Name/Title
Canoes across from Tourists Home, c1903Entry/Object ID
2024.04.20Description
Three images marked "Kit Lane Glass Plate."
1. Print of a photo of three canoes, loaded with people, paddle toward the west side of the Kalamazoo River. Two women standing on a dock are also turned to face the camera. In the background, across the river, is the Tourists Home lodging. Tourists Home hotel visible across the river.
2. Digital scan of a photo of three women in a canoe approaching the shore. The middle woman is wearing a wide-brimmed hat tilted at a sharp angle on her head. Docks, sailing ships and steam ships are visible across the river in Saugatuck village.
3. Digital scan of a photo of two blurry women sitting on a bench near the west-side chain ferry landing. Across the river the Tourist Home, Simonson Studio #2, tents and a steamship are in focus.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Print, photographSubject Person or Organization
Mt. Baldhead Hotel 1933-1959/Tourists' Home 1901, Simonson Studio #2Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Kalamazoo RiverContext
A digital version of this image is captioned "Kit Lane glass plate ca 1903 Tourist Home in back." This image likely shows very early resorters or Camp Grey visitors having fun in borrowed canoes.Collection
1880 Tourism steamship era -1930Cataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2024.04Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLocation
Box
075 Historical PhotographsCreate Date
June 28, 2024Update Date
August 24, 2025
