COLLECTION NAME:
Ward Morgan Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwaWMorgan_b03e899_02.tif
Title:
Newly installed rack on the Baxter Dry Cleaners Truck, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Date:
1942-05-26
Description:
Driver side of a Baxter Laundry truck just after a rack was installed. Text along the side of the truck includes: "Baxter Launderers Dry Cleaners", "Inspected and controlled Certified dry cleaning institute for maintaining dry cleaning standers", "summer storage for out-of-season garments", "Buy Defense bonds stamps". A manufacturer brand on the side of the car indicates it is a Ford. The truck is parked outside of an unidentified building. The photograph was taken for Gerrit VanDerMeer and Baxter Laundry Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Client:
Baxter Laundry Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Client:
VanDerMeer, Gerrit, 1898-1969
Photographer:
Morgan, Ward C., 1907-1997
Location:
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Time Period:
1940 - 1949
Subject:
Laundry industry
Subject:
Trucks
Subject:
Roof racks
Keywords:
Negatives; Advertising; Automobiles
Language:
eng
Source:
899-02, Ward Morgan Collection, A-1755, Box 3, B & W, 4"x 5" negative
Rights Status:
In Copyright
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
Type:
Still Image
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Collection:
Ward Morgan Collection
Relation:
2 photos in event - 899
Digitization Date:
2024
Format:
image/tiff
Newly installed rack on the Baxter Dry Cleaners Truck, Kalamazoo, Michigan
