Yachts, cruisers, sailboats and dinghys
Photograph
Simmons 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"
2022.21.544
Big Pavilion 1909-1960Sportsman (boat)
Kalamazoo RiverKalamazoo Lake
According to Kirk White, when he was a kid there were not many motorboats so every every kid knew every "cruiser" boat by name. The "Kaleb" was from Kalamazoo. When his uncle purchased a Montgomery Ward "Sea King" Kirk would take the boat gas can and a quarter up to Wright's station for a can of gas. It was 17 cents for the gas and 8 cents for the oil.
William (Bill) Simmons1930+ Tourism, activites, tours and attractionsNautical
Winthers, Sally
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194 Simmons Negatives
Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966
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