Clarage Fan Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Organization
Biography
Clarage Fan Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, manufacturers of commercial air systems. The company was purchased by Twin City Fan Companies, Ltd. in 1997.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
C. John Vander Weele Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3068
Abstract
This collection is composed of negatives and photographs of all sizes. The subjects of these photographs are largely employees of The Clarage Fan Company. The collection also includes some artifacts related to the production process of fans.
Dates:
1922-1961
Clarage Fan Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3901
Abstract
The collection is composed of a series of company newsletters titled the Clarage Air Line, and publications date from 1948 into the late-1960s.
Dates:
1948-1960
Linda Macleod Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3397
Scope and Contents
Photos of locations and events around Kalamazoo, Michigan, taken by Carl F. Tifft and dating from 1938-1942. Tifft took photos for and was part of the Clarage Fan Company basketball team. Tifft took photos of the Kalamazoo Lumber Fire which occurred in 1938, a parade put on by the circus in downtown Kalamazoo (undated), the Comstock Tornado in August 1939, Milham Park, the view of downtown Kalamazoo from inside the Hanselman Building, and...
Dates:
Dated photos range 1938-1942; One pamphlet dates 1931; Some photos are not dated