Buildings by H.C. Simonson

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Buildings by H.C. Simonson

Entry/Object ID

2024.44.02

Description

Collection of eight 5x4" prints of Herman Simonson around-town photos including the Hotel Butler, a building by a snowy road with a car, a backwards print of the Eberhardt Park Hotel, the Pokagon Inn, the Grace Hotel, the "Wagon Bridge" at New Richmond, people frolicking on the Interurban tracks by the Big Pavilion (search "snake dance" for a better version) and Mount Baldhead Park and Ferry Landing that shows the buildings by the west-side of the Kalamazoo River.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Print, photograph

Subject Person or Organization

Simonson, Herman C. 1878-1951, Bird Bath House, Big Pavilion 1909-1960, 40 Butler/Hotel Butler/Grist Mill/Haymarket, Pokagon Resort/Inn 1899-1901, Hotel Casablanca/Grace Hotel/Roamers Inn 1904-1969, Bridge, New Richmond Swing and Park, Interurban Railroad 1899-1927, Chain Ferry Landings, Eberhardt Park Hotel

Collection

Festivals, events, parades, celebrations, 1930+ Tourism, lodging, hotels and B&Bs, 1880 Tourism steamship era -1930, Transportation: bridges

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.44

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Width

5 in

Location

Box

021 Area Buildings

General Notes

Note

A post-it note on the back of one photo indicated that Jack Sheridan scanned it on 8/2/005.

Create Date

September 28, 2024

Update Date

October 25, 2024