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Life in the 1859 Lighthouse by Norm Dean

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Powerpoint PDF, photos and video recording (see web links) of a presentation by Norm Deam about the Kalamazoo Lighthouse. Title page indicated the presentation was on July 11, 2007. This may be an encore of an Aug. 29, 2006 presentation.
NormLH Talk 7-07.pdf 84.6MB; Norm Dean Tuesday Talk Powerpoint presentation in PDF format
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The owner, Arthur Deam, can be seen picking through the debris. About five years later, the present cottage was built on the old lighthouse site (just north of Oval Beach). Mod3 Likely to Use - 50.jpg 915KB Mod3 Likely to Use - 51.jpg 1.2MB Mod3 Likely to Use - 53.jpg 502KB Mod3 Likely to Use - 54.jpg 1.9KB Mod3 Likely to Use - 55.jpg 1.9KB Mod3 Likely to Use - 56.jpg 153KB Mod3 Likely to Use - 57.jpg 219KB Mod3 Likely to Use - 58.jpg 1.1MB Mod3 Likely to Use - 59.jpg 304KB 93 Lighthouse Tue 8-29-06.jpg 2.2MB; Mod3 Likely to Use - 60.jpg 1.7KB LIGHTHOUSE GONE, APRIL 1956 - Art Deam, proud owner of the 1859 lighthouse paces in sorrow. The lighthouse was destroyed by a violent tornado that first grazed Camp Gray, then leveled the Oval Beach refreshment house before wreaking havoc to the northeast. The storm destroyed property in Laketown before killing nineteen people in the Zeeland area. 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Elita Bird Graves, 290 Spear St., Saugatuck Mich. First_piers_Deams.jpg 336KB LH laundry.jpg 413KB Lighthouse foundation 1957.jpg 2.2MB Lighthouse tool & boat houses.jpg 2.3MB Lighthouse view from tower.jpg 3.1MB Mar & Norm ca 1940.jpg 401KB; Martha and Norman washing dishes Martha aka Mar washing.jpg 761MB Norm in tub.jpg 328KB Norm leaving for USNA.jpg 496KB; Norm leaving OFR Youngster Year, USNA Outhouse.jpg 396KB Swimming 1936.jpg 541KB Old harbor deam.jpg 1.8MB; Connie Honeymoon 1955 LighthouseDecember1955.jpg 359KB Old harbor 1955.jpg 315KB Old harbor winter.jpg 2MB; Lake Michigan Piling Old Harbor ca 1939.jpg 369KB 1943 Washtub0101.jpg 515KB 1945 Horses, Lagoon0103.jpg 684KB; Clearing beach Bob Stafford, Sue Weaver, Zelda Rhode Mod3 Likely to Use - 52_1.jpg 589KB Art_Deam_in_wreckage.jpg Deam_Cottage_aerial_1980.jpg Deam Cottage; gfs_Deam_cottage_ca_1965 ArtDeamLighthousetu Life in the 1859 Lighthouse by Norm Dean picture number 107 Arthur Deam's reconstruction after 1956 tornado gfs Lighthouse northside.jpg 356KB

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Deam, Norman Arthur 1932-2022Deam, Arthur "Art" Francis 1895-1974Deam, Constance "Connie" (Graves) 1933-2019Deam, Thyra (Sonderberg) 1900-1977Ulbricht, Elsa 1885-1980Fursman, Frederick Frary 1874-1943Stafford, BobKalamazoo Lighthouses 1839/1858/1956-presentOld Harbor/Channel piers pre-1906/Ox-Bow Lagoon

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Watch Norm Deam's Lighthouse presentation video recording

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.

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