Name/Title
Camp Alice - digital imagesEntry/Object ID
2023.10.66Description
Scans of Camp Alice, a camping ground near the old Saugatuck lighthouse.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Digital scanSubject Person or Organization
Kalamazoo Lighthouses 1839/1858/1956-present, Camp AliceContext
"The 1890s brought a new back-to-nature leisure space into existence: the tent and the campground for young and old. By the early 1900s the wooded sand dunes between the Kalamazoo River and Lake Michigan had become a virtual “white city” of camp tents. Camping areas along Park Street and Lakeshore Drive acquired wooden platforms upon which large tents were erected each spring, often for a particular family. Many of these platforms later came to serve as the floor of a permanent cottage." -- James Schmiechen, Supermap text 2008Collection
1880 Tourism steamship era -1930, Camping GroundsCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2023.10Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLocation
* Untyped Location
Digital data in CatalogItGeneral Notes
Note
These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023. The location of an original or printed version of these photos was unknown at the time of cataloging.Create Date
April 27, 2023Update Date
June 19, 2024
