Since this blog is called The Family Kalamazoo, I’d like to introduce you to the Kalamazoo, Michigan, downtown as it was 100 years ago. Here are some photographs taken by my great-grandmother’s brother Joseph DeKorn.
The information I have on the location of these photos was shared by Mark Johnson:
The first downtown photo: Looking west on East Michigan Ave. from Edwards St… Michigan Ave. jogs to the right at Portage St. The building furthest in the distance is the Kalamazoo Bldg. To it’s right in the foreground is the Haymarket Bldg. and further to the right is what became Shau Powell Sporting Goods.
Mark Johnson says:
The second downtown photo: Looking west on East/West Michigan from Portage St. The tallest building is the Kalamazoo Building (see window detail) and one of the buildings foreground right is what would become Stanwoods [Luggage and Leather].
My favorite thing about these photos are the wires in the sky!
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This post is a combination/revision of the first original post and a later reblog in 2014.
The Family Kalamazoo 