Telephone system news

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

cr1888032301TelephoneLines.jpg: Saugatuck to Fennville via Ganges, Cushman electric telephone rather than Bell telephone. Installed by L.C. Wilson of Plainwell
cr1888032301TelephoneLines.jpg

Saugatuck to Fennville via Ganges, Cushman electric telephone rather than Bell telephone. Installed by L.C. Wilson of Plainwell

Name/Title

Telephone system news

Entry/Object ID

2024.01.21

Scope and Content

Scans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings about the establishment and improvement of the telephone system.

Context

Ganges fruit farmers were the first to adopt the telephone so they could communicate with the docks and organize fruit shipments. Townspeople quickly followed suit.

Collection

Newspapers, Utilities and public infrastructure

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.01

Source or Donor

Yoder, Chris

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Notes

These Commercial Record newspaper clippings — scanned by Chris Yoder in the 2000s — had been available on the pre-2023 SDHC website. The content has been moved to this online catalog for safekeeping. Publication dates are indicated in the year/month/day/page file name. For example "cr1938102801Description.jpg" = Commercial Record, 1938, October, 28th, page 01

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Reed, Samuel Caleb 1848-1923, S.C. Reed & Son Blacksmith Shop, Bird, Charles Edmund Sr. 1855-1941, Rogers & Bird Shipyard/Line, Tri-County/Western Allegan County/Ganges Telephone Company, Taylor, Alfred Blake Sr. 1846-1920, Leland, Thornton W. 1850-1930, Brittain, Ralph Case 1842-1905, Heath, Doc Anderson 1865-1947, Wade, Fred 1862-1933, Upham, Sherman D. Capt. 1858-1940, Phelps, Lafayette Alonzo 1856-1940, Schaberg, John 1849-1916, Barber, Daniel L. 1840-1909, Pride, Edward S. 1848-1912, Walker, Dr. Robert J.1869-1944, E.E. Weed & Co., 1880s-1927, Kirby, Frank 1861-1896, McDonald, Henry A. 1850-1925, Hutchins, Henry Hudson 1854-1933, Brunson, Dr. Eugene Eliel 1851-1934, McVea, Charles E. 1835-1894, Stroud, Harley A. Dr. 1848-1915, Plummer & McDonald, Smith, Warren 1835-1902

Create Date

March 14, 2024

Update Date

March 14, 2024