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
TitleDrugstore sales counter Date1939-11-14 SubjectDrugstores. DescriptionPeople Working. Four saleswomen standing behind cosmetic counter at Van Avery's Drug Store, unidenti... 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
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
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
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
TitleMen on assembly line Date1973-03-27 SubjectEaton Manufacturing Company -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Men on assembly line at Eaton Corporation, Fuller Transmission Division. Client: Eat... View Details
TitleMan monitoring large printing press Date1950-05-03 SubjectNewspapers -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Operator standing next to newspaper printing press at Kalamazoo Gazette. Client: Min... View Details
TitleMan preparing liquid in paper company plant Date1947-12-09 SubjectMale employees DescriptionPeople Working. Photos of “old timers†includes employee in cap drawing chemicals from a... View Details
TitleMan writing note in paper company plant Date1947-12-09 SubjectMale employees DescriptionPeople Working. Photos of “old timers†includes employee in overalls and cap, possibly a... View Details
TitleMen shaking hands and presenting check Date1947-12-09 SubjectMale employees DescriptionPeople Working. Photos of “old timers†includes two older men, one identified as Cliff S... View Details
TitleWomen in library viewing display board Date1950-10-07 SubjectMedical Librarians -Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Three female librarians in Upjohn Company Library looking at display, ""Interlibrary... 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
TitleTwo men pulling pharmaceuticals from stocking shelves Date1939-08-10 SubjectPharmaceutical industry -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Two men in aprons pulling orders for pharmaceutical products with labels bearing ""U... View Details
TitleMen working together in office Date1949-04-12 SubjectMale employees DescriptionPeople Working. Two men in suits seated in office and looking over papers. Safe and family photos in... View Details
TitleTwo women working on factory production line Datecirca 1949 SubjectPharmaceutical industry - Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Two women in uniforms working on pharmaceutical bottling line. One is operating a la... View Details
TitleWoman at work making paper plates Date1945-04-15 SubjectPaper products industry -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Woman packing paper plates. Client: Sutherland Paper Company (Photographic Negative) View Details
TitleWoman packing paper plates Date1945-04-15 SubjectPaper products industry -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Woman placing packages of decorated paper plates into shipping boxes. Client: Suther... 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
TitleMan working at drill press - from front Date1939-03-27 SubjectIndustries - Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionPeople Working. Worker in industrial apron and hat operating drill press at Humphrey Company. Client... View Details
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