Ed Demeter's Republic RC-3 Seabee

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Ed Demeter's Republic RC-3 Seabee

Entry/Object ID

2022.21.104

Description

Simmons negative number 104 Republic RC-3 Seabee airplane tied up, probably behind the Ed-Mar Hotel with rustic dock in the foreground. Index text: 104 0/7 Saugatuck - Planes 5/1949 Ed Demeter landing on river 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" The plane is sometimes misspelled "Sea-Bea" or "Sea-Bee."

Photograph Details

Subject

sea

Subject Person or Organization

Demeter, Edward J.F. 1909-2000, Blue Tempo/349 Culver/Ed-Mar/Louis Beuerle Hotel ?-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

Create Date

March 8, 2022

Update Date

May 13, 2025