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... View Details
TitleUsing locker box to preserve food Date1945-01-03 SubjectFood containers DescriptionAdvertising. Demonstration of Sutherland Paper Company paperware for frozen foods features model ins... View Details
TitleWindow display for war years Date1943-05-19 SubjectPaper containers DescriptionAdvertising. ""Sutherland Products Serve on All Fronts"" display at First National Bank, 108 E. Mich... View Details
TitleDisplay booth at fair Date1944-10-02 SubjectBusiness enterprises -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Adams Insulation Company display at Kalamazoo County Fair promoting blown in Celotex Ro... View Details
TitleDelivery van with driver Date1957-12 SubjectKalamazoo (Mich.) -- Business DescriptionAdvertising. Business Scenes. Otto Kihm wholesale van parked in lot at 414 N. Rose Street, Kalamazoo... View Details
TitleKing Edward Cigars display window Date1940-02-24 SubjectBusiness enterprises -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Business Scenes. Window display of King Edward cigars at John C. Klosterman Wholesale C... View Details
TitleMeat display in store Date1940-06-25 SubjectDisplays of merchandise DescriptionAdvertising. Commercial refrigerator in store featuring Valley Frankfurters, Fort Pitt Sliced Bacon,... View Details
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... View Details
TitleStore lingerie display Date1939-10-05 SubjectStores, Retail -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Display of women's ""Miss Thrifty Lingerie, Made of Pepperell Fabrics"" in Power's Depa... View Details
TitleWar waste paper display Date1944-07-29 SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945 DescriptionAdvertising. Display boards ""Your Waste Paper Goes to War"" ""Ration K"" and ""Shell Cases"" featur... View Details
TitleGas heater Date1939-07-22 SubjectHeating -- Equipment and supplies DescriptionBusiness Products. Gas heater produced by General Gas Light Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Manufact... View Details
TitleDrive-in paper products Date1957-01-29 SubjectPaper products industry - Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. ""Drive-in"" paper products include plates, cups, napkins, and carton for French fries ... View Details
TitleEgg carton with die Date1956-07 SubjectPaper products industry - Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Egg carton die, unfolded carton, and completed egg carton. Client: Sutherland Paper Com... View Details
TitlePie plate display in grocery store Date1940-10-25 SubjectDisplays of merchandise DescriptionAdvertising. Display ""Bake-A-Pie"" paper plates in unidentified Kroger Store also includes canned p... View Details
TitleCity Automotive Service Date1941-10-07 SubjectAutomotive Automobiles DescriptionB/W negative of City Automotive Service located at 464 Portage Street. Other businesses residing in... View Details
TitleAuto Wreck, John and Vine Street Date1941-12-01 SubjectAutomobiles Accidents Kalamazoo Michigan DescriptionB/W negative of an automobile accident at the intersection of Vine and John Street in Kalamazoo, Mic... View Details
TitleCork Street and Lovers Lane Intersection Datec.1951 SubjectIntersections Kalamazoo Michigan DescriptionB/W negative looking west down Cork Street through the Lovers Lane, Cork Street intersection. A por... View Details
TitleLovers Lane looking south towards Portage Street Datec.1951 SubjectIntersections Kalamazoo Michigan DescriptionB/W negative looking north up Lovers Lane towards its juncture with Portage Street. The photographe... View Details
TitleMayor Glenn Allen at Kalamazoo Airport Date1955-10-12 SubjectMayor Kalamazoo Michigan DescriptionB/W negative of former Kalamazoo Mayor Glenn Allen 1951-1959 (right) standing with an unidentified g... View Details
TitleMayor Glenn Allen at Michigan Avenue and Westnedge Avenue Intersection Date1955-10-27 SubjectMayor Kalamazoo Michigan DescriptionB/W negative of former Kalamazoo Mayor Glenn Allen 1951-1959 standing at the intersection of West Mi... View Details
TitleBurger Bowl Restaurant Date1955-10-27 SubjectBusinesses Kalamazoo Michigan DescriptionB/W negative of the Burger Bowl Restaurant formally located at 498 West Michigan Avenue in downtown ... View Details
TitlePhillips 66 Service Station Date1968-10 SubjectService Station DescriptionB/W negative of the Phillips 66 Service Station located at 112 East Cork Street, just east of the Ea... View Details
TitleOakwood Enco Service Station Date1968-10 SubjectService Station DescriptionB/W negative of the Oakwood Enco Service Station located just north of Whites Road at 3050 Oakland D... View Details
TitleI-94 Marathon Service Station Date1968-10 SubjectService Stations DescriptionB/W negative of the I-94 Marathon Service Station located at 3016 Sprinkle Road. This was also know... View Details
TitleSuper Bargain Center (former Sears and Roebuck) front facade view Date1961-06-27 SubjectSears and Roebuck DescriptionB/W negative showing the front facade of the Super Bargain Center (former Sears and Roebuck) located... View Details
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