These cards were dated 1955 by the original publishers, but judging by the automobiles in a few of them we would judge that some are 10 or 20 years older.
Postcards like these were available for a dime in the revolving racks of all the downtown drugstores, dime stores and news stands. The original black and white photos have been tinted, airbrushed, and painted into a vivid hallucination of the mid-20th century.
Lots of Depression-era folks found work in the WPA crews that built Milham Park in the 1930s. Every kid in this area rode a school bus on the mandatory field trip over to Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. Teenagers in the 1970s could have attended rock concerts in WMU's East Hall on East Campus; two bands for a dollar!
We hope you enjoy these reminders of the forgotten corners of Portage and Kalamazoo.
