Name/Title
Oval BeachEntry/Object ID
2022.21.067Description
Simmons negative numbers, as listed below.
A husky man in swim trucks descends the stairs toward a busy beach. A small party of sunbathers spread a blanket on the sand, in the background cards are parked on the oval.
Index text:
67 10/7 Saugatuck - Beach 7/1949 People on beach
69 4/5 Saugatuck - Beach 8/1949 People on beach
625 2/2 Saugatuck - Beach 8/1956 Oval Beach parking area
626 4/4 Saugatuck - Beach 7/1949 Approach to the Oval
638 0/4 bw Saugatuck - Beach 1957 Oval entrance, parking 25 cents
659 5/4 bw Saugatuck - Beach 1958 Beach and people
705 1/1 saugatuck - Beach 8/6/1949 Lineup (for beach house? refreshments?)
706 0/2 Saugatuck - Beach 8/1944 Road to the beach
710 1/1 Saugatuck - Beach 7/1949 People at the Oval Beach
From photographic negatives created by William R. Simmons, editor of the Commercial Record newspaper between 1941 and 1961.
More information may be in the 2001 SDHS book "Off the Record"Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Digital scanSubject Person or Organization
Saugatuck Beach House, Oval Beach 1936-present, Pluim, William II 1915-1956, Pluim-Menzies, Alice (Apkarian) 1920-2008, Sisson-Gardner, Susan G. (Floto) 1940-2017, Kozanecki, Bonnie (Sewers) 1941-2023Collection
William (Bill) SimmonsCataloged By
Winthers, SallyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Oval Beach 1936-presentCreate Date
March 8, 2022Update Date
July 30, 2025
![638 0/4 bw Saugatuck - Beach 1957 Oval entrance, parking 25 cents a638.jpg 2.1MB: At the Oval Gate
[The picture on exhibit poster and the cover of the book]
"The girls are identified as Susan (Floto) Sisson driving the car she received as a graduation present with Bonnie (Sewers) Kozanecki beside her. In the back seat is Diana (Meyer) Kausen [Sister of Pat (Meyer) Diepenhorst." - Bonnie Kozanecki
A Blue Ford
"The car in #638 is my "robin egg blue" Ford. Since I was a small child, 1949, my folks brought my brother and I up here. They went into the Ole Crow. We kids played the archery, miniature golf, plus bike for two." - Jeanne (Corliss) Roche.](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/4124/41d05220-ac77-11ec-96bf-09f6b013c901-vUU1XLB.lg@2x.jpg)
