Description
Explore Kalamazoo’s historic downtown, a vibrant pedestrian mall with red brick buildings and inviting red awnings. Doublebee Beneficial Finance Co. offered loans from $25 to $22,4500, showcasing the era’s financial landscape. This stunning postcard, featuring the nation’s first permanent park-like shopping mall, dates from approximately the 1960s.
Front Text (cleaned):
Doublebee Beneficial Finance Co.
Loans
$25-$22,4500
S&K Rescoe Co.
Back Text (cleaned):
The Mall, Kalamazoo, Michigan
It's the real thing, the first permanent park-like shoppers' mall in the nation, built in the center of an existing downtown business district.
