South American
Photograph
Photographic exhibit #13 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 SS South American with smoke pouring from her smokestack . (The photo is likely prior to 1924 when she was fitted with a second smokestack.)
The photo was taken from the opposite bank of the Kalamazoo River.
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Print, photograph
South American (ship)220 Water/Coral Gables/Hotel Saugatuck/Columbia Hotel/Leiendecker's InnBig Pavilion 1909-1960
Kalamazoo River
Winthers, Sally
2021.103
Saugatuck-Douglas District Library
Donation
8 in
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Files Accession Number
Chain Ferry Landings
12/30/2021
03/31/2024