Ribbon cutting ceremony outside American National Bank, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Ribbon cutting ceremony outside American National Bank, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Color photograph featuring the American National Bank building located at 101 East Crosstown Parkway in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The photograph was taken at the bank branch's ribbon cutting ceremony on June 13, 1964. View shows part of the front entrance facing South Burdick where a man speaks into a microphone to the gathered crowd. To the speaker's right a red ribbon is loosely tied to a Georgian Colonial-style column. The crowd includes women in formal skirts and shirts and corsages, men in suits, and children, who are lined up close to the speaker. None are identified. The photograph was taken by Joseph Schiavone. The building was demolished in 2023.

Type: still image