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Collection
Making of Modern Michigan
528
Material Type
Photographs
525
Portraits
9
Architectural drawings (visual works)
3
Group portraits
2
Aerial photographs
1
Subject
Academic libraries
2
Adhesives
1
Advertising
21
Advertising agencies
1
Advertising, Outdoor
2
Advertising--Lingerie
1
Advertising--Milk
1
Aeronautics, Commercial--Passenger traffic
1
African American students
1
Aging--Prevention
1
Agricultural exhibitions
1
Air heaters
1
Air pilots
1
Air travel
1
Airplanes--Cockpits
1
Albion College
1
Almanacs
1
American Cancer Society
1
American Locker Company
1
American National Red Cross
1
American National Red Cross. Nursing Service
1
American newspapers
1
Ammunition
2
Animal cages
1
Apartments
1
Architecture
5
Architecture, American
1
Architecture, Domestic
13
Architecture, Queen Anne
1
Architecture--Designs and plans
3
Art deco (Architecture)
1
Ashtrays
1
Assembly-line methods
3
Auditoriums
2
Automobile dealers
3
Automobile driver education
1
Automobile graveyards
2
Automobile repair shops
3
Automobile supplies industry
2
Automobile wrecking and used parts industry
1
Automobiles
15
Automobiles--Cleaning
1
Automobiles--Collision damage
9
Automobiles--Maintenance and repair--Equipment and supplies
1
Award presentations
1
Awnings
2
Awrey Bakeries
3
Baitfish
1
Baked products industry
2
Bakeries
5
Baking
1
Baking pans
1
Balls (Parties)
2
Band saws
2
Bands (Music)
5
Bands (Music)--Michigan--Nazareth
1
Bank buildings
5
Banks and banking
5
Barbecuing
1
Barbour Hall Junior Military Academy (Nazareth, Mich.)
7
Barn fixtures
1
Barns
1
Bars (Drinking establishments)
2
Baseball teams
1
Basements
2
Bass guitarists
1
Bathrooms
1
Bathrooms--Design and construction
1
Bedroom furniture
2
Bedrooms
1
Bernhard Center (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
1
Betrothal
1
Beverage containers
1
Bicycles
2
Billboards
1
Birdhouses
2
Birds
1
Blinds
4
Blueprints
1
Bottles
1
Bowling
2
Bowling alleys
1
Boys' clothing
2
Breakfasts
2
Brick chimneys
1
Brickwork
1
Bridal bouquets
1
Brooms and brushes
1
Brundage Company
1
Building sites
1
Building, Brick
2
Buildings
4
Bus terminals
1
Buses
4
Business enterprises
9
Business schools
1
Businessmen
3
Cancer--Research
1
Canned foods
2
Canned peaches
1
Caps (Headgear)
1
Caregivers
1
Carriages and carts
1
Cartons
1
Cartooning
1
Catholic schools
3
Census
1
Chapels
1
Checker Motors Corp. (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
1
Chenery Auditorium (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
1
Chevrolet automobile
1
Child psychotherapy--Residential treatment
3
Children
10
Children's choirs
1
Children's plays
1
Children's radio programs
1
Children--Institutional care
5
Chimneys
1
Chocolate candy
2
Choirs (Music)
2
Choral societies
4
Christmas
1
Christmas decorations
4
Christmas shopping
1
Church architecture
4
Church buildings
5
Church sanctuaries
1
Cigarettes
1
Classrooms
10
Clergy
1
Clerks
1
Clerks (Retail trade)
1
Clock and watch makers
1
Clock and watch making--Equipment and supplies
1
Clocks and watches
1
Clothing and dress
32
Clothing trade
1
Clubs
4
Coal trade
1
College administrators
2
College administrators--Michigan--Nazareth
2
College buildings
6
College students
1
Comet automobile
1
Commerce
1
Commercial buildings
3
Commercial vehicles
3
Community centers
1
Community organization
1
Community theater
1
Computers
1
Construction projects
2
Construction workers
2
Consumers
1
Contests
1
Continuing education
1
Cooking schools
1
Countertops
1
County government
1
Courthouses
1
Crane, Caroline Bartlett, 1858-1935
25
Cranes, derricks, etc.
