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Tourist booklet written by Charlotte Ellis Macdonald with a melodramatic story of a couple visiting the area for the first time and ads from local tourist establishments. Charlotte Macdonald was the publisher of Summer Resort Souvenir Books. Another copy of this booklet is at 2011.34. 2021.88.24 contains negatives that includes a copy of the shop shown on in book "Where Dick Bought the Ring". Circa 1909 to 1913
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Booklet is loaded with ads from local tourist-trade businesses and Simonson postcard images. "Then there was a Mrs. McDonald in Douglas, mother of Claude and sister-in-law of Mrs. McDonald of the funeral home. She wrote short novelettes that were printed in folders advertising Saugatuck as a resort. They were all romantic in theme." -Jeanette Barr of Port Washington, Wisconsin, the daughter of Dr. R. J. Walker, in a 1976 letter to Kit Lane reprinted in SDHS newsletter insert pg 284.

1880 Tourism steamship era -1930

Winthers, Sally

9-1/4 in

6-1/4 in

Macdonald, Charlotte Ellis

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McDonald, Louis WinfredReed, Samuel Caleb 1848-1923High Camp/Allahee LodgeSergeant Marine/W.D. Hamilton Lumber and Coal CompanyValentine Lodge/IdyleaseKirby, John 1829-1882Hamilton, Capt. Walter D. 1862-1916Trumble, Mrs. E.Campbell, James M. 1862-1915Kibby, Jervis H. 1843-1933Flint, Frank W. 1882-1952Landsharks/Tripp's/Kruger's/C.E. Bird's/Ensign Drug Store/Wilcox BuildingDouglas House and Tavern/Eagle Hotel/Wades HotelH.A. McDonald Central Store, Douglas (not McDonald's People's Store)Lake Ridge FarmKnowlton, W.B.L.W. Mc Donald's People's StoreTaylor, Grace Lillian 1865-1931Rosemont Inn/Rosemont Lodge/Rose MontSimonson Studio businessMize Rose Garden north side/Fruit Growers State Bank/Clapp's Grocery/Flint's Shoes/Walz Meat Market/Griffin/TannerMcDonald, Henry A. 1850-1925Olive Mill/Huff Antiques/Jarvis/Niles Jewelery StorePowers, Charles c1847-1929Bryan, Ellen Sirena (Olsen) 1861-1938Crawford Transportation CompanyCampbell's 5 Cent Ferry and Bus LineGriffin & Henry Lumber Yard/Griffin & Henry Sawmill/Griffin & Williams/Stockbridge & Johnson/Wells & Johnson/M.B. Spencer MillPear's Real Estate CompanyClapp, Ralph W. 1874-1953Hotel Butler/Grist Mill/HaymarketTisdale, William Graham Sr. 1838-1907

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