Name/Title
Kalamazoo LakeEntry/Object ID
2010.02.01Description
This watercolor painting features people on the chain ferry with the Pavilion in the background.Collection
ArtworksCataloged By
Voss, MaryAcquisition
Accession
2010.02Source or Donor
Van Dis, Jane Ellen (Bird) 1921-2017Acquisition Method
DonationMade/Created
Artist
Hotchkiss, Edna B. 1888-1977Date made
1940Location
Room
2nd floor gallery/conference roomCondition
Notes
Description of Condition: Was completely professionally restored by Kari Miller Restoration
Damage Information: Was received in poor condition (very dirty and not flat)Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Old Chain Ferry Scows c1836-1947Interpretative Labels
Label
Edna B. Hotchkiss
1888-1977
Kalamazoo Lake
1940 | watercolor on paper
By the 1940s, the chain ferry scow had passed from being vital transportation to a quaint relic of earlier days. This watercolor painting depicts a loaded ferry with the Big Pavilion in the background. Hotchkiss was likely summering at Ox-Bow when this painting was executed.
From about 1911 into the 1940s, Hotchkiss spent nearly every summer at a particular cottage at the Ox-Bow Summer School of Painting campus. The cottage is still known today as the Hotchkiss cottage.
Collection: Saugatuck-Douglas History Center
Gift of: Jane (Bird) Van Dis
Accession: 2010.02General Notes
Note
Edna Hotchkiss was a local artist that painted at the Ox Bow School of Art in Saugatuck
Status: Restoration
Status By: Ken KutzelCreate Date
May 24, 2010Update Date
October 2, 2025