Oval Beach
Photograph
Simmons negative numbers, as listed below.
A husky man in swim trucks descends the stairs toward a busy beach. A small party of sunbathers spread a blanket on the sand, in the background cards are parked on the oval.
Index text:
67 10/7 Saugatuck - Beach 7/1949 People on beach
69 4/5 Saugatuck - Beach 8/1949 People on beach
625 2/2 Saugatuck - Beach 8/1956 Oval Beach parking area
626 4/4 Saugatuck - Beach 7/1949 Approach to the Oval
638 0/4 bw Saugatuck - Beach 1957 Oval entrance, parking 25 cents
659 5/4 bw Saugatuck - Beach 1958 Beach and people
705 1/1 saugatuck - Beach 8/6/1949 Lineup (for beach house? refreshments?)
706 0/2 Saugatuck - Beach 8/1944 Road to the beach
710 1/1 Saugatuck - Beach 7/1949 People at the Oval Beach
From photographic negatives created by William R. Simmons, editor of the Commercial Record newspaper between 1941 and 1961.
More information may be in the 2001 SDHS book "Off the Record"
2022.21.067
Digital scan
Saugatuck Beach HouseOval Beach 1936-presentPluim, William II 1915-1956Pluim-Menzies, Alice (Apkarian) 1920-2008
William (Bill) Simmons
Winthers, Sally
194 Simmons Negatives
Oval Beach 1936-present
03/08/2022
08/31/2024