Big Pavilion Fire

Big Pavilion fire: Origsize: 10"x8"; Origformat: Print-Photographic
Big Pavilion fire

Origsize: 10"x8"; Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

Big Pavilion Fire

Entry/Object ID

2018.07.08

Description

Two identical black and white photos taken of the Big Pavilion after the fire on May 6, 1960. The photos show a backhoe loading up burnt materials to dump into a dump truck. An image of a burnt Coke cooler in in the foreground. Stamp on the back of the photo: Photo by Marty Schmidt A.R.P.S. 2209 W. Morse Ave. Chicago 45, ILL AM 2-2913 RA 6-5364

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Print, photograph

Subject Person or Organization

Big Pavilion 1909-1960

Collection

1909 Big Pavilion -1960

Cataloged By

Voss, Mary

Acquisition

Accession

2018.07

Source or Donor

Found in the SDHS/SDHC collection

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Artist

Schmidt, Marty

Date made

May 6, 1960

Lexicon

Search Terms

Big Pavilion Fire (afterwards)

Location

Box

015 Big Pavilion

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Schmidt, Marty

General Notes

Note

Notes: "By May 20, the owners had met with construction engineers on costs and building time and the debris of the old Pavilion including four pianos, 400 pairs of roller skates, countless broken bulbs and melted glass had been cleaned from the site. A new auditorium to show films was planned but never materialized due to the interference from the Village Council" - Kit lane in the book, "Saugatuck's Big Pavilion." Status: OK Status By: Mary Voss Status Date: 2018-04-06

Create Date

April 6, 2018

Update Date

May 13, 2025