Name/Title
Brockington image collectionEntry/Object ID
2025.29.02Description
Collection of iconic historical photographs including:
1. Cars outside the Butler Hotel, six prints of varying sizes and sharpness
2. View of Kalamazoo Lake river bank from Coral Gables to Butler Hotel, 5x7"
3. Map of Singapore Michigan from an unidentified plat map or atlas, two prints
4. Indiana Transportation Company's steamship Rochester, copyright 1915 Herman Simonson, 5x7"
5. Wood planks drying at the Basket Factory in Douglas, 5x7"
6. Interurban train car paused by Big Pavilion, 8x10", 5x7" and two real photo postcards
7. Hotel Butler boat livery, John Crowe proprietor, 5x7"
8. Horse-drawn sleighs on Butler Street in the winter, 8x10"
9. Davis Livery on Mason Street, print reversed, 8x10"
10. The Old Mill at Pier Cove, 7x5"
11. Unidentified man sitting at a table wearing a folded-brim hat and watch chain, a bottle at his elbow, 8x10"
12. Facade of the Seymore General Store, Glenn, Michigan, 8x10"
13. Graves Library, Holland, Michigan, a Romanesque building with round tower, dated 1905, possibly a copy of a printed image, 5x7"
14. High-angle view of the Ottawa Beach Hotel in Holland, Michigan, three prints, 8x10"
15. Parrish Drug Store and Fruit Growers State Bank, looking south on Butler Street, three prints of various sizes and sharpness.
16. The Big Pavilion as viewed across Kalamazoo Lake, possibly from lawn of 1st Harding Hotel, 3.5x6"
17. Mailed color postcard with colorized photo of Big Pavilion Harvest Dance, postmarked Douglas 191? to Minnie Klomparens in Grand Rapids.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Print, photographSubject Person or Organization
Basket Factories in Douglas circa 1851-1927, Rochester (ship), 40 Butler/Hotel Butler/Grist Mill/Haymarket, Big Pavilion 1909-1960, Interurban Railroad 1899-1927, Crow, John C. 1856-1915, Saugatuck Boat Livery/Adams & Heath Boat Livery, Davis Livery/Heath & Stillson livery/Schaberg’s Roller Rink, 201 Butler/Saugatuck Drug/Rexall/Parrish's Drug/Hotel Hamilton/Saugatuck House 1852-1913, Mize Rose Garden north side/Fruit Growers State Bank/Clapp's Grocery/Flint's Shoes/Walz Meat Market/Griffin/Tanner, Butler StreetSubject Place
City
Singapore, Michigan 1837-1875Location
Glenn, MichiganContext
Many of these photos were originally captured by early Saugatuck photographer Herman Simonson. Some prints are stamped on the back with the text "From the collection of Carlton Simonson, 212 Maple Street, Saugatuck, Michigan historian" or with the address 2020 Lake Street, Holland, Michigan.Cataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2025.29Source or Donor
Brockington, Cathy (Boyce)Acquisition Method
Donation, unconditionalMade/Created
Artist
Simonson, Herman C. 1878-1951Dimensions
Dimension Description
Various sizesLocation
Box
034 Peggy Boyce/Boyce FamilyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Simonson, Carlton Dale 1921-1999Create Date
July 19, 2025Update Date
July 20, 2025
