Newspaper production

Photograph

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Newspaper production

Entry/Object ID

2022.21.130

Description

Simmons negative number 130 Printer Parker Sands [left] and Commercial Record Editor Bob Crawford looking at a tray of lead type used for letterpress printing. Index text: 130 0/2 Saugatuck - People Bob Crawford, Parker Sands in print shop 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" in which James Schmiechen speculates the photo's location was "a small building to the rear at the northeast corner of Water and Hoffman Streets"

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Crawford, George Robert "Bob" 1913-1999, Sands, Parker, Sands, Parker

Collection

William (Bill) Simmons

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2022.21

Location

Box

194 Simmons Negatives

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966

Create Date

March 24, 2022

Update Date

January 17, 2024