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Some More Buildings and Building Sites

Posted in DeKorn, Family History, Genealogy, Kalamazoo late 1800s - early 1900s, Photography early 20th century, Photography late 19th century, Richard DeKorn, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 21, 2013| 24 Comments »

 

I wonder which Richard DeKorn building site this is.  The thin line of trees behind it is interesting because that doesn’t look like right downtown.  What do you think the buildings behind the site are?  And that long low structure?

The next photo was identified by reader David K. as “the old city hall in Grand Rapids.” http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/habshaer/mi/mi0000/mi0015/photos/089268pv.jpg This makes sense because the photographer, Joseph DeKorn, ended up going to work for the City of Grand Rapids, eventually becoming  Superintendent of the Grand Rapids Water and Light Company. The details of the building are beautiful, as is the landscaping.

Joseph DeKorn took the following photo of Kalamazoo’s downtown. Comments by readers help to describe more about the location.

Downtown Kalamazoo

Downtown Kalamazoo

As usual, I don’t know enough about these photographs.  The first one was a photo I found with old newspaper clippings.  The other two were from glass negatives taken by Joseph DeKorn.  Any guesses on age, based on the clothing of the people?

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A Kalamazoo Saloon?

Posted in Family History, Genealogy, Kalamazoo history, Kalamazoo late 1800s - early 1900s, Photography early 20th century, tagged , , on March 11, 2013| 11 Comments »

This photograph shows up in both the stack of old photos I was given by my grandparents and in the glass negatives which had belonged to the family photographer Uncle Joe DeKorn (1881-1962).  My grandfather couldn’t identify it.  I wonder if it’s related to the photo in our collection of Dutch Arnold, the famous Kalamazoo saloon keeper.

Are there clues in this photo which anyone can identify?  The only thing I can be pretty sure of is that it was taken in Michigan and, most likely, in Kalamazoo.

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