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View across old bridge

Photograph
In the foreground is a building sometimes called the Clipson Brewery (although 1873 Titus Atlas shows a stave factory at this location) with the causeway that led to the bridge on the left. In the distance (looking south) is a Douglas Basket factory and beyond the village of Douglas.
HM65Douglas.jpg 735KB; Another version of this photo is dated ca 1885.
ClipsonMill-BridgeCa1900.jpg 478KB; Digital image of the Clipson Brewery on what was then called the Clipson Bayou just upriver of the bridge causeway. In the distance the E.E. Weed & Co. Basket factory is visible, dating the photo as being from between the 1880s and 1927. The building is often misidentified as a mill. Douglas_ca_1895_glass_plate.jpg 23.3MB; Digital only from Jane Van Dis collection - Digital file on Jack Sheridan Drive 2021.72.02 Douglas_from_Clipson_mill_1200_scan.jpg 4.2MB; circa 1885-1890 Screenshot of 1873 Titus Atlas with Clipson Brewery business listing and map location indicated circa1920.jpg 315KB; Possibly the same building viewed from upriver. Provided by James T. Faasen, Sept. 2024

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Clipson BreweryBasket Factories in Douglas circa 1851-1927Dutcher Lodge building 1867-Douglas Union School 1866-Tara Restaurant/Spencer House @ 200 CenterBridge, Swing and Causeway 1902/Drawbridge 1870 or 1868E.E. Weed & Co., 1880s-1927

This image was featured as History Mystery #63 with the question "An exceptional photo of Douglas ca 1895. Name five historic structures in the scene." and the solution "This ca 1895 photo of Douglas shows five historic structures ... Clipson mill - Brewery - Basket factory - Dutcher Hall - Union School - Spencer farmhouse (later the Tara)"

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Winthers, Sally

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These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023.

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11/03/2023

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09/20/2024