Spenser photo collection

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2014.23.06

Description

17 old photographs of Saugatuck a. Culver Street looking east b. Steamship unloading at the Big Pavilion c. Chain Ferry over the Kalamazoo River d. Butler street looking north in winter 1899-1900 e. Butler Street with buggies 1890 f. Fruit Belt Motor Transport Lines truck 1920 g Butler Hotel with old cars 1920s h. Saugatuck School 1866 i. Big Pavilion with Interurban train 1909 j. Hotel Hamilton Corner of Butler St. and Mason St. c. 1900 k. Corner of Butler Street and Hoffman Street 1901 l. Saugatuck Fire Department 1in front of city Hall c.1910 m. Saugatuck Firemen c. 1920s n. North American tied up near the Big Pavilion for winter storage o. Corner of Butler St. and Mason St. - Fruit Growers State Bank c. 1920 p. Shrivers Bend (Ox Bow) and Fish Town

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Print, photograph

Subject Person or Organization

40 Butler/Hotel Butler/Grist Mill/Haymarket, 201 Butler/Saugatuck Drug/Rexall/Parrish's Drug/Hotel Hamilton/Saugatuck House 1852-1913, Mize Rose Garden north side/Fruit Growers State Bank/Clapp's Grocery/Flint's Shoes/Walz Meat Market/Griffin/Tanner, North American (ship), Saugatuck Township Fire District, Big Pavilion 1909-1960, Old Chain Ferry Scows c1836-1947, Fruit Belt Motor Transport Lines, Ward School/Singapore School, Interurban Railroad 1899-1927, 201 Butler/Saugatuck Drug/Rexall/Parrish's Drug/Hotel Hamilton/Saugatuck House 1852-1913, Saugatuck Fruit Exchange 1917-1956, Shriver's Bend, Butler Street

Collection

1880 Tourism steamship era -1930, 1850 Chain ferries and landings/stores, Police, sheriff and law enforcement, Fires and fire departments

Cataloged By

Voss, Mary

Acquisition

Accession

2014.23

Source or Donor

Spencer, Chris Tracy 1943-2022

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

1899 - 1930

Lexicon

Search Terms

Culver Street Looking east about 1930, Ship unloading by the Big Pavilion c.1900, Old Chain Ferry Kalamazoo River Saugatuck 1880, Butler Street in the snow 1899-1900, Butler Street Saugatuck with buggies 1880-1890, Fruit Belt Motor Transport Lines No.3 1920, Saugatuck School house built in 1866 burned in 1896, Big Pavilion -Saugatuck July 1909 burned in 1960, Hotel Hamilton - corner of Butler and Mason in Saugatuck c. 1890, Corner of Butler and Hoffman street in Saugatuck 1901 with horse and buggy, Saugatuck Firemen and hose cart in front of the Village Hall 1910, Saugatuck Fire Department 1920s, North American tied up near the Big Pavilion getting settled for the winter., Fishtown

Location

Box

059 Chris Spencer

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Simonson, Carlton Dale 1921-1999

Create Date

October 6, 2014

Update Date

March 29, 2024