Name/Title
Purdy's LandingEntry/Object ID
2016.37.28Description
4x6 print on thin photo paper of Purdy's Landing
The photo depicts a small building by a road and line of wire fencing. The road side of the building has a door, no windows, a shed roofed extension and a dock on its river side. In the distance two men can be seen on a raft of logs moving down the Kalamazoo River.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Print, photographSubject Person or Organization
Purdy, Philetus "Fleet" 1835-1922, Gravel Pit/Indian Cut/Purdy's Landing/Mack's LandingSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Kalamazoo RiverContext
Purdy's Landing, the property of Philetus Purdy, was a landmark for river traffic from Richmond to Saugatuck. The Purdy farm was upriver of Douglas, at Riverside Drive (130th) x 63rd St.Collection
Charles LorenzCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2016.37Source or Donor
Pena, DayAcquisition Method
DonationLexicon
Search Terms
Early settlers, Early business, Native American Indian, Charles Lorenz, early businesses, lumbering loggingRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Lorenz, Charles J. 1942-1994Create Date
April 19, 2023Update Date
March 31, 2024
