Mt. Baldhead view ships by skating rink 1912-1937
Photograph
Photographic exhibit #12 from legal complaint filed on June 20, 1967 in Allegan County by plaintiffs Walter and Elizabeth Coburn, [proprietors of the Ship 'N Shore Hotel/Motel/Boatel] vs. defendant Kalamazoo Ferry Company [Peterson] about the trimming of vegetation and installation of pilings by the eastern Chain Ferry landing.
Yellow Plaintiff's Exhibit sticker on back of photo is dated 3-26-68.
This is a reprint of a historic photo of Saugatuck's riverfront. It does not show Saugatuck in the mid-'60s.
The photo shows the riverfront from the Skating Rink to Big Pavilion as seen from Mt. Baldhead. Beyond the island between the bridges is visible. The Pavilion has contrasting white trim along the roof line.
A postcard version of this image, postmarked 1912, is viewable at:
"Saugatuck Mich.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/t/tinder/x-1432/tinder-rppc-002863. In the digital collection David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. February 02, 2026.
2021.103.19
Print, photograph
220 Water/Coral Gables/Hotel Saugatuck/Columbia Hotel/Leiendecker's Inn/Ebmeyer Shingle Mill40 Butler/Hotel Butler/Grist Mill/Haymarket/Dutch windmillGoodrich Transit Co. warehouse/East Shore Pavilion Skating Rink/Brittian BoatyardChain Ferry LandingsBig Pavilion 1909-1960
Kalamazoo River
Mount Baldhead, Views from
Winthers, Sally
2021.103
Saugatuck-Douglas District Library
Donation
8 in
10 in
Files Accession Number
Chain Ferry Landings
Coburn, Walter L. 1907-1970528 Water/Ship-N-Shore Hotel 1959-Coburn, Elizabeth "Betty" J. 1920-1970
12/30/2021
02/02/2026