Loading apple barrels for shipment

Photograph

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

96-28-1 Loading fruit cars.jpg 846KB: Box 31, envelope 96-28-1
96-28-1 Loading fruit cars.jpg 846KB

Box 31, envelope 96-28-1

Name/Title

Loading apple barrels for shipment

Entry/Object ID

2021.72.50

Description

B/W photo of a man standing on a flat bed wagon, hitched to a pair of mules or horses. Three men are unloading empty wooden barrels or loading apple barrels to /from a wooden platform. A Michigan Railway boxcar is parked alongside the platform.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital scan

Context

According to Jack Sheridan, a very similar image is described as circa 1925, loading apples on the Interurban. The location is near the corner of North and Holland streets.

Collection

1870 Fruit growing, farming, agriculture, 1899 Interurban electric train -1926

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2021.72

Source or Donor

Sheridan, John "Jack" O. 1938-

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1925

Location

Box

031 A+B+C+D Photo Files

Create Date

October 21, 2024

Update Date

January 15, 2026