Wilson Summertime Photo Album

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Wilson Summertime Photo Album

Entry/Object ID

2009.19

Description

Personal photo album with black paper pages and a textured brown cover embossed with the on an indigenous man with a feather headdress and the text "Indian Chief, the oldest inhabitant" The album if filled with photos of summertime activities in the Saugatuck area around 1910, the Anna C. Wilson steamship, the Bird's beach house or bathing house north of Oval Beach, the new channel,. Donated by Frank & Kathy Wilson

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Print, photograph

Subject Person or Organization

Dynamite the Donkey(s), Anna C. Wilson (ship) 1912-1943, Wilson, Frank Ellsworth 1890-1923, Bird Bath House, Saugatuck Harbor Piers/Channel 1906-present

Context

Many photos of Frank Ellsworth Wilson who captained the Anna C. Wilson and ran the Saugatuck Beach house. He died young at age 32. See obituary at end of entry. Some of these photos were included in the 2009 "Summertime" exhibit at the SDHC museum.

Collection

1880 Tourism steamship era -1930, Family History

Cataloged By

Voss, Mary

Acquisition

Accession

2009.19

Source or Donor

Wilson, Frank

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

1911

Location

Box

017 Photo Albums 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: Photographs used in the 2009 exhibit Status: OK Status By: Mary Voss Status Date: 2009-04-13

Create Date

April 13, 2009

Update Date

August 5, 2025