KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI
GENEALOGY & LOCAL HISTORY
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Circus Parade forming up, 1930s
Old Postcards and Photographs of Kalamazoo
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Echo Valley Winter Sports Park, 1960s
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Echo Valley Tobogganing, 1960s
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Greetings from Galesburg, 1951
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Kalamazoo County Fair Grounds Racetrack, 1920's
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detail from the historic Davidson-McKee House on Stuart Avenue.
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Roofs near Bronson Park
Kalamazoo City Hall interior, 2001
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| The Kalamazoo City Hall, built in 1931 in what has been called "Civic Art Deco" Note the Art Deco motif in the 1931 stairway photograph |
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| See Corporation Hall /City Hall for information about the first Kalamazoo City Hall. Also see the building that served as Corporation Hall when it became home to J. C. Penny 1925-56. |
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Broadcast House
WKZO television and radio station (590)
John Fetzer owner , Fetzer Broadcasting Company
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40 Winks Motel 1953 "11 New Colorful Units - Tiled Showers Cross Ventilation - Safe-Aire Heat - Comfortable Beds - Restaurants Nearby. "2 Miles North from Downtown KALAMAZOO, MICH. on U. S. 131 phone 22413" Note the description does not mention air conditioning and indicates a 5 digit telephone number - sure indications of an early 1950's motel. |
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Michigan Central RR Depot, 1915
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Orrin B. Hayes Oldsmobile - 1940's, long a fixture of downtown Kalamazoo
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Martin 131 Dragway, 1960's
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Antique Kalamazoo Postcards
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