Fred O. Menier Fish Sign

Object/Artifact

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Fred O. Menier Fish Sign

Entry/Object ID

2024.04.03

Description

Green metal sign with the text "Fred O. Menier Fish Smoked Fresh Daily" applied in white paint. Item is untagged because it is screwed to the wall.

Collection

Signs, Commercial businesses, 1845 Fishing, commercial, SDHC Exhibits

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.04

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Notes

Item was in SDHS collection since at least 2008

Dimensions

Height

14 in

Width

36 in

Location

Building

Staircase OSH

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Menier, Fred c1850s-1900s

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

Menier’s Fish Shop original site: Cook Dock, Butler Street at Culver Street collection: Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society Collection Captain Fred Menier was a Saugatuck fisherman who operated a Mackinac-type sailing boat with steam engine power. He opened a fish shop along the Saugatuck docks in 1894—selling “fresh fish every day.” The Menier family lived at 711 Butler Street. Menier was killed in a boating accident. Source: Signs of the Times: Old Signs from the Saugatuck & Douglas Area, A Collaborative Exhibition Presented by the Saugatuck Center for the Arts and the Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society, 2008

Create Date

February 23, 2024

Update Date

February 28, 2024