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Houses

Lustron Homes

Lustron Home ad, c.1947 “The Lustron home was an enameled-steel prefabricated house that was immensely popular and highly promoted during…

Education

Child Welfare League

Although a weak economy and high unemployment marked the beginning of 1914, an air of hope was spreading across the…

Oshtemo Township

Slack School

Location: District #8 Fractional – Section 19, northeast corner of KL Avenue and Almena Road. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm.…

Business

Lull Carriage Company

A century ago, many of those people who were “dashing through the snow” were probably doing so in one-horse open sleighs produced…

KPL TV: Kalamazoo History

Kalamazoo in World War I

A 1995 documentary in eleven parts by Tom George, MD, about Kalamazoo’s efforts in World War I (11 parts).

Texas Township

Kinney School

Location: Fractional District #1 – Section 25, north side of S Avenue, between 10th and 12th Streets. Kalamazoo County 1890,…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Greater Kalamazoo Dixieland Society Jazz Band @ KPL

The five-piece band treated those in attendance to over an hour of traditional New Orleans Dixieland interspersed with information about…

Databases

LitFINDER

Poetry index of 600,000 poems with 50,000 full text. Short Story Finder offers full text, explanations, biographies. Over 1,000 complete…

Literary Reference Center

This rich full-text database provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines…

Explora for Public Libraries

Designed with public library patrons in mind, Explora provides easy-to-use features and reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and…

Kalamazoo Gazette Collection

Search Kalamazoo and Michigan history with The Kalamazoo Gazette Collection. Coverage from 1837 through current. Explore current and archived issues…

Britannica School

Suite of Britannica School resources at four levels - Learning Zone, Elementary, Middle, and High. School code is MeL5. Each…

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