Stereoscope Cards, unbranded

Photograph

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Stereoscope Cards, unbranded

Entry/Object ID

2023.18.12

Description

Four stereoscopic twin-photos mounted on orange cards. The back of the cards are pink and blank except for handwritten titles written with an ink pen 1 "School House Saugatuck Mich" - Very tiny students lined up outside a grand Union School building in Saugatuck. A plank boardwalk leads across an open field to the school. An attached post-it note in James Schmiechen's handwriting reads "Saug. School, ca 1867 (the year it was built) Looks to be still under construction (note foundation is scaffolded). 2 "Mouth of the Kalamazoo River, old and new light-houses in the distance" - The lower left side of the image shows the details of the old channel walls. A few Fishtown shacks can be seen in front of the old lighthouse. 3 "Johnson's Mill Saugatuck, Mich" - A horse-drawn wagon with standing teamster is parked in front of the mill. The dark-clothed workers are lined up on the porch for the photos. The mill has a tall chimney and water barrels (an early fire suppression system) on the ridge of the simple roof. 4 No title on back - View of Saugatuck from Mt. Baldhead. An attached post-it note specuates that "Heath flour mill does not appear - pre 1874? Fire house (1880) appears but is this Morrison Hall? This card is .5 inch shorter than the others.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Stereograph

Subject Person or Organization

Saugatuck Union School 1866-1896, Griffin & Henry Lumber Yard/Griffin & Henry Sawmill/Griffin & Williams/Stockbridge & Johnson/Wells & Johnson/M.B. Spencer Mill, Old Harbor/Channel piers pre-1906/Ox-Bow Lagoon, Kalamazoo Lighthouses 1839/1858/1956-present

Collection

Transportation: water, Nautical, Mount Baldhead, Views from, Industry and manufacturing, 1835 Logging and Lumbering

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.18

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Notes

Found in an envelope with note to "return to archives" from James Schmiechen.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

card

Height

4 in

Width

7 in

Location

Box

075 Historical Photographs

Create Date

July 15, 2023

Update Date

October 6, 2024