You can visit the History Center Archives in person to learn what’s in our collection, but much of the material is now indexed in the CatalogIt Hub. On this page, you can browse through several sets of items or use a search box to look for something specific in the collection.
Photograph of three buildings after a snowfall. A note on the back reads "1967 Home on Water St. Taken over by Marro's Restaurant. Next to Hollyhock Restaurant at 137 Water. Red building is currently (2015) Antique store on Butler."
Digital scan of photos and clippings about the commercial building at the northeast corner of Center and Spring streets in Douglas.
Six colored snap shots of the Koning home on 507 Butler Street. Many more photos.
A collection of black and white photos of the interior and exterior of "The Superintendents Home" at 715 Pleasant Street. The set of rounded-corner photos have dated frame details from May to September, 1936 with brief pencil notes written on backs. 30 photos in the collection although some are duplicates.
Black and white photograph of the two houses on the corner of Holland and Francis Street in Saugatuck ca. 1920. It shows the Interurban train tracks in the foreground. Inscription on backing paper on frame: Corner of Holland and Lucy in Saugatuck, "Interurban" track still used -- Given to Bob & Gail Lord owners of 748 Holland St. from 1978 -- by Greg Hoffman.
Seven slides of the Frank Sewers home at 790 Lake Street in Saugatuck. The three winter scenes are likely from the big snow of 1962. Two additional slides of vases of cut flowers photographed in front to the house are not shown here.
Four men pose by a tall load of cut cut logs on a sled that is harnessed to a pair of horses. Writing on the upper left corner of the image reads "Saugatuck Mich J?? 9th 1909, F??? [Fennville?]" Text along the bottom reads "A Handsome Load ?? Bros. Camp. Feb. 17, '89."
Portrait of young man in white, Navy uniform. Text with photo reads "A. Bertil Swanson. Douglas resident. Graduate of Saugatuck High School. A career Navy petty officer. Was stationed at Pear Harbor at time of Japanese attack, 7 December 1941. Served throughout remainder of World War II. Retired to Calif. where he died, 19 May 1983. Son of John Albert and Alfrida Swanson. John died at 49, leaving Alfrida with three children (Bertel, Ragnar and Doris) to support.
Simmons negative number 086 Abbott Davis, turned away from the camera, fiddling with a small part, perhaps from his model ship in a workroom Index text: 86 0/1 Saugatuck - People 1/23/1945 Abbott Davis and model boats 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 of the Francis Lifeboat with George M Worthington, Cary Bird, Abbott Davis, in July of 1939. Information from subject entry moved into description field: "13 miles out of Douglas Beach" Image measures 12" x 7.5" and is laminated.
