Collection Item - Saugatuck-Douglas History Center

Tara Fire 1975 - digital images

Photograph

DescriptionMultiple collections of scanned of photos from the February 1975 Tara Fire from Joyce Inch, Jane Van Dis, Loren and Marshia Kontio and unidentified sources from the Jack Sheridan drive [2021.72.02]

Tara Fire 1975 - digital images picture number 2

Tara Fire 1975 - digital images picture number 3

Tara Fire 1975 - digital images picture number 4

file3506 2.4MB; Digital file at 2021.72.02

Tara_fire_ruins_1975-16 copy.jpg2.6MB; Digital image from Jane Van Dis collection - Digital file on Jack Sheridan Drive 2021.72.02

HM39 Tara burns 2-3-05.pdf; History Mystery #37 dated Feb. 3, 2005

HM39 Answer.pdf; The Tara Restaurant, overlooking Kalamazoo Lake in Douglas, was established in 1940 and destroyed by fire in 1975. It was rebuilt soon after, but was demolished in recent years to make way for a condominium development.

Kontio_Tara_burning.jpg 1.8MB; From Kontio collection

Entry/Object ID

2021.72.05

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital

Subject Person or Organization

Tara Restaurant/Spencer House/200 CenterSaugatuck Township Fire DistrictNaughtin, BudCrawford, George Robert "Bob" 1913-1999Inch, Joyce

Collection

Fires and fire departmentsBusiness: Restaurants

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2021.72

Source or Donor

Sheridan, John "Jack" O. 1938-

Acquisition Method

Donation

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Create Date

06/14/2022

Update Date

01/01/2024