Weathered metal anchor with flaking white paint.

Sketches madeby Max Gerger from the many walks around the Saugatuck docks area. Max visited often with the Saugatuck locals - enjoying their culture and their families The seven pencil drawings are 10:x8" and smaller.

Hand carved wooden net needles inscribed with the name "Blackie" in pencil. The 11 inch needle was likely carved into a flat shape by hand. One prong is broken. "Jos. Blackburn Blackie" is written in pencil on one side. The needle is 1.25 inches wide. The 9 inch needle was carved from machine-cut flat wood stock. "Blackie" is written in pencil on one side. The needle is 1.25 inches wide.

Small oil painting of a fishing tugboat in the Kalamazoo River in Saugatuck Michigan. The Big Pavilion is in the background. Framed in a 1.5" wood frame painted gold.

A fishing tug, possibly the Joann, "Mickey of Saugatuck," and a white, outboard motor boat are tied up at the Sewers docks. Fish boxes and the net boiler are visible at the left. Willow branches frame the top of the image. In the distance is the opposite bank of the Kalamazoo. Code K-6722 in the "Place stamp here" zone on the back. Unmailed, no writing. Color image on front and blue-ink only on back. Image is printed, not a photo. The text -- "Lusterchrome" Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Made only by Tichnor Bros., Boston 15, Mass. -- divides the address half from the writing half on the back of the card. This image was featured as History Mystery #23 with the solution: The photo of the Sewers' boats and dock dates to the mid 1950s. The location is the waterfront of the present Coghlin Park.

Two b/w photos of the fishing tug C.S. Addison Sr. on the partially frozen Kalamazoo River. The Mt. Baldhead stairs are visible in the background. Men in winter attire are seen standing on the deck or on the ice in front of the tug. Circa 1935-1947

Drawing of commercial fishnets drying in the open, in a wooded area.

Multiple Simmons negative numbers Some of Simmon's photographs of commercial fishermen at work and their shanties and tugs. Index text: 101 0/1 Saugatuck - Fish Boats 7/1945 Fisher Boy at dock 105 0/1 Saugatuck - Fish docks 8/1942 Old George Sewers shack 203 0/2 Saugatuck - People, Fishing 1957 Bob Peel and fish 323 0/3 Saugatuck - Fish Dock Chuck Isaacson, fish TV 325 0/1 Saugatuck - Fish Boats Bonnie S. 332 0/3 Saugatuck - Fish Nets 5/1949 Net floats, G. Sewers 333 0/5 Saugatuck - Fish Docks, Boats 5/1959 Rickety dock, boat 324 1/1 Saugatuck - Fish Dock Unloading fish 326 0/2 Saugatuck - Fish Dock G. Sewers dock with nets 328 0/1 Saugatuck - Fish Boats, Docks 8/1944 Reflections on water 331 0/3 Saugatuck - Fish Shacks 9/23/45 Back door of shack 334 0/1 Saugatuck - Fish Docks 5/1949 Coils of rope 335 0/3 Saugatuck - Fish Nets 8/1944 Washing nets 336 0/1 Saugatuck - Fish Shacks 1/1946 Shacks in winter 338 0/5 Saugatuck - Fish Boats Capitol, with trawlers TV 340 1/1 saugatuck - Fish Boats 9/4/1949 On river 341 0/2 Saugatuck - Fish Boats 11/1957 Docked on river, winter 343 0/1 Saugatuck - Fish Boats 5/1944 Fisher Boy 342 0/1 saugatuck - Fish Boats Bonnie S. [tug is not Bonnie S.] 344 0/1 Saugatuck - Fish Boats Joann 345 0/1 Saugatuck - Fish Boats, docks 6/1958 Sewers dock 347 0/1 Saugatuck - Fish docks 10/1943 Diepenhorst docks 348 0/1 Saugatuck - Fish docks 8/1943 High water, flooded shacks 349 0/1 Saugatuck - Fish docks, boats 8/1944 Frank Sewers, other fishermen 350 0/1 Saugatuck - Fish Boats 1961 Trawlers 351 0/10 Saugatuck - Fish Boats, docks 1961 Capitol, fish pump 352 0/1 Saugatuck - Fish Boats 8/1943 Addison Sr. 353 0/6 Saugatuck - Fish Nets 1947 Boiling nets, Jack Sewers, Marv Demerest 355 0/4 Saugatuck - Fish boats 8/1958 Fish tug 356 2/2 Saugatuck - Fish shacks 5/1949 Doorway, G. Sewers 357 0/3 Saugatuck - Fish shacks Frank Sewers 358 1/1 Saugatuck - fish shacks 6/1949 George Sewers shack 359 0/1 Saugatuck - fish shacks 10/1945 R. Sewers 361 0/2 Saugatuck - Fish Boats 8/1944 Cleaning the catch aboard boat 366 3/7 Saugatuck - fish nets 7/1949 Boiling nets, Jack Sewers 367 2/2 Saugatuck - fish nets 1952 Drying nets, George Sewers 369 0/2 Saugatuck - fish shacks 8/1944 G. J. Sewers & Sons "Fresh Lake Fish” 582 1/1 Saugatuck - cruisers 7/31/1949 Hutchins on river [Sewers' docks fill background] 629 1/5 Saugatuck - Baldhead 11/1948 From opposite bank 370 1/1 Saugatuck - Fish docks 8/1949 G. Sewers dock 755 3/3 Saugatuck - fish docks 1952 Geo Sewers, Willow Park, Diepenhorsts 759 3/5 Saugatuck - fish docks 1952 Baldhead in background From photographic negatives created by William R. Simmons, editor of the Commercial Record newspaper between 1941 and 1961. See the SDHC publications "Off the Record" and "Bounty and Bust" for background information.

Silent, color home movie created by the Cynthia Sorensen family. Segment one is one minute of commercial fishermen at work in Saugatuck. The Blue Star Highway bridge is visible in the background as the fishermen pack and weigh a catch of carp. Segment two is the entire 16-minute movie that includes a trip to Oval Beach, to Niagara Falls, Mackinac Island and out West.

Items donated by Bruce and Marilyn Starring for Shanty project. The Sewers Fisheries sign (68x24 inches) is hand painted on 1/4 inch plywood. The So. Lake Michigan Fisherman's Co-op sign (each of its two sections is 8 foot x 2 foot) is hand painted (and signed by Dan Cook) on 1/8 inch masonite with a wood frame.