Name/Title
Jack Kreager's racing sailboatsEntry/Object ID
2024.47.01Description
Four b/w photos and a postcard. The photos show Jack Kreager posing with his model sailboats or by a real sailboat. The color postcard shows an aerial view of riverside marina (Dexter Press 7173-C, 5-6/25) with a note on the reverse side "Saugatuck Yacht Service where Jack Kreager kept his boat. This was "home" away from home in the summers! Late 1960s"Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Print, photographSubject Person or Organization
Kreager, John "Jack" E. 1921-1991Context
John "Jack" Kreager, son of Dr. Herman E. Kreager, grew up in Saugatuck. He later became a dentist/orthodontist in the Kalamazoo area.
A note from the donor Lisa Hatch: "My great uncle was Carl Bird of the ship building business, his wife Dorothy Waltz Bird being my grandmother's sister with whom she lived in her later years. I think my uncle "Jack" Kreager was inspired by this relationship when he built his model ships."Collection
Family History, Nautical, ChildhoodCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2024.47Source or Donor
Hatch, LisaAcquisition Method
Donation, unconditionalLexicon
Search Terms
Pond yachts, pond boats, sailboat model, boyhoodLocation
Filing cabinet
Files Accession NumberCreate Date
October 11, 2024Update Date
November 7, 2024