COLLECTION NAME:
WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
mediaCollectionId
wmich~5~5
WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
Collection
true
Identifier:
exwa_wmup_p-0008300
identifier
exwa_wmup_p-0008300
Identifier
false
Title:
Post Office Building, Kalamazoo, Michigan, during demolition
title
Post Office Building, Kalamazoo, Michigan, during demolition
Title
false
Date:
approximately 1940
date
approximately 1940
Date
false
Description:
Red brick Post Office Building, Kalamazoo, Michigan located at the southwest corner of South Burdick Street and West South Street. Completed in 1892, it was used into the 1930s and later demolished in 1940. Photograph looking northwest shows almost all of the building gone except for northeast corner where corner tower located. Steam shovel in middle of site. Salvaged materials surrounding building. Park Building most prominent in background.
description
Red brick Post Office Building, Kalamazoo, Michigan located at the southwest corner of South Burdick Street and West South Street. Completed in 1892, it was used into the 1930s and later demolished in 1940. Photograph looking northwest shows almost all of the building gone except for northeast corner where corner tower located. Steam shovel in middle of site. Salvaged materials surrounding building. Park Building most prominent in background.
Description
false
Building:
Kalamazoo Post Office (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
building
Kalamazoo Post Office (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Building
false
Building:
Park Building (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
building
Park Building (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Building
false
Subject:
Historic buildings--Michigan--Kalamazoo
subject
Historic buildings--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject
false
Subject:
Post offices--Michigan--Kalamazoo
subject
Post offices--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject
false
Subject:
Richardsonian Romanesque
subject
Richardsonian Romanesque
Subject
false
Subject:
Demolition--Michigan--Kalamazoo
subject
Demolition--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject
false
Subject:
Construction equipment
subject
Construction equipment
Subject
false
Location:
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
coverage_spatial
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Location
false
Time Period:
1940 - 1945
time_period_
1940 - 1945
Time Period
false
Source:
3.5 x 2.5 in. black and white snapshot, WMU Photograph Collection, P-0008300
source
3.5 x 2.5 in. black and white snapshot, WMU Photograph Collection, P-0008300
Source
false
Collection:
Western Michigan University Regional History Photograph Collection
collection
Western Michigan University Regional History Photograph Collection
Collection
false
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
publisher
Western Michigan University
Publisher
false
Digital Date:
2021
digitization_date
2021
Digital Date
false
Rights:
This material is protected by copyright. Copyright held by Western Michigan University, all rights reserved. For additional information, please contact the Western Michigan University Archives, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Type:
image
type
image
Type
false
Format Creation:
image/tiff
format_creation
image/tiff
Format Creation
false
Box Barcode:
31141024385002
other_identifier
31141024385002
Box Barcode
false