Name/Title
Kik-Ken-a-Ma-Zoo Settlement a la 1940Entry/Object ID
2023.10.49Description
Trigger warning - human remains.
Two newspaper clippings about Saugatuck history.
An August 20, 1940 Grand Rapids Press montage of photos includes the chain ferry, the shuffleboard courts by the Hotel Butler in Morrison [Cook] Park, Rowena Lecoste and "Indian relics", an artist at work and Charles E. Bird, the state's oldest druggist.
A second clipping by Audry D. Strohpaul is likely related to the first. It begins by noting the original Miami, Pottawatomie and Ottawa residents and settlement by William G. Butler, before it analyzes the per capita wealth, the various names, historic eras and firsts. The final paragraphs outline the state of Saugatuck in 1940: 4 hotels, 5 commercial fishing firms, American Twisting Co., 4 churches, Oval beach, the Pokagon Club, 4 art schools.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Digital scanSubject Person or Organization
Brittain, Leonard Spaulding "Cappy" 1880-1964, Lecoste, Rowena Elaine, Bird, Charles Edmund Sr. 1855-1941, Old Chain Ferry Scows c1836-1947, Pokagon, Chief Simon, Mize Rose Garden north side/Fruit Growers State Bank/Clapp's Grocery/Flint's Shoes/Walz Meat Market/Griffin/Tanner, Brady, Lemuel "Lem" Rawlings Sr. 1889-1959, Pokagon Club, Cook/Morrision Park 1945-Context
A snapshot of what people in the 1940s thought was noteworthy and historic.Collection
1930+ Tourism, brochures, guides and maps, Commercial businesses, 0001 Anishinabek/Ojibwe/Odawa/BodéwadmiCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2023.10Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLocation
* Untyped Location
Digital data in CatalogItGeneral Notes
Note
These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023. The location of an original or printed version of these photos was unknown at the time of cataloging.Create Date
April 16, 2023Update Date
March 31, 2024
