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Dynamite the Donkey - digital images

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Area visitors posed with Saugatuck's favorite photo prop: Dynamite the Donkey. The photos were taken at the beach, likely the beach just north of Oval Beach, on Water Street and on or near the Chain Ferry and landing. Collection also includes an image of "Old Pete," a horse with a similar occupation. Unless otherwise noted, all images from Jack Sheridan Drive 2021.72.02
MF-SA-0034 MorrisFamilyDynamite.JPG 1MB; 1910 Hilda Sterzing?, Gladys, Victoria Carlson, Lillian Morris Beach at Saugatuck 1910, original likely in Freshe-Morris
89--73 Dynamite.jpg 509KB Original in box 31, envelope 89-1-73; A friend of yours at ? Center? - Dynamite in a harness behind a car with a place that offers soda in the background BB-OnDonkey-GladysMbe.JPG Heath collection 360KB; Girl thought to be Gladys Heath, daughter of May Francis Heath men on dynamite ca 1910.jpg 777KB; three unpleasant men in suits on Dynamite WomenOnDynamite.jpg 515KB; Four women, two on Dynamite, two standing behind with a boy holding the Donkey's lead hmbDynamite.jpg 782KB PosedDynamiteFerry.jpg 823KB; Family on chain ferry with dynamite, Jay Myers ferryman Tieler Niedzwiecki Dynamite postcard 1909; Three men in swimsuits aboard Dynamite 11b donkey backwards.jpg 262MB; ass backwards Dynamite_lady_-_beach.jpg 941KB; single woman in swimming attire and hair covered children on dynamite ca 1910(1).jpg 590KB; four children on Dynamite, cropped children on dynamite ca 1910.jpg 814KB Games At rink - Dynamite.jpg 5.2MB; Outside the skating rink the Jay Myers, 1909, 89-1-144A Jay D. Meyers.jpg 964KB; At the rink, 1909 (East Shore Pavilion Built in 1909) Jay D. Meyers [sic] Ferryman Donkey_in_front_Saugatuck_House 1.1MB Douglas_horse_Old_Pete_ca_1910; Old Pete Douglas Mich Horse and carriage Beach Wilson09.jpg; Big family photo in the shallows with Dynamite at the far right BU 23 Huge group in water.jpg 3.2MB dynamite 0530TH~1.jpg 459MB; Three merry ladies looking to the distance, Dynamite wearing ribbons DynamiteSimonsonStudio 828KB; Simonson Studio photographer with his camera and tripod - portraits, developing and printing, Kodaks and films, photo posters Simonson Studio#2 Donkey.jpg 4.1MB; Outside Simonson Studio no. 2 with horse SimonsonStudioCa1910.jpg 901KB; Digital file on Jack Sheridan Drive 2021.72.02 132photographer on dynamite.jpg 624KB photographer on dynamite.jpg 827KB HMGirlsOnDynamite.jpg 674KB; Near Simonson Studio #2 on Water Street Beach.Wilson06.jpg 656KB; Original in Wilson photo album, 2009.19 Village_water_wagon.jpg 547MB; Greg Hoffman album 2022.34.01 Dynamite the Donkey - digital images picture number 28 JacktheBurro.jpg 23KB file875 Dynamite.jpg 359KB 1910-WomenWithDonkey-Saugatuck.jpg 234KB BB-onDonkey.jpg 351KB Beach ThreeFemaleBathersDonkeyDynamite.jpg 94MB; Three merry young women in swimming attire Beach.020.ThreeFemaleBathersDonkey!!!!.jpg 313KB

2023.10.40

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Dynamite the Donkey(s)Simonson Studio businessGoodrich Transit Co. warehouse/East Shore Pavilion Skating Rink/Brittian BoatyardSaugatuck Harbor Natural Area/South Denison Property/Gay/Nude Beach;

Dynamite was a series of stoic donkeys that were used by the Simonson studio as photo props. Cameramen would march around town offering to take a photo of visitors sitting on or near the animal. The visitor would later drop by the Simonson studio to pick up their print. According to Kit Lane in the Summertime exhibit, "Every donkey was named Dynamite."

1880 Tourism steamship era -1930

Winthers, Sally

Digital data in CatalogIt

Myers, Jay D. 1856-1928

These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023. The location of an original or printed version of these photos was unknown at the time of cataloging.

04/10/2023

09/22/2024