Bill Comey with fish

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Bill Comey with fish

Entry/Object ID

2022.21.085

Description

Simmons negative number 085 A middle-age man wearing a tie under his cardigan sweater shows of a string of fish. Behind him at least two dingy-type boats tied up at a dock. Index text: 85 0/1 Saugatuck - People, Fishing Bill Comey with string of fish 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

Comey, William "Bill" Augustine 1876-1976

Collection

William (Bill) Simmons

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2022.21

Location

Box

194 Simmons Negatives

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966

General Notes

Note

Visitors Respond to Pictures in Simmons' Exhibit The Lace Man Mr. Comey [who was pictured with a day's catch of fish] lived at Wickwood Apartments. He sold lace and other fabulous fabrics and gave his samples to the Boyce girls who lived in the nearby Buffalo house to make doll clothes, 1950-1958. https://sdhistoricalsociety.org/publications/NLHist/P238-239.php

Create Date

March 9, 2022

Update Date

January 17, 2024