Collection Item - Saugatuck-Douglas History Center

Fruit Growing - digital images

Photograph

DescriptionScans of photos, postcards and documents associated with fruit growing. Many of these photos were provided by Kit Lane for the 2011 SDHC publication "The Village Table"

HutchinsOrchards.jpg 344KB; Card promoting lodging at Hutchins' Orchards, H.H. Hutchins, Prop., Ganges Michigan, splendid accommodations for a limited number of summer boarders. Situation commands a broad sweep of beautiful country, with the blue expanse of Lake Michigan visible through the orchards. Near Hutchins Lake, splendid fishing, bathing and boating. Write for terms. 100 acres of fruit, peaches a specialty.

Fruit Trees -Lorenz Postcard.jpg 14.9MB; scanned for History Lives Here land markers

FruitTreesBlossom.jpg 3.4MB; From Kit Lane for use in SDHC

4.0_Orchard_barn_with_woman.jpg 430KB; A young woman and a boy outside a barn or shed. The woman is feeding chickens. The boy is sitting on rustic stairs. In the distance are rows of fruit trees and more structures.

StrawberryHarvest.jpg 412KB from Kit Lane; Four boxes filled with eight baskets of strawberries are protected by a canvas awning.

Entry/Object ID

2023.10.87

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital scan

Collection

1870 Fruit growing, farming, agriculture

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

General Notes

Note

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. The location of an original or printed version of these photos was unknown at the time of cataloging.

Create Date

06/03/2023

Update Date

11/18/2023