Michigan's Delightful Summer Resorts brochure, 1915

Archive

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Michigan's Delightful Summer Resorts brochure, 1915

Entry/Object ID

2011.27.01

Scope and Content

15-page brochure printed in 1915 by the Indiana Transportation Company telling all about the virtues of vacationing in Saugatuck and Douglas. Includes a list of hotels and tourist homes also a sailing schedule from Chicago. Maps include the Indiana Trans. Co.'s route across Lake Michigan and a detail map of Saugatuck-Douglas plus general information about traveling by steamship.

Context

The brochure promoted the area for boating, bathing (swimming and lounging at the beach), canoeing, fishing, duck hunting, dancing at the Big Pavilion, fruit farms, camping, automobiling and renting cottages. Mentions James Fenimore Cooper's Oak Openings, likens the view of Park St. from across the river to Switzerland's lakes and hills, claims Kalamazoo is a hyphenated cognomen of "Kahla" the name of Indian maiden and "Mahzoo" the name of her intrepid lover, and that lost Singapore's population was once 2,000.

Collection

1930+ Tourism, brochures, guides and maps, Transportation: water

Cataloged By

Voss, Mary

Acquisition

Accession

2011.27

Source or Donor

Volkema, Nancy Davis

Acquisition Method

Donation

Archive Details

Creator

Indiana Transportation Company

Date(s) of Creation

1915

Dimensions

Height

9-1/4 in

Width

4-1/4 in

Location

Filing cabinet

Files Accession Number

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Indiana Transportation Company, United States (ship) 1909-1946

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Mary Voss Status Date: 2011-07-11

Create Date

July 11, 2011

Update Date

August 17, 2024