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Simonson photos, mixed

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Contents of a 2003-created CD that contained photos associated with Herman Simonson and his extended family. Multiple photos of the Simonson family, possibly at the Simonson farm, plus Taylor Art School and Ox-Bow publicity photos, photos used to produce postcards and two possibly-related village/law enforcement documents.
sim art students A.jpg 2.1MB; Scan of two publicity photos for the Taylor Art School. Top: Adult art students painting a seated, clothed model in a yard. A Taylor Studio sign hands from a tree on the left of the image. Bottom: Adult art students painting a pair of live, clothed models outside a white, clapboard building with skylights. A sign on the far left advertises Devoe art materials. The photo appears to be posed since the work on the canvases does not match the posed models. At the front of the artists group is a young man standing before a portrait of a single woman with a dark background. This same painting is visible Taylor Art School photo above.
sim Taylor art school.jpg 3.5MB; Taylor Art School sk 170, 171, 172 - may be 749 Holland St. sim art students .jpg 632KB; Art students working on clay relief sculptures in a domestic indoor space. The adult students are wearing smocks and working on raised wooden platforms sim art students B.jpg 939KB; JOS [Jack O. Sheridan]: Kit Lanes says this is Frederick Fursman in center. Therefore, this is likely Ox-Bow/Summer School of Painting plein air class. sim Bedroom scene w pennant.jpg 438KB; Interior domestic room with two chairs, a fern, a Saugatuck pennant, an Asian scroll, pillows, windows with lacy drapery, a hide, wooden floors, a bed or lounge. sim dancing bears mn129.jpg 802KB; A young girl bottle-feeds a chained bear cub while another cub sniffs the pavement. Behind the girl are railroad tracks and possibly the Saugatuck Fruit Exchange building. Sim Forward Move bridge.jpg 1MB; rustic bridge walkway in sand dunes at Forward Movement Park Sim Forward Move walk.jpg 1MB; Canp Gray rustic bridge over road in forested dune Sim fox farm.jpg 918KB; Array of fenced pens with kennels or animal hutches with long, covered entry ramps. sim Depression xmas cards.jpg 2MB; Three dark-humor Depression cards showing an starving Santa, a rabbi about to circumcise an infant and an outhouse with a closed sign nailed over the door. Cards may be attached to boxes or photographed in a copy stand. sim Happy new year card.jpg 790KB; Happy New Year card celebrating the end of Prohibition and the return to normal life after illegally producing alcohol at home. sim indian pottery mn101.jpg 480KB; Still life photo of two ceramic pots, one with southwestern Native American decorations, a Hopi katsina figure or kachina doll and a woven blanket. sim New years card.jpg 598KB; Happy New Year card of three men in a bar singing sim model yacht club sk159.jpg 810KB; Men and boys holding up their model sailboat hulls in a workshop. Pond boats. Location may be Carl Bird's boat workshop sim Shrieber orchard sk162.jpg; Fruit trees in blossom postcard image 126. sim large home.jpg 947KB; Figure 140. Two unequal primary masses, a close parallel to. Vignette photo of a large home with porch, dormers, breezeway and stone chimney. sim lady by stream.jpg 1.3MB; Woman standing along a stream with a plank bridge in the foreground. Sim Old car A.jpg 672KB; Roger Reed behind the wheel of a loaded Model T-style automobile with a farmyard in the background. Sim Old car B.jpg 567KB; Open car loaded with well dressed gents. Location could be Culver Street. Sim Old car C.jpg 727KB; Two women in a similar car as Sim Old car A.jpg. Culver Street. Sim old touring car mn107.jpg 702KB; Two men, two women in an open touring car sim pony cart .jpg 1.1MB; Carriage filled with young children being pulled by a dark pony. JOS: Culver Street in front of Simonson studio Ca ??? Glass plate. The street is unpanved. sim road scene mn104.jpg 979KB; JOS: Could be Culver St., Sign on tree: L.A. Flora. A large tree on an unpaved road with telephone poles and a sidewalk or boardwalk. The numbers 50 and 95 are written on the image. sim Olson reunion.jpg 1.4MB; Very large, multi-generational gathering of Olson family members sim two women posing.jpg 650KN; Standing studio portrait of two women. Woman on right is possibily Sophia (Simonson) Roblyer. sim unidentified women.jpg 1MB; Studio portrait of two mature women. The woman in the white shirt is likely Helen Marie (Olson) Simonson. Simonson family with sunflowers.jpg 4.1MB; Simonson and Reed family members posing in a farn garden with sunflowers. sim Crow crowd A.jpg 539KB; Presumed to be Crow family portrait posed on a residential building's porch. Sim Crow crowd.jpg 527KB; Presumed to be Crow family posed outdoors around a double-bench swing. The house is a farmhouse or cottage with a young tree and an empty field in the background. Sim Family Picture.jpg 505MB; Simonson family members sitting on the front steps of a farmhouse. Erma (Crow) Simonson, Sophia (Simonson) Roblyer, unknown girl, Marie Helen Simonson and Herman Simonson. Sim Garden scene 600KB; Two women stand in a garden by a farmhouse. sim sheriffs letter mn104.jpg 791KB; Grand Rapids Association of Commerce letterhead, August 8, 1924. Dear Mr. Kusterer. Fruit Growers State Bank. Grand Rapids Motor Club and Sherrif of Allegan County. Signed Lee H. Buice? sim Justice of 1924 mn105.jpg 599KB; Photo of a document titled Report to Saugatuck Village of Fines and Fees, November 1, 1924 signed Justice of the Peace, Saugatuck Township

2024.04.104

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Simonson, Herman C. 1878-1951Fursman, Frederick Frary 1874-1943Simonson, Helen Marie (Olsen) 1846-1923Simonson, Erma (Crow) 1884-1925Roblyer, Sophia (Simonson)Taylor Art School 1931-

These photos were on a CD found in the Archive marked "Peterson 1st batch. 3-7-03"

Family HistoryArt schools and colonies other than Ox-BowArtists1910 Ox-Bow

Winthers, Sally

10/17/2024

10/17/2024