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Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit

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Digital photos and files from the 2002 SDHS museum exhibit "Storm, Fire and Ice: Shipwrecks of the Saugatuck Area" The poster production art is on a CD. Web links (below) includes a video recording of a exhibit docent training session about local shipwrecks presented by Jack Sheridan on 04/27/2002
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Chicora_exhibit.cWallRight.jpg 809KB; This dramatic painting envisioning the Chicora at the height of the storm was done by Randall Higdon of Coloma, MI specially for the Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society's 2002 exhibit. In 2012, the painting was reproduced as a 47'-long panoramic mural to covers one wall of the Society's boathouse pavilion located behind the Old School House. chicora_exhibit_2.jpg 888KB South wall - cabinet doors morse code interactive sending station morse code interactive morse code interactive receiving station North wall Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 9 poster panorama image of the main gallery Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 12 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 13 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 14 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 15 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 16 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 17 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 18 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 19 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 20 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 21 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 22 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 23 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 24 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 25 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 26 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 27 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 28 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 29 Storm, Fire and Ice 2002 exhibit picture number 30 newspaper ad ChicoraStorm.jpg; 4 MB -- Digital file at 2021.72.02 StormFireIce-SandFont.pdf; PDF of original Quark poster. The font Chicora Poster.tif@120.jpg 6.6MB; image used in poster Chicora Painting TU.jpg 2.7MB; Digital files on Jack Sheridan Drive 2021.72.02 Mu5-25-02a.jpg 139KB Mu5-25-02e.jpg 238KB transfered from Photo Blog 2023; Exhibit opening party: Judy Hillman, Sarah Harris, Bill Werme, Kit Lane, Jim Schmiechen Mu5-25-02b.jpg 115KB Mu5-25-02c.jpg 152KB; Jim Schmiechen speaks, Dawn Schumann and Sylvia Randolph, Chicora mural artist Randall Higdon touches up the print Mu5-25-02d.jpg 143KB Chicora Poster cropped.jpg 6.8MB Museum award Storm Fire Ice.jpg 297MB Docent training session by Jack Sheridan; https://sdhc-collections.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/videos/276-DocentTraining-Shipwrrecks.mp4

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With emphasis on the great Chicora disaster of 1895, “Storm, Fire, & Ice” looked at 36 maritime tragedies and some amazing acts of heroism connected to the busy Lake Michigan port of Saugatuck.

SDHS/SDHC generalSDHC ExhibitsShipwrecksNauticalTransportation: water

Winthers, Sally

2022.50

119 D CDs SDHC Book/Exhibit production 1

Chicora (ship) 1892-1895Pewabic (ship) 1863-1865

https://sdhc-collections.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/videos/276-DocentTraining-Shipwrrecks.mp4

07/05/2022

08/21/2025