2
Cribs (Children's furniture)
1
Crocheting
1
Cut flower industry
2
Cycling accidents
1
Dairy cattle--Feeding and feeds
1
Dairy farming
2
Dairy farms
1
Dairy plants
1
Dairy products
2
Dairying--Equipment and supplies
1
Dance
1
Dance parties
2
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
1
Delivery of goods
1
Department stores
3
Diners (Restaurants)
3
Dining room furniture
2
Dining rooms
2
Dinners and dining
2
Dishwashing--Equipment and supplies
1
Display of merchandise
27
Displays in education
1
Disposable tableware
2
Dogs
1
Dogs--Equipment and supplies
1
Dried eggs
1
Drill presses
2
Drive-in restaurants
2
Drugs
1
Drugstores
2
Dry cleaning industry
1
Dwellings
8
Eaton Manufacturing Company
1
Education
3
Eggs as food
1
Electric Utilities. (Corporate Name)
4
Electric apparatus and appliances
7
Electric circuit-breakers
1
Electric lamps
1
Electric lighting
1
Electric lighting--Equipment and supplies
3
Electric motors
1
Electric power
1
Electric power-plants
1
Electric utilities
4
Electric wiring
1
Elementary school buildings
2
Employee competitive behavior
1
Employee motivation
1
Employees
6
Entertainers
2
Entertainment events
1
Equipment and supplies
3
Exchange of persons programs
2
Eyeglasses
1
Factories
3
Factories--Equipment and supplies
1
Faculty advisors
1
Families
1
Farm buildings
5
Farmhouses
6
Field houses
3
Fire engines
1
Fire extinguishers
1
Fire stations
2
Fireplaces
2
Fishing lures
1
Fishing tackle
1
Fishing--Equipment and supplies
3
Flags
2
Flares
1
Floods
1
Floors
1
Florists
2
Flower arrangement
1
Folk dancing
3
Food
2
Food containers
3
Food service
1
Food service employees
2
Food--Storage
3
Footwear
1
Fountain pens
1
Freemasonry--Rituals
1
Freemasons
2
Funeral homes
1
Fur garments
1
Garages
1
Garden tools
1
General Gas Light Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
1
General Motors automobiles
1
Gibson, Inc.
1
Girls' bedrooms
2
Girls--Societies and clubs
1
Government questionnaires
1
Grain elevators
1
Graphic arts
1
Greenhouses
4
Grocery trade
5
Grumman Avenger (Torpedo bomber)
1
Gulf Oil Company-U.S
7
Hairstyles
2
Handbags
1
Handcars
1
Handicraft
3
Handicraft--Therapeutic use
1
Hardware stores
4
Heath, Frank A.
1
Heating and ventilation industry
1
Heating--Equipment and supplies
1
Hellcat (Fighter planes)
1
High school buildings
1
Hitchcock Publishing Company (Wheaton, Ill.)
1
Holiday decorations
9
Holidays
1
Hose
2
Hospital parking facilities
1
Hospitals
2
Hotels
4
Household supplies
1
Housing
2
Howe Military School
4
Ice cream freezers
1
Ice cream, ices, etc.
1
Industrial buildings
7
Industrial equipment
11
Industrial equipment industry
4
Industries
15
Ingersoll Steel Company
1
Insulation (Heat)
1
Insurance claims
1
Interior decoration
9
International education--Activity programs
2
Japan--Numazu-shi
1
Jewelers
1
Jewelry stores
4
Job postings
1
Jukeboxes
1
Junior Chamber International
1
Kalamazoo Manufacturing Company
1
Kalamazoo Safety Council
1
Kilts
2
Kirsch Company
5
Kitchen cabinets
2
Kitchens
9
Labels
1
Labor
1
Laboratories
2
Laboratories--Furniture, equipment, etc.
2
Laboratory animals--Housing
1
Lakes
1
Landscape design
2
Lathing
1
Laundries
3
Laundry
1
Lawns
2
Liberty bonds
1
Librarians
2
Libraries
1
Lights Tree Company (Richland, Mich.)
