Stereoscope Cards, Allegan Series

Photograph

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Stereoscope Cards, Allegan Series

Entry/Object ID

2023.18.11

Description

Six stereoscopic twin-photos mounted on pink cards. The back of the cards are orange with a paper label that reads "Allegan Series, National Photo, View and Copying Co., / Steroscopic and 10x12 Views A Specialty / Atwater, Garrison [& George] Artists / Rooms over Bohm's Grocery, No. 15 Union Block, Allegan, Mich. (P.O. Box 773) / N.P.V.& C. Co. The labels have a "View of" blank line where the title of each image is hand written in pencil. 1 "Camping Party at the Harbor" - A woman stands and a man sits at a table, three tents, oars, firewood, flags, a hammock and trees in the background. The location is likely the Park Street camping area at the base of Mt. Baldhead 2 "A Picnicking Party" - In the left-side foreground, four girls sit at the edge of a log-strewn body of water. Six boys are standing on the logs further away. In the middle distance, a double-masted sailboat is moored. The oppose bank of the body of water is covered in trees. Likely location is Kalamazoo Lake or some other wide area of the Kalamazoo River that had logging activity. 3 "The Tug Twilight" A steam-powered tug sits on glassy-smooth water. A man stands on the roof of the pilot house. This may be the "small steamer" Twilight" that was sent to rescue the J.E. Martel in 1886. 4 "The Harbor, showing the Piers" - A double-masted schooner is tied up to the old Saugatuck channel piers. Note the (short lived) navigational light and catwalk. c1900 5 "Scissors grinder 14 years without a hat" - A bearded man drives a wagon bulled by a spotted ox down a muddy road. 6 "Lake Michigan by Moonlight" Shadowy image of a water wheel with the remains of a structure nearby. Also called stereographs

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Stereograph

Subject Person or Organization

Twilight (boat), Park Street Camp Grounds, Old Harbor/Channel piers pre-1906/Ox-Bow Lagoon

Collection

Transportation: water, 1880 Tourism steamship era -1930, Camping Grounds, Nautical

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.18

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Notes

Found in an envelope with note to "return to archives" from James Schmiechen.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

card

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

7 in

Location

Box

075 Historical Photographs

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

July 15, 2023

Update Date

June 18, 2025