TitleNobil Shoe Store display Date1944-02-26 SubjectStores, Retail -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Window display of women's shoes and purses at Nobil Shoe Store, 201 South Burdick. Clie... View Details
TitleWindow display of men's accessories Date1939-02-10 SubjectStores, Retail -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Window display featuring belts and suspenders at Kooi-Knapper Company, 128-130 N. Burdi... View Details
TitleKalamazoo Pant Company window display Date1964-08-13 SubjectBoy's clothing -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Window ""Back to School"" display at Jud Knappers Boy's Store, 143 North Burdick, featu... View Details
TitleKindy Optical storefront Date1945-07-30 SubjectStores, Retail -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Exterior of Kindy Optical Store at 323 S. Burdick includes neon sign and partial facade... View Details
TitleLady America product display window Date1949-10-17 SubjectStores, Retail -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionAdvertising. Lady America Home Products display in store window, Stanwood's Appliance Store, 143 S. ... 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
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
TitlePart 14: Business community (RealPlayer version) Date1973 SubjectHamtramck (Mich.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century. DescriptionMax Witkowski and his brother Vernon were clothiers whose store was a fixture on Joseph Campau. Und... View Details
TitleAerial of retail and residential area Date1957-11 SubjectStores, Retail -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Aerial photo of Sears store, parking, and surrounding residential area, 150 E. Cros... View Details
TitleChristmas shoppers at department store Date1944-12-09 SubjectStores, Retail -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Christmas shoppers at Gilmore Brothers Department Store. Client: Gilmore Department... View Details
TitleGreenhouse with cars in parking lot Date1963-12-13 SubjectFlorists DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Exterior of VanBochove & Bro., Inc., Wholesale and Retail Florists, 2301 Flower Str... View Details
TitleInterior of chocolate shop with female salesclerk Date1963-07 SubjectChocolate candy DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Female clerk inside the Chocolate Shop, 134 W. South Street. Candy displays, count... View Details
TitleMen standing outside chocolate shop Date1963-07 SubjectStores, Retail -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Four men, two in suits, standing outside the Chocolate Shop, 134 W. South Street. C... View Details
TitleClay Bootery on Cork Lane, interior Date1964-06-13 SubjectStores, Retail -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Interior of Clay's Bootery Inc., 1012 E. Cork, during grand opening features shoe d... View Details
TitleGreenhouse interior Date1963-12-13 SubjectFlorists DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Interior view of greenhouse, VanBochove & Bro., Inc., Wholesale and Retail Florists... View Details
TitlePeople shopping in jewelry store Date1969-11 SubjectStores, Retail -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionBusiness Scenes. People - Daily Life. Shoppers in winter clothing at Budd’s Jewelers, A Divis... View Details
TitleRibbon cutting at mall jewelry store Date1969-11 SubjectStores, Retail -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Ribbon cutting at opening of Budds Jewelers, A Division of Fox Jewelry Company, Wes... View Details
TitleLiberty Market storefront Date1939-12-22 SubjectStorefronts -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Storefront, Liberty Market, 321-325 N. Burdick, includes advertisements and prices ... View Details
TitleCustomers at jewelry store sale Date1960-07 SubjectJewelry stores -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Two sales clerks stand behind counter facing shoppers inside Corson's Jewelry store... View Details
TitleRetail shirt sale, close up 1 Date1939-02-09 SubjectDepartment stores DescriptionPeople - Daily Life. Business Scenes. Customers at shirt sale, J. R. Jones and Sons, Department Stor... View Details
TitleRetail shirt sale, close up 2 Date1939-02-09 SubjectDepartment stores DescriptionPeople - Daily Life. Business Scenes. Customers at shirt sale, J. R. Jones and Sons, Department Stor... 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
TitleUpTown Theatre, North Burdick Date1942-05-21 SubjectTheaters -- Kalamazoo (Mich.) DescriptionStreet Scenes - Service Stations. Burdick Street. Uptown Theatre 247 N. Burdick, SW corner of Eleano... View Details
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