Centennial Parade, 1968 Saugatuck, photos and press

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

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Battle Creek Musical Mopetts, Community Cleaners convict Bob Rea outside the Rexall Drugs guarded by Erv Diepenhorst

Name/Title

Centennial Parade, 1968 Saugatuck, photos and press

Entry/Object ID

2023.10.235

Description

Snapshots from the 1968 Saugatuck Centennial parade and tea at the Woman's Club. Also included are scans of Commercial Record coverage of the event on 22 August 1968.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital scan

Subject Person or Organization

Saugatuck Woman's Club 1904-present, Butler Street, 215 Butler/Phil's/The Walton/The Embassy Bar & Grill/Cook /Metzger/Wallin Building, 201 Butler/Saugatuck Drug/Rexall/Parrish's Drug/Hotel Hamilton/Saugatuck House 1852-1913, 229-233 Butler/Oosting Appliance Shop East/Green Kandle/Busy Bee, 237 Butler/Puddingstone/Sinbad/Carl Walter's/Community Cleaners/Roche building, Rea, Robert Roberts 1900-1977, Diepenhorst, Ervin, Wolbrink, Bob Jr. 1950-, Tillstrom, Burr 1917-1985, Sewers, Florence B. 1893-1984, Brady, Henry L. 1920-2011, Erlandson, Dave 1928-2021

Collection

Festivals, events, parades, celebrations

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.10

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Notes

These photos were scanned by SDHS volunteers and were posted on the Photo Blog in the hopes that community members would contribute more information. "tu" in the filename indicates the photo was "touched up" by Jack Sheridan

Location

Box

031 A+B+C+D Photo Files

Relationships

Related Events

Event

Saugatuck Village Centennial 1968

General Notes

Note

These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023.

Create Date

October 18, 2023

Update Date

August 17, 2025