Photographic Negatives from the 1949-1952

Name/Title

Photographic Negatives from the 1949-1952

Entry/Object ID

2021.12.01

Description

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

2021.12

Source or Donor

Swisher, Scott

Location

Box

001 Miscellaneous items

Create Date

February 5, 2022

Update Date

April 24, 2023