Town and City Scenes--Kalamazoo | Archives of Michigan Digital Collections

Kalamazoo – “Portage Street in Winter, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Black and white postcard from approximately 1909 showing a winter street scene on Portage Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “Celery Fields, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from circa 1907-1910 showing celery fields near Kalamazoo, Michigan. The celery industry began in the Kalamazoo are in the 1850s, where Dutch farmers first started growing and marketing the crop.

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Kalamazoo – Main Street

Black and white stereograph of a street scene on Main Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – Main Street, Business College

Black and white stereograph showing a corner of Main Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The corner building houses an unidentified Business College.

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Kalamazoo – “Stuart Avenue, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from approximately 1916 showing Stuart Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “Fountain, Bronson Park, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from circa 1907-1913 showing the fountain in Kalamazoo, Michigan's downtown Bronson Park.

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Kalamazoo – “Central Fire Station, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from circa 1907-1914 showing the Central Fire Station in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The building was constructed in 1907 on the corner of Burdick and Lovell Streets.

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Kalamazoo – Bronson Park and First Presbyterian Church

Black and white stereograph of children posing in Bronson Park with the First Presbyterian Church in the background in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – Academy Street

Black and white postcard from approximately 1906 showing Academy Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – Gull Lake, W. K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary

Color postcard from approximately 1937 showing visitors viewing the birds at Gull Lake at the W. K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary near Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – South Street, looking west from Park Street

Black and white postcard from circa 1900-1910 showing South Street looking west from Park Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – Main Street (Michigan Avenue) looking west from Edward Street

Black and white postcard from circa 1900-1905 showing Main Street (now Michigan Avenue) looking west from Edward Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – Bird’s-eye view of Kalamazoo

Black and white stereograph showing a bird's-eye view of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “East Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from circa 1930-1935 showing East Michigan Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The American National Bank Building (originally the Kalamazoo Trust and Savings Bank Building) standings in the center background, built 1929-1930.

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Kalamazoo – “Hotel Rickman, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from circa 1907-1915 showing the Hotel Rickman, on the corner of Kalamazoo Avenue and Burdick Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “Grand Circuit Meet, Exposition Park, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from circa 1910-1912 of a horse race - the "Grand Circuit Meet" - at Exposition Park in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “Main Street, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from circa 1900-1906 showing Main Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “Brown Block, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from circa 1907-1909 showing the Brown Block, which stood near the intersection of South Burdick Street and South Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “Burdick Street Mall looking north”

Black and white photograph from approximately 1965 showing the Kalamazoo Mall - a pedestrian shopping area on Burdick Street - in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “Entrance to the Grounds of the Michigan State Hospital, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from circa 1909-1912 of the entrance and guard house to the Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital (known locally as "The State Hospital") in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The hospital opened in 1859 as the Michigan Asylum for the Insane and was a pioneed for psychiatric care and nursing.

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Kalamazoo – Kalamazoo Mall night scene

Black and white photograph from 1959 of a bird's-eye view of the Kalamazoo Mall pedestrian and shopping street at night, decorated for the holiday season in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “South Burdick Street, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from circa 1900-1906 of a street scene on South Burdick Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – Bird’s-eye view of Kalamazoo Mall

Black and white photograph from approximately 1960 showing a bird's-eye view of the Kalamazoo Mall pedestrian street and shopping area in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – Bronson Park

Black and white stereograph of a woman and children posing in Kalamazoo, Michigan's downtown Bronson Park.

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Kalamazoo – “Van Deusen Hospital, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Black and white postcard from approximately 1909 showing the Van Deusen Hospital, a women's receiving hospital and part of the Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital complex in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The building is name for the pioneering first full time superintendant of the hospital, which opened in 1859 as the Michigan Asylum for the Insane.

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Kalamazoo – “Kalamazoo, Mich., South Street west from Park”

Color postcard from approximately 1907 showing South Street looking west from Park Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “West Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from approximately 1908 showing a street scene on West Main Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “Kalamazoo, Mich. 1870-1873”

Black and white postcard from circa 1920-1930 showing an 1870-1873 street scene (probably Michigan Avenue) in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – Kalamazoo Mall

Black and white postcard from circa 1975-1985 of the Kalamazoo Mall shopping area in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – Main Street

Black and white stereograph showing Main Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with an unnamed business college labeled as being in the image.

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Kalamazoo – Aerial view of Kalamazoo Mall and surrounds

Black and white aerial photograph from approximately 1959 showing the downtown area surrounding the pedestrian shopping stretch of Burdick Street known as Kalamazoo Mall in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – Hanselman Building

Color postcard from approximately 1916 showing the corner of Michigan Avenue and North Burdick Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The tall building on the corner is the Hanselman Building, with the Burdick Hotel next to it.

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Kalamazoo – Aerial view of Kalamazoo Mall

Black and white aerial photograph from approximately 1959 showing the pedestrian shopping stretch of Burdick Street known as Kalamazoo Mall in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “South Burdick Street from Post Office, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from approximately 1907 showing the view north up South Burdick Street from the intersection with South Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “Scene near Lover’s Lane, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from circa 1907-1911 showing a view of Portage Creek Dam in Milham Park (near "lover's lane") in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “South Burdick, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Black and white photo postcard from circa 1930-1940 of South Burdick Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. On the left is an S. S. Kresge Company store, the company which would become Kmart and whose headquarters were in Detroit.

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Kalamazoo – “Scene near Lover’s Lane, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from circa 1907-1911 showing a nature scene in Milham Park near "lover's lane" in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “Main Street, Business Section looking East, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from circa 1907-1909 of the business section of Main Street (or possibly where it has become Michigan Avenue) in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – Park scene

Black and white stereograph of an unidentified park in Kalamzoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “Main Street at Night, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from approximately 1914 showing a night street scene on Main Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “Kalamazoo, Mich. East Main Street”

Color postcard from approximately 1909 showing East Main Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. On the right is The American Hotel (later renamed Park-American, then Harris), which opened in 1869 and closed in 1968.

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Kalamazoo – “West South Street, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Color postcard from circa 1907-1910 showing residences along West South Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kalamazoo – “W. Michigan, Kalamazoo, Mich.”

Black and white postcard from circa 1930-1940 showing West Michigan Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Burdick Hotel is prominent in the image, with the Hanselman Building just beyond it. The hotel opened in 1854, but was destroyed by fire in 1909. It was rebuilt, and stayed open until 1970. The building was torn down in 1973.

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