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Ferryman Jay Myers - digital collection

Photograph

DescriptionPhotos of the ferryman Jay Myers, sometimes misspelled Meyers, in his duties as the Saugatuck ferryman or about town.

JayMyersIce.jpg 741mb

JayMyersIce.jpg 741mb

hmbJayMyers.jpg 707KB; Jay Myers, ferryman ca 1920

hmbMyersPortraitTu.jpg 1.9mb; This image was featured as History Mystery #35 with the solution: D. Myers, ferryman for 21 years. He was so loved that after his death in 1928, he was honored with a stone bench at the west side ferry landing.

Myers WIP.jpg 4.2mb

89-1-144A Jay D. Meyers 918; Name should be spelled Jay Myers

JayMyersFerryCa1910

BBAug0110-JayMeyersMemorial

89-1-144_B_Jay_D._Meyers

BBAug0052-InMemoryOfJayMyers

Jay Myers 1925

cr1954010101JayMyersPhoto

cr1928092101Myers.jpg 182KB

Jay & Doc - Ferry Shack; Doc Heath

JayMeyersOnFerry.jpg 1.9MB; Dagget, Arends, Jay Meyers [sic] Vrielund or Vrieland, Ross Phelps

JayMyersYoung.jpg 2.3MB

Jay Myers ca 1924.jpg 499MB; From Greg Hoffman album

hmbJayMyersIce.jpg 1.4MB

JayMyersBirdRowing.jpg 1.4MB; Photo labeled Charles E Bird rowing, Jay Myers, and not identified

BirdRowingJayMeyers.jpg 2.5MB

Entry/Object ID

2021.88.51

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital

Subject Person or Organization

Myers, Jay D. 1856-1928Chain Ferry LandingsOld Chain Ferry Scows

Context

Jay Myers, born 1854 in New York, came west by 1870. Jay was a lumberman, mechanic, farmer and character with a twinkle in his eye. Most of all, he was the beloved ferryman from 1907 to 1927.

Collection

1850 Chain ferries and landings/storesTransportation: water

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Create Date

12/01/2021

Update Date

08/23/2024