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Scope and ContentScans 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

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

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

Entry/Object ID

2024.01.25

Collection

Newspapers1880 Tourism steamship era -1930Mount Baldhead, Views from

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.01

Source or Donor

Yoder, Chris

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Notes

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

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Douglas Beach, Stairs and Park

Create Date

03/15/2024

Update Date

03/31/2024