Lamson pneumatic tube system at Upjohn Company Building 24, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Description:
Black-and-white photograph showing the Pneumatic Dispatch tubing system at Upjohn Company Building 24 in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. View shows a woman holding a carrier tube and standing beside a relay dispatch station. The tubes were used to send inter-office communication, paperwork and to send drug samples to laboratories. In the background is lockers, and large windows looking onto a street with cars. Located at 301 John Street in Kalamazoo, Building 24 was also know as the Upjohn Company Office Building, which started out as the company�s administrative offices. It was later sold to Bronson Heathcare Group and renamed the Bronson Upjohn Building. The photograph was taken for Lamson Evans.
Institution:
Western Michigan University Libraries
Collection:
Ward Morgan Collection
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Language:
eng
Type:
still image