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Ferryman Jay Myers - digital collection

Photograph

DescriptionPhotos of the ferryman Jay Myers, sometimes misspelled Meyers, in his duties as the Saugatuck ferryman or about town.

JayMyersIce.jpg 741mb

JayMyersIce.jpg 741mb

hmbJayMyers.jpg 707KB; Jay Myers, ferryman ca 1920

hmbMyersPortraitTu.jpg 1.9mb; This image was featured as History Mystery #35 with the solution: D. Myers, ferryman for 21 years. He was so loved that after his death in 1928, he was honored with a stone bench at the west side ferry landing.

Myers WIP.jpg 4.2mb

89-1-144A Jay D. Meyers 918; Name should be spelled Jay Myers

JayMyersFerryCa1910

BBAug0110-JayMeyersMemorial

89-1-144_B_Jay_D._Meyers

BBAug0052-InMemoryOfJayMyers

Jay Myers 1925

cr1954010101JayMyersPhoto

cr1928092101Myers.jpg 182KB

Jay & Doc - Ferry Shack; Doc Heath

JayMeyersOnFerry.jpg 1.9MB; Dagget, Arends, Jay Meyers [sic] Vrielund or Vrieland, Ross Phelps

JayMyersYoung.jpg 2.3MB

Jay Myers ca 1924.jpg 499MB; From Greg Hoffman album

hmbJayMyersIce.jpg 1.4MB

JayMyersBirdRowing.jpg 1.4MB; Photo labeled Charles E Bird rowing, Jay Myers, and not identified

BirdRowingJayMeyers.jpg 2.5MB

Entry/Object ID

2021.88.51

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital

Subject Person or Organization

Myers, Jay D.Chain Ferry LandingsOld Chain Ferry Scows

Context

Jay Myers, born 1854 in New York, came west by 1870. Jay was a lumberman, mechanic, farmer and character with a twinkle in his eye. Most of all, he was the beloved ferryman from 1907 to 1927.

Collection

1850 Chain ferries and landings/storesTransportation: water

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

12/01/2021

Updated By

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Update Date

08/23/2024