Name/Title
Island Queen I and IIEntry/Object ID
2022.21.155Description
Multiple Simmons negatives
Dick Hoffman's Island Queens (I and II) paddlewheel tourist excursion boats
Index text:
154 0/7 bw Saugatuck - People. Boats Dick Hoffman and Island Queen
379 0/3 Saugatuck - boats, Kalamazoo 1961 Island Queen II
547 0/3 Saugatuck - boats Island Queen on river and lake
548 0/19 Saugatuck - boats Launch of the Island Queen
555 0/3 Saugatuck - boats 1961 Island Queen Hoffman under deck
569 0/1 Saugatuck - boats 1956 Island Queen II
570 10/10 Saugatuck - boats 6/1956 Island Queen II on truck
See also:
63 0/1 Saugatuck - Boats, People 1961 Buck Barry on Island Queen
246 6/6 Singapore 9/1957 Visit to site of Singapore, Island Queen
460 0/16 Saugatuck - Showboat Island Queen dressed up as showboat
461 0/24 Saugatuck - Showboat Island Queen, opening performance
535 0/1 k-col Saugatuck - boats 7/1958 Island Queen II
549 0/1 Saugatuck - boats, clubs 6/1958 Cub Scouts on Island Queen
552 0/5 Saugatuck - boats 8/1960 Island Queen II
554 0/1 c-pos Saugatuck - boats 8/1954 Island Queen
776 0/1 Saugatuck - boats Island Queen viewed from above
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"Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Hoffman, Richard "Dick", Island Queen I and II Paddlewheelers, Gallinipper wood Scout's sailboat, Roberts, Dr. M.S.Context
Island Queen Excursion Boat
The island Queen was eventually sold to the Detroit Metroparl Kensington. Just this fall (2001) it has been retired per a Detroit Free Press article. Acknowledgment was made to Dick Hoffman (who built it).Collection
William (Bill) SimmonsCataloged By
Winthers, SallyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966Create Date
March 10, 2022Update Date
August 31, 2024
