2014 Calendar

Ward Morgan (1907-1997)
All the photographs in this calendar were taken by local photographer Ward Morgan whose collection of 27,000 negatives is housed at the WMU Archives and Regional History Collections. For close to fifty years, Morgan, a lifelong resident of Kalamazoo, did work for both companies and individuals photographing buildings, products, groups and special events

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The Swan Diner on Portage Street, c1925
Regional History General Photograph Collection

JANUARY
Safety Patrol, Parkwood School, January 10, 1947
Alfred W. Lyons Collection

FEBRUARY
Fire at Doubleday Brothers and Company, February 15, 1948


MARCH
Mens Union, Western Michigan University, c1955
WMU Archives Photograph Collection

APRIL
East Hall at Western Michigan University, April 1954
WMU Archives Photograph Collection

MAY
Dance at Douglass Community Center, May 7, 1943
Ward Morgan Collection

JUNE
Advertisement for Sutherland Paper Company, June 25, 1940
Ward Morgan Collection

JULY
Closing Sale at Corson’s Jewelry Store, July, 1960
Ward Morgan Collection

AUGUST
Soap Box Derby, West Michigan Avenue, 1956
Structures in the background were Kalamazoo College’s Married Student Housing.
John E. Fetzer Institute Collection

SEPTEMBER
Faculty Member and Student, Western Michigan University, October, 1957
Ward Morgan Collection

OCTOBER
Driver’s Training, Kalamazoo Safety Council, Autumn, 1950
Ward Morgan Collection

NOVEMBER
Numazu Delegation visits Winchell Elementary, 1964
Ward Morgan Collection

DECEMBER
Gerrit Vander Meer and grandson, December 24, 1940
Ward Morgan Collection

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Diners and Wait Staff at Lunch Counter, Kalamazoo, May 1949
Even though the specific location of this restaurant in Kalamazoo is unknown, it is very typical of what one would find in a lot of communities with unlimited coffee, the daily specials and lots of meat and carbohydrates. Just make sure you save room for that piece of pie.

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