Camp Auger-Eye Sep. 1910

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Camp Auger-Eye 96-1-70.jpg 1MB from Brady Postcard collection

Digital file on Jack Sheridan Drive 2021.72.02

Name/Title

Camp Auger-Eye Sep. 1910

Entry/Object ID

2023.10.24

Description

Five men relax on folding chairs (or a barrel) in front of a canvas tent. A woman stands off to the left. Pots hang in the trees at this rustic campsite that also includes a sturdy wooden table. Cloths drying on a line obscure words painted on the tent but "photo" can be read. This is a digital image transferred of the SDHC photo blog in March 2023

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital scan

Subject Person or Organization

Simonson, Herman C. 1878-1951, Simonson, Erma (Crow) 1884-1925

Context

"The location is bordering the west side of the road [Park Street] somewhere between the Pumphouse museum and the Ox-bow property. The woman in the background left is Erma Crow Simonson, wife of Herman Simonson. I believe that the tent was an early photo studio open during the summer ca 1915. Possibly some of these people used it also for living quarters. The man on the left looks like Doc Heath but not sure. Herman's assistant, name of Olsen, might be next to him. Probably the camp name derives from the eyed auger tool. The photo itself can be identified by the printing style on the lower left, as a glass plate photo taken by Herman Simonson." - information via email from Jack Sheridan, March 2023

Collection

1880 Tourism steamship era -1930, Camping Grounds

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.10

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Location

Box

031 A+B+C+D Photo Files

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. The location of an original or printed version of these photos was unknown at the time of cataloging.

Create Date

March 31, 2023

Update Date

August 30, 2024