Diepenhorst Fish Market on Culver Street

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Sign painter working on front facade of Diepenhorst fish market

Name/Title

Diepenhorst Fish Market on Culver Street

Entry/Object ID

2021.04.01

Description

Sign painter working on front facade of Diepenhorst fish market. Man on a ladder painting "Tourists Welcome Enjoy Good Fish" on upper part of store front. Fruit Exchange building, truck, and Lake Kalamazoo are visible in background. Hand lettering on the window reads, "Open. Perch. Lake Trout. White Fish. Smoke Fish." Ice cream sign in window. Site is described as "across from the Gourmet Store." Site is where Coghlin Park is in 2021, between Culver St. and Lake Kalamazoo. Another view of the same building is "Diepenhorst market 2014.33" in the SDHC archive.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Print, photograph

Subject

Fishing Commercial fishing Fishery Saugatuck Buildings

Subject Person or Organization

Diepenhorst, Pat (Meyer), Windjammer Condos/John Diepenhorst Fish Market/Saugatuck Produce, Diepenhorst, John C. "Swish" 1908-2001, Diepenhorst, Ann (Thake) 1914-2015

Collection

1845 Fishing, commercial, Commercial businesses

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2021.04

Source or Donor

Diepenhorst, Pat (Meyer)

Notes

Donated by Pat Diepenhorst, 587 N. Maple St., Saugatuck on 1/29/2021

Dimensions

Dimension Description

landscape

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5 in

Location

Box

100 Commercial Fishing

Create Date

February 3, 2021

Update Date

November 13, 2022