image area, board is 8x10"

4-1/2 in

7-1/2 in

Poor

Board is missing a corner completely and another is barely hanging on. Board is stained and scuffed. The photo has a major crack but the contrast is still good.

Mention of the gun club photo from the December 2016 SDHS newsletter By Mary Voss Last month we reported on our receipt of a large collection of historical documents and photos from the late Charles Lorenz. What fun to find such great pictures as we begin to work through the Lorenz collection! The image above is of the Philetus Purdy Landing on Riverside Dr. and 63rd. It's not often that these old pictures have the location identified. No date is listed but I'm assuming it must have been in the heyday of logging in the 1870-1890s. An accompanying photo of the men of the Fennville Gun Club was dated 1878. Most of what we have gone through so far is research material for Charles' book on the early history of Saugatuck. We were able to purchase a used copy on-line, privately published in 1983. It will be interesting to compare the finished product with the research when we receive the copy.