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Scans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings about efforts to encourage tourism.
cr1877080306SummerVisitors-1.jpg; 1877 prediction of 100 visitors that summer and the temptation of a ripe peach
cr1877080306SummerVisitors-2.jpg cr1877083105SaugatuckAsResort.jpg cr1884071801SAMorrison1874ChicagoVisitors.jpg; S.A. Morrison's recollection of visitors from 1874 cr1892092301Saugatuck-DouglasVacationResort-1.jpg; reprinted from the Grand Rapids Democrat, mentions J. Fennimore Cooper as a fakir and predicts railroad extended from Allegan cr1892092301Saugatuck-DouglasVacationResort-2.jpg cr1899072801ContractorLooksToSummerHotel.jpg; Request for more lodging 1899 so C.S.&D. Transportation Company will send larger boats. cr1908061201SummerResortEdition.jpg; Mentions the woods, Mt. Baldhead, wild rice, drives, fruit farms, Singapore, Oak Openings novel, churches, Douglas livery, Douglas beach and bath house, baseball diamond, map of Shorewood Golf Club Links cr1932090201SaugatuckInMotionPictures.jpg; Edward Dreier guest of Harry Jackson of Tourist Home to take publicity photos and film cr1937030501SaugatuckAttractionsShownInFlorida.jpg; Florida publicity expedition, photo of the AK studio taken by the West Michigan Tourist and Resort Association. Mentions movie taken of Oval Beach dedication, Frank V. Blakely cr1937031901PublicityMissionariesHomewardBound.jpg; Michigan state tourism promoters travel to Florida on publicity mission cr1937123108MonumentToMichiganTouristLeader.jpg; Carin for Hugh J. Gray of Grand Rapids, chairman of the West Michigan Tourist and Resort Association

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Newspapers1880 Tourism steamship era -1930Mount Baldhead, Views from

Winthers, Sally

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Yoder, Chris

Donation, unconditional

These Commercial Record newspaper clippings — scanned by Chris Yoder in the 2000s — had been available on the pre-2023 SDHC website. The content has been moved to this online catalog for safekeeping. Publication dates are indicated in the year/month/day/page file name. For example "cr1938102801Description.jpg" = Commercial Record, 1938, October, 28th, page 01

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Douglas Beach, Stairs and Park

"James A. Peterson, an attorney from Chicago, has expressed amazement that the superlative attractions in Saugatuck have not been better advertised. "Many ignorant persons don't know Saugatuck is on the map; many educated persons don't know the most valuable attractions Saugatuck has. Saugatuck has the best flora collection of any city or village in Michigan. This fact must be advertised." "-- Holland City News/The Holland Sentinel, Thursday, Aug. 8 1918

03/15/2024

08/17/2025