construction of Hillside Elementary and Junior High School... View Details
TitlePeople in computer room Date1969-06-25 SubjectComputers DescriptionPeople Working. Computer room at Aeromotive Manufacturing includes female operator seated at key pun... View Details
TitlePreparing food for WMU student center Date1958-10 SubjectFood service employees DescriptionPeople Working. Cooks preparing food at Bernhard Center, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.... View Details
TitleNurse and administrator Date1969-06 SubjectNursing homes - Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Earl Nelson, Administrator, and Dorothea Rosser, Director of Nursing, Harold & Grace... View Details
TitleWorkers outside DeNooyers Chevrolet Date1944-11-01 SubjectAutomobile dealers -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Employees in new uniforms standing in front of DeNooyer Brothers, Inc., 206-208 Port... View Details
TitleFive women working on factory production line Date1949-04-06 SubjectPharmaceutical industry - Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Five women in uniforms working on pharmacuetical bottling line. One is operating a p... View Details
TitleMen working on railroad Date1944-08-01 SubjectRailroad equipment industry -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Four men carrying railroad tie on railroad tracks demonstrating use of industrial to... View Details
TitleDrugstore sales counter Date1939-11-14 SubjectDrugstores. DescriptionPeople Working. Four saleswomen standing behind cosmetic counter at Van Avery's Drug Store, unidenti... View Details
TitleIndustrial testing, blueprints Date1944-08-21 SubjectBlueprints DescriptionPeople Working. Industrial Scenes. Man checking industrial part to drawing specifications. Client: B... View Details
TitleMan working a drill press Date1944-08-21 SubjectIndustrial equipment industry -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Industrial Scenes. Man in apron operating an industrial, hand-powered drill press in... View Details
TitleWoman working a drill press Date1944-08-21 SubjectManufacturing industry DescriptionPeople Working. Industrial Scenes. Woman in uniform operating an industrial drill press. Client: Bal... View Details
TitleMan behind counter at hardware store Date1963-10-20 SubjectMale employees DescriptionPeople Working. Jim Ippel behind counter at Hoekstra Sales Company, 617 Portage Street, includes kni... View Details
TitleWomen boarding buses Date1950-10-07 SubjectWomen employees DescriptionPeople Working. Librarians walking from 2 busses in front of Borgess Hospital during field trip for ... View Details
TitleShaking hands with a returning veteran Date1945-07-02 SubjectPaper products industry -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Louis W. Sutherland, Chairman of the Board and President of Sutherland Paper Company... View Details
TitleMale clerk at drugstore helping male customer Date1939-08-10 SubjectPharmaceutical industry -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Male clerk, wearing smock with ""Drug Shop"" embroidered on front, helping male cust... View Details
TitleMale worker at loading dock of Klose Electric Company Date1951-01 SubjectWarehouses DescriptionPeople Working. Male employee at loading dock, loading boxes from a hand dolly into the back of a Ho... View Details
TitleMan working at paper board machine Datec. 1957 SubjectMichigan Bakeries -- Grand Rapids (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Man at paper board machine. Client: Michigan Bakeries, Grand Rapids, Michigan (Photo... View Details
TitleWorker laying down slabs of material Date1949-02-10 SubjectInsulation (Heat) - employees DescriptionPeople Working. Man in overalls laying down slabs of 'Parham Insulation,' Inidentified location. Cli... View Details
TitleMan with Upjohn Company delivery truck Date1939-08-10 SubjectPharmaceutical industry -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Man in overalls leaning on front door of Mack delivery truck with ""The Upjohn Compa... View Details
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... View Details
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