Collection Item - Saugatuck-Douglas History Center

Yachts, cruisers, sailboats and dinghys

Photograph

DescriptionSimmons negative number, various from 544 to 638. Pleasure crafts docked, moored or rafted at the Big Pavilion or the boardwalk, anchored out on Lake Kalamazoo or cruising up the river. Sailboats racing. A few shots of boat owners on the docks or doing maintenance. This collection does not include working boats like fishing tugs or tour boats. Index text: 542 0/1 Saugatuck - cruisers Cruiser on river 543 0/2 Saugatuck - cruisers 6/1949 Marder on river 544 0/8 saugatuck - cruisers 9/1/49 Vi Vi at dock 545 2/5 Saugatuck - cruisers 6/1949 Cruisers on river 546 0/2 Saugatuck - cruisers 7/4/1949 Cruisers on river 551 5/6 Saugatuck - cruisers Morning Star on river 558 0/3 Saugatuck - yachts 7/1958 Yacht races 559 0/13 saugatuck - yachts 7/4/1949 Yachts, mostly docked 563 0/18 Saugatuck - yachts 1946 Yacht race of 1946, on lake 564 16/15 Saugatuck - yachts 7/4/1953 Docking at race's end 565 19/18 Saugatuck - yachts 1955 Yachts docking at Big Pavilion 566 5/5 Saugatuck - boats 8/1958 Small boats along the east bank 567 0/9 Saugatuck -people, boats Don Allen, boats 572 0/1 Saugatuck - cruisers 8/1953 On Kalamazoo Lake 573 0/1 Saugatuck - cruisers 7/1953 On river 574 0/1 Saugatuck - cruisers 6/1949 Two cruisers passing in river 575 0/1 Saugatuck - cruisers 7/1953 Beau Jac II on river 576 0/10 Saugatuck - cruisers Billy Boy II on river 578 2/2 saugatuck - cruisers 6/1953 Converted [?] 583 0/7 Saugatuck - cruisers July 4 [no year] Cruisers docked at Big Pavilion 585 1/1 Saugatuck - cruisers 6/1953 Madray II, Baldhead in background 589 0/5 Saugatuck - cruisers 9/1/1949 Pamela, at Pavilion showing painted name 590 0/12 Saugatuck - cruisers 7/1945 Sans Souci on river 591 0/1 Saugatuck - cruisers Sans Souci going by Pavilion, from west bank 592 0/1 Saugatuck - cruisers, yacht 7/4/1949 Ships that pass, boats on river 593 12/13 Saugatuck - cruisers 1952 Sans Souci, relaxing on Pavilion dock 594 1/1 Saugatuck - cruisers 8/14/1949 Cruiser on river 595 0/2 Saugatuck - yachts 7/1960 Sailboats at dock 599 0/8 Saugatuck - boats, yachts 7/1945 At anchor in Kalamazoo Lake 600 0/2 Saugatuck - yachts July 4 [?} Yachts anchored in lake near Pavilion 601 2/1 Saugatuck - boats July/1940 Speed rides 602 0/3 Saugatuck - yachts 8/4/45 Valerie V at Singapore 603 0/1 Saugatuck - boats 9/1945 Row boats near shore 608 0/7 Saugatuck - boats 8/1944 Yachts, boats on river 609 1/1 Saugatuck - boats 6/1949 Small outboard, two passengers 732 0/5 Saugatuck - boats 8/1953 Sportsman docked at Pavilion 733 0/10 Saugatuck - boats Sportsman II 738 5/6 Saugatuck - boats Communicator in boat sling 791 0/1 k-col Saugatuck - Big Pavilion Dock area of Big Pavilion 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"