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Memorial Day parades 1949-1955

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Simmons negative number 675, 676, 678, 679, 744 Men in uniforms, bands, fire department vehicles, horses, scouts and communities march in honor of veterans. Index text: 675 0/5 Saugatuck - Parade Memorial Day parade 676 12/12 Saugatuck - Parade 1949 Memorial Day parade 678 0/16 Saugatuck - Parade 1954 Memorial Day parade 679 11/12 Saugatuck - Parade 1955 Memorial Day parade 744 0/7 Douglas - parades Memorial Day parade See also: 677 3/4 Saugatuck - Parade 1953 Memorial Day parade 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"
675 0/5 Saugatuck - Parade Memorial Day parade; Campfire girls pass Fruit Grower's Bank at Butler x Mason St.
675ParadeCa1947 676ParadeButlerSt 678ParadeCa1953 679SaugatuckParade 744DouglasParadeCa1956; The T-bird at right [in # 744] belonged to Norma (Symons) Bryan. It was the only one in town. She is sitting on it. Source: SDHS newsletter pg. 238-239 675 0/5 Saugatuck - Parade Memorial Day parade; American Legion band and boy scouts. Marchers include Paul Moker, Gerry Bekken, Gene Lundgren, John Corkhill, Darwin Woodall and Bill Hacklander. 676 12/12 Saugatuck - Parade 1949 Memorial Day parade 678 0/16 Saugatuck - Parade 1954 Memorial Day parade; Ev Bekken on roof of antique fire stuck next to ivy-covered drug store walls 678 0/16 Saugatuck - Parade 1954 Memorial Day parade; Intersection of Center and Main in Douglas 678 0/16 Saugatuck - Parade 1954 Memorial Day parade; Intersection of Center and Main in DOUGLAS, Filename a67B.jpg 2.2MB 678 0/16 Saugatuck - Parade 1954 Memorial Day parade; 2.1MB 678 0/16 Saugatuck - Parade 1954 Memorial Day parade; Intersection of Center and Main in Douglas 744 0/7 Douglas - parades Memorial Day parade; Camp Fire girls including Peggy Boyce and Jane Bird Van Dis. 744negs186.jpg 4.3MB; Douglas Memorial Day ParadeFiretruckca1954.jpg 256KB

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Saugatuck Township Fire DistrictAmerican Legion Auxillary, Bruner-Frehse PostSaugatuck-Douglas Camp FireBeery Field/Douglas Athletic Field

William (Bill) Simmons

Winthers, Sally

194 Simmons Negatives

Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966

03/23/2022

08/25/2024