Kurz auction

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Kurz auction

Entry/Object ID

2022.21.182

Description

Simmons negative number 182 People gather around an auctioneer standing on the porch of a well-maintained house. An iron bed, ladder, speaker/radio/portable record player are items recently sold. Likely an auction at the George Kurz Home at 938 Center Street in Douglas. Mr. Kurz died in 1958. His home is now the Sherwood Forest B&B. Index text: 182 0/5 Saugatuck - People Kurz auction From photographic negatives created by William R. Simmons, editor of the Commercial Record newspaper between 1941 and 1961. More information may be in the 2001 SDHS book "Off the Record"

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Forest Inn/Sherwood Forest Bed & Breakfast/George Kurz home, Kurz, George Everhart 1872-1958

Collection

William (Bill) Simmons

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2022.21

Location

Box

194 Simmons Negatives

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966, Kurz, George Everhart 1872-1958

Create Date

March 10, 2022

Update Date

July 3, 2024