3
Livestock exhibitions
1
Living room furniture
10
Lumber-yards
1
Machine-tools
1
Machinery
2
Machinery--Maintenance and repair
1
Mack trucks
1
Male employees
17
Male musicians
1
Male singers
2
Manufacturing industries
17
Maps
1
Marathon Oil Company
1
Marriage service
1
Mead Container Corporation
2
Meat industry and trade
2
Medical centers
2
Medical librarians
1
Men
4
Men's clothing
2
Metal finishing equipment industry
2
Metalworking industries
1
Michigan--Allegan
2
Michigan--Climax
4
Michigan--Grand Rapids
1
Michigan--Kalamazoo
280
Michigan--Kalamazoo County
13
Michigan--Kalamazoo River
1
Michigan--Lawrence
1
Michigan--Livonia
3
Michigan--Parchment
2
Michigan--Ypsilanti
1
Military education
5
Milk cans
1
Milk containers
2
Milking machines
1
Miller Davis Company
4
Miller Lumber Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
4
Mimeograph
1
Mineral wool
1
Minnows
1
Mobile home living
2
Mobile home parks
1
Motion picture theaters
1
Motors
1
Mural painting and decoration
1
Musical groups
1
Musical instruments
2
Nash automobiles
1
Natural disasters
1
Naval aviation
2
Navy V-12 Program (U.S.)
1
Nazareth College (Nazareth, Mich.)
4
Nazareth College, Nazareth, Mich
4
Neon signs
2
Nightclubs
4
Nurses
1
Nursing homes
10
Office buildings
4
Office buildings--Lighting
1
Office equipment and supplies
1
Office furniture
4
Offices
2
Old age homes
1
Older people
6
Oldsmobile automobile
1
Oral reading
1
Orchestra
1
Orthopedic apparatus
2
Orthopedic braces
1
Orthopedic nursing
2
Orthopedic slings
2
Orthopedic traction
5
Orthopedics
2
Otto Kihm Tire Company
1
Outdoor concert facilities
1
Outdoor recreation
4
Packaging
1
Painters
1
Paper containers
2
Paper industry
10
Paper products
1
Paper products industry
17
Paper sizing
1
Paper--Pressing
1
Papermaking
2
Papermaking machinery
1
Parachutes
5
Parking lots
4
Parties
1
Pastry
1
Patent medicines
2
Pediatric orthopedics
1
Pennsylvania Railroad
1
Pennsylvania Railroad (Corporate Name)
1
Pennsylvania--Railroad
1
Personal protective equipment
1
Pest control industry
1
Pests--Control
1
Pharmaceutical industry
7
Pharmacists
1
Phillips Petroleum Company
1
Photomicrography
1
Picnics
1
Picture frames and framing
1
Platecraft, Inc.
1
Police, Private
1
Polishes industry
1
Power-plants
1
Presidents
1
Printing plants
1
Printing presses
3
Private school libraries
1
Prize contests in advertising
1
Product demonstrations
1
Progressive Oil Company
1
Psychiatric hospitals
1
Public buildings
3
Public hospitals
1
Pumps (Shoes)
2
Punching (Metal-work)
2
Pyrimidine nucleotides
1
Radio stations
1
Railroad accidents
2
Railroad crossings
3
Railroad equipment industry
4
Railroad motorcars
3
Railroad ties
1
Railroad tracks
1
Railroad trains
1
Railroad yards
2
Railroads
2
Ranch houses
5
Ray Vickerstaff Advertising Co.
2
Reading
1
Ready mixed concrete industry
1
Recreation
1
Recreational vehicles
3
Refrigerators
1
Reliance Gauge Column Company
1
Religious camps
3
Restaurants
6
Revco Drug Stores, Inc.
1
Roofs
1
Rubber footwear
1
Rural roads
2
Sailboats
1
Sales meetings
1
Sales personnel
2
Sanding machines
1
Santa Claus (Fictitious character)
1
Savings and loan associations
3
Savings banks
2
Saws
1
School buildings
2
School buses
1
School children
2
School decoration
1
School field trips
1
School sports
1
Schools
9
Scrap materials
1
Selling--Automobiles
1
Service stations
21
Sheet-metal
3
Shell Oil Company
3
Shelving (Furniture)
1
Shoe stores
4
Shopping carts
1
Showers (Plumbing fixtures)
1
Showrooms
1
Sick children
1
Signs and signboards
3
Sinclair Oil Company
1
Singers
1
Sister cities
1
Sisters of Saint Joseph (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
4
Slogans
1
Soda fountains
2
Sofas
1
Soldiers
1
Springs (Mechanism)
1
Sprinkler irrigation
1
Square D Company
1
Standard Oil Company
1
Steam shovels
1
Steel industry and trade
2
Steel industry and trade--Employees
2
Storage and moving trade
1
Store fixtures
1
Storefronts
11
Stores or stock-room keeping
2
Stores, Retail
26
Stove industry and trade
1
Stoves
1
Stoves, Gas
1
Street lighting
1
Street-railroads
2
Streets
24
Students
13
Surgical plaster casts
3
Sutherland Paper Company
8
Swahili language
1
Swimming pools
1
Swine
1
Tableware
3
Teachers
2
Team bowling
1
Teenage boys
1
Theater architecture
1
Theaters
3
Tire industry
2
Tires--Retreading and recapping
1
Toilets
1
Tractor trailer combinations
2
Transportation agencies
1
Travel trailers
6
Tricycles
2
Truck accidents
3
Trucks
5
Trucks--Collision damage
2
Tuberculosis--Hospitals
1
Tumbling (Metal finishing)
2
Turning (Lathe work)
1
Typewriting
1
Uniforms
6
United Service Organizations (U.S.)
2
United Society of Christian Endeavor
1
United States Plywood Corporation
1
United States. Navy
1
Universities and colleges
9
Upjohn Company
1
Urban parks
1
Used car trade
1
Used cars
1
Valve industry
1
Valves
2
Vans
1
Velocipedes
1
Vending machines
1
Veterans
1
Veterans--Employment
1
Vitamins
1
WKZO (Radio station : Kalamazoo, Mich.)
1
Wagoneer automobile
1
Warehouses
8
Washing machines
2
Waste paper
1
Waste paper--Recycling
1
Water--Pollution
1
Water--Purification
1
Wedding costume
2
Welding--Equipment and supplies
1
Western Michigan University
10
Western Michigan University. Libraries
1
Western State Normal School (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
1
Winter
8
Women
2
Women employees
19
Women library employees
1
Women's shoes
2
Women--Employment
1
Wood finishing
1
Wooden stairs
1
Wooden-frame houses
1
Work clothes
4
World War (1939-1945)
15
Wreckers (Vehicles)
1
Writing materials and instruments
2
Youth
1
Youth for Christ Choir
1
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Kalamazoo City Hall, exterior
Still Image (1943)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Shaking hands with a returning veteran
Still Image (1945)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Businessmen in show bus with machinery
Still Image (1957)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Birdhouse with bird, viewed from kitchen window, photograph
Still Image (1924)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Japanese woman teaching a class
Still Image (1963)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Ribbon cutting at American National Bank, Allegan branch
Still Image (1965)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Kalamazoo Sheet Metal Manufacturing Company exterior
Still Image (1959)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Faculty and student in discussion
Still Image (1957)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Kitchen design, girls looking at pass through cupboard
Still Image (1939)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Family portrait in home
Still Image (1972)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Bar at Eagles Lodge
Still Image (1944)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Three Statler Ready Mixed Concrete trucks
Still Image (1964)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
V&A Bootery store
Still Image (1964)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Man moving boxes with lift truck
Still Image (1945)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Gulf gas station - Specks
Still Image (1957)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Woman working a drill press
Still Image (1944)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Teaching aids exhibit
Still Image (1957)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Portrait of Frank Heath
Still Image (1939)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Hands holding an industrial spring
Still Image (1964)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
Swartz's Drive-In
Still Image (1960)
Part of
Making of Modern Michigan
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