Name/Title
Dancing at the Big Pavilion 1945Entry/Object ID
2022.21.28Description
Simmons 028
People gathered around a pinball machine, wallflowers chatting or dancers resting on the benches, crowded dance floor, trio of men standing around a barrel inside the entry door with a stoic woman in the ticket booth under a sign that reads "Saugatuck-Douglas Lions Club, admission plus tax total $1.20", a man in a tuxedo makes an announcement, a woman interacts with a man in a Lion's Club jacket on stage, the horn section of the dance orchestra blasts the crowd. Men in military uniforms sprinkled throughout the crowd.
Index text:
28 0/12 Saugatuck - Clubs, Big Pavilion 7/1945 Lions Club at season opening
From photographic negatives created by William R. Simmons, editor of the Commercial Record newspaper between 1941 and 1961.
More information may be in the 2001 SDHS book "Off the Record"Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Big Pavilion 1909-1960Collection
William (Bill) Simmons, Military, wars and veterans, 1909 Big Pavilion -1960, Music: Jazz, Music: concerts, festivals, performancesCataloged By
Winthers, SallyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966, Lions Club, Saugatuck-DouglasCreate Date
March 7, 2022Update Date
January 17, 2024
