TitleTV paper products Date1956-11 SubjectPaper products industry - Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Paper products include ""TV Cold Cups,"" ""TV Hot Cups,"" ""TV Plates,"" and ""TV Lunch... View Details
TitleMan in suit standing by car Date1957-11 SubjectOldsmobile automobile DescriptionAdvertising. People - Daily Life. Mr. Black with his new car in front of a cornfield. 1958 Oldsmobil... View Details
TitleBoys modeling sport coats and pants Date1957-08 SubjectSchools -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. People - Daily Life. Two boys modeling suits by Ivy League Sportswear. Photo taken in f... View Details
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
TitleHands holding dried eggs package Date1942-05-06 SubjectEggs and egg products DescriptionAdvertising. Advertisement includes package of ""Pure Dried Whole Eggs U.S.A."" and a dozen eggs in... View Details
TitleStop Water Pollution billboard Date1969-02 SubjectAdvertising -- Outdoor DescriptionAdvertising. Billboard by Mulholland Sign Company, ""Trout and People Need Clean Water, Stop Water P... 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
TitleNational Hotel Datec. 1880 SubjectNational Hotel DescriptionAn enlargement of a black and white photo of the National Hotel, constructed on the southeast corner... View Details
TitleWashington House Hotel Date1870 SubjectWashington House Hotel DescriptionBlack and white photograph of Washington House, located on the south side of Washington Ave. between... View Details
TitleHighland Park Drive Date1913 SubjectHighland Park Association (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionBlack and white photograph of two women and a child on the walk at the intersection of Lake Ave. and... View Details
TitleBall & Co. Dry Goods & Grocery Store Datec. 1900 SubjectBall and Co. Dry Goods and Grocery Store DescriptionBlack and white photograph four women and three men standing outside of Ball & Co. Dry Goods & Groce... View Details
TitleBig Store Date1948 SubjectBig Store DescriptionBlack and white photograph of a block of retail shops, including The Big Store, Ver Duin Sports Cent... View Details
TitleWoman trimming pie Date1941-06-03 SubjectBaking DescriptionAdvertising. Elderly woman in kitchen wearing glasses and housedress trimming pie crust. Paper milk ... 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
TitleCook Mercantile Company Datec. 1890 SubjectCook Mercantile Company DescriptionBlack and white photograph of a women and two men, along with a horse-drawn wagon, outside of Cook M... View Details
TitleHighland Park Hotel Date1910 SubjectHighland Park Hotel DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Highland Park Hotel, located in Highland Park, Grand Haven, MI. View Details
TitleGrand Haven Boardwalk Date1995 SubjectHarbors -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionColor photograph of the Grand Haven Boardwalk along the Grand River, looking west to the South Pier ... View Details
TitleGrand Haven Pier and Coast Guard Cutters Datec. 1930 SubjectUnited States. Coast Guard DescriptionBlack and white photo of two tugboats and two US Coast Guard cutters in ice near the end of the Sout... View Details
TitleCar Ferry Milwaukee Date1912 SubjectHarbors -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the carferry Milwaukee and passenger ships Alabama, Crosby, and Nyack ... 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
TitleInterurban Spring Lake Date1907 SubjectStreet-railroads -- Michigan -- Spring Lake DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Interurban that became Savidge Street in Spring Lake, MI. View Details
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