Envelope of miscellaneous papers

Object/Artifact

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Envelope of miscellaneous papers

Entry/Object ID

2014.22.07

Description

A collection of items association with the Wiegert grocery and cafe that contains: 01. Real photo postcard of full length studio portrait of a woman wearing a suit. Handwritten note on the back of the photo: "To my pals Armour [Wiegert] Helen" 02. Photo of woman wearing a long gown with puffy short sleeves. Note on back "Taken July - '33" 03. Handwritten 2-loaf meatloaf recipe and calculations "we" and "they" on the back of a sheet of "Douglas - A good place for home seekers" Wiegert's Grocery letterhead 04. Toll service statement for 80 cents from 1933 05. Tri-County Telephone Co. bill to Ben Weigert dated Nov. 1, 1933. 06. Ten Guest Check receipts for restaurant meals served on Aug. 8, Aug. 10, Oct. 14, and Oct. 15, in 1937 or by server number 37. Each has a hole where it was impaled on a receipt spike (also known as a dock spike, bill spike, stationery spindle, and chit peg or chit spike.) Foods served include pancakes, eggs, coffee, corn beef, orange, flakes, toast, beef din, meat din. 07. Two business-card size (2.25x3.5") Mother's Day cards, likely used to tuck into bouquets. 08. Brown paper envelope addressed to the "Dutcher Lodge,/ Mr. T.L. Gooding,/ RFD/ Fennville, Mich." In the return address section it reads "After 5 Days Return To/ Fruit Growers State Bank/ Saugatuck, Mich." Postmarked from Saugatuck on Jan 2, 1934.

Collection

Business: Restaurants

Cataloged By

Christine Nienhuis

Acquisition

Accession

2014.22

Source or Donor

Found in the SDHS/SDHC collection

Acquisition Method

Donation

Lexicon

Search Terms

Dutcher Lodge, Fennville, Fruit Growers State Bank, envelope

Location

Box

012 Misc.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wiegert family, Tri-County/Western Allegan County/Ganges Telephone Company, Wiegert, Benjamin "Ben" William 1877-1946, Happystance/8W Center/Chaps/Auction House/Douglas Cafe/Wiegert's Model Grocery

Person or Organization

Gooding, Thomas L. 1870-1942, Wiegert, Armour J. 1904-1972

General Notes

Note

Notes: Wiegerts Family Status: OK Status By: Christine Nienhuis Status Date: 2014-07-29

Create Date

July 29, 2014

Update Date

October 25, 2024