Name/Title
Photographic Negatives from the 1949-1952Entry/Object ID
2021.12.01Description
Seven canisters of 35mm black-and-white negatives from 1947-1952.
Images of a house, barn, outbuildings, grain elevator, pumping windmill, orchard and garden, family gatherings, people in a motor boat, puppies, cars, the Big Pavilion, Mt. Baldhead Hotel, yachts on the Kalamazoo, a late snowfall and also non-local shots from vacations, a boxing match, and a wedding.
The often-photographed house had a sign that says "Posegay SO" or "Posegay 60"
Tucked inside roll B is a note: "Crowes Card Club, Saugatuck fall 1949; Xmas at Irma's 1949; Saugatuck May 1950; Saug. Aug. Sept. 1952"
Inside roll D: "1952 Mich. Gardy at Boy Scout Camp, Cylke Etc.
Inside roll E: "Crowes Card Club 1953? at Saug"
The notes have been mixed up and do not correspond to the images on the negatives in their respective canisters.Acquisition
Accession
2021.12Source or Donor
Swisher, ScottLocation
Box
001 Miscellaneous itemsCreate Date
February 5, 2022Update Date
April 24, 2023