TitleWire welder on cart Date1969-04-03 SubjectIndustrial equipment industry DescriptionIndustrial Products. Wire welder on cart. Client: American Wire Company (Photographic Negative) View Details
TitlePaper making machine Date1965-04 SubjectPaper products industry -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Interior view of Kalamazoo Paper Company showing papermaking machines. Client: Pa... View Details
TitleIndustrial stools in laboratory Date1939-03-06 SubjectLaboratories -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Laboratory at Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Client: Kewaunee Mgt. Company ... View Details
TitleIndustrial machine area Date1940-01-16 SubjectKirsch Company -- Sturgis (Mich.) DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Laboratory, possibly Upjohn Company. Features equipment and venetian blinds. Clie... View Details
TitleMan working at a Weidemann machine Date1964-02 SubjectIndustrial equipment DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Unidentified man working at Wiedemann sheet metal punch press machine. Client: Un... View Details
TitleMan at Wiedemann machine Date1965-02-08 SubjectIndustrial equipment DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Unidentified man working at Wiedemann sheet metal punch press machine. Client: Un... View Details
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... 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
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
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
TitleMan driving railroad track equipment device Date1963-08 SubjectRailroad equipment industry DescriptionPeople Working. Man operating a piece of railroad track equipment that appears to be used for spread... View Details
TitleBakery scene, preparing pies Date1958-10 SubjectFood service employees DescriptionPeople Working. Three kitchen staff preparing pies at Bernhard Center, Western Michigan University, ... View Details
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 ... View Details
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... View Details
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... View Details
TitleFlorence Mining news has it on the highest authority Date1887-03-05 SubjectRailroads DescriptionFlorence Mining News has it on the highest authority that the contract for the construction of the M... View Details
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 ... View Details
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... View Details
TitleRailroad Notes Date1887-05-14 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThree Brooks locomotives which arrived in Marquette last week via St Ignace are part of an order of ... View Details
TitleChicago Journal of Commerce displays Date1887-04-16 SubjectRailroads Description The Chicago Journal of Commerce displays its knowledge of the railroad situation on the Upper Peni... View Details
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. View Details
TitleDSS&A ordered 20 new coaches Date1888-03-31 SubjectRailroads DescriptionDSS&A ordered 20 new coaches, six baggage cars and four mail and express cars. Passenger coaches wi... View Details
TitleFive of the new DSS&A passenger coaches Date1888-06-29 SubjectRailroads DescriptionFive of the new DSS&A passnger coaches have left the works and are at Detroit having the heaters put... View Details
TitleThree more of the new South Shore coaches Date1888-07-07 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThree more of the new South Shore coaches are expected in a day or two now. The color adopted for t... View Details
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