Inside Rexall, Post Office, Oosting, Library

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Betty Martin sorting mail at post office when it was at 238 Butler Street.

Name/Title

Inside Rexall, Post Office, Oosting, Library

Entry/Object ID

2022.21.228

Description

Simmons negative number 228 The proof sheet shows many images in this collection: A man at the post office window; a woman sorting mail; televisions, refrigerators and electric stoves on display at East-side-of-Butler-St. Oostings, the original location of the Saugatuck library (in 2022 the Owl House next to Woman's club) and pharmacist Jim Christianson and the soda fountain at Rexall Drugs. Index text: 228 0/12 Saugatuck - Businesses Rexall, Oostings, post office (Ev, Betty), Library 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"

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Negative

Subject Person or Organization

Saugatuck Woman's Club 1904-present, Saugatuck-Douglas District Library, Bekken, Everett V.L., Martin, Elizabeth "Betty" (Stillson) 1911-1994, Post Office, Saugatuck USPS current, 229-233 Butler/Oosting Appliance Shop East/Green Kandle/Busy Bee, Christianson, Jim

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 11, 2022

Update Date

January 21, 2026