When:
July 24, 2023 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
2023-07-24T13:30:00-04:00
2023-07-24T15:00:00-04:00
Where:
Ladies' Library
Kalamazoo’s Automotive Heritage. Most people associate the Checker cab with Kalamazoo’s automotive heritage but there were other vehicles manufactured in our community, too. Tom Dietz will describe Kalamazoo’s automotive history as it evolved from the earlier buggy industry. A well-known historian and speaker, Tom was the local history curator at Kalamazoo Valley Museum, a post he held for 22 years before his retirement.