New Richmond and Klondike

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2023.18.20

Description

Five photos mounted on heavy, gray card. All have "New Richmond" and/or "Oct 1900" written on the back. 1. Riverboat Klondike docked beside a small gathering of buildings. "U.S. Mail" is painted on the boat's side wheel housing. "Klondike" is written on the back of the photo. 2. Large tents at a riverbank camping ground with rows of plank benches[?] in the foreground. 3. A large building, possibly a resort or mansion, with Tudor-style half-timber details and partially covered in vines. 4. A man, a woman and two children, likely boys, on the front porch of a building. 5. A woman sitting in a horse-drawn buggy with the same house as in photo 4 in the background. The photos are in a manila envelope with a mailing label indicating they were mailed to Kit Lane from Alvord, Burdick & Howson LLC Consulting Engineers in Chicago. A handwritten note on the envelope states "5 pix of New Richmond inc. riverboat Klondike - David Babbitt from 6464 119th Ave. Fenn."

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Print, photograph

Subject Person or Organization

Babbitt, David William 1942-, New Richmond/Richmond

Collection

Transportation: water, Camping Grounds

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.18

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Dimensions

Dimension Description

including cardboard backing, photos are about 5x7

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

7-1/2 in

Location

Box

016 Photos large

Create Date

September 17, 2023

Update Date

April 2, 